A simulation of T4 bacteriophage assembly and operation.
A model is presented for the self-assembly and operation of a bacteriophage comparable with the T4 bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli. The model treats protein molecules as simple units obeying the principle free energy minimization, and exhibiting the properties of quasi-equivalence and conformational switching. A computer program incorporating the model has been developed. The results of simulation using this program are presented.
D000327:Adsorption; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D008954:Models, Biological; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012984:Software; D013604:T-Phages / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000502:physiology
D014764:Viral Proteins