The evolution of the tape measure protein: units, duplications and losses
The evolution of the tape measure protein: units, duplications and losses
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England: BioMed Central
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A large family of viruses that infect bacteria, called phages, is characterized by long tails used to inject DNA into their victims' cells. The tape measure protein got its name because the length of the corresponding gene is proportional to the length of the phage's tail: a fact shown by actually copying or splicing out parts of DNA in exemplar sp...
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The evolution of the tape measure protein: units, duplications and losses
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1471-2105
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1471-2105
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10.1186/1471-2105-12-S9-S10
