Membrane fusion during infection of Escherichia coli cells by phage T4.
Phage T4 infection of Escherichia coli was studied by thin-section and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. It was found that phage T4 induces the formation of a bridge between the outer and inner membranes of E. coli. A membrane fusion during the infection is suggested.
Tarahovsky
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Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Academy of Science of the USSR, Moscow.
Khusainov
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Deev
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Kim
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YV
D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013604:T-Phages / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure