title: DNA packaging: a new class of molecular motors.
abstract: DNA is packaged into preformed bacteriophage capsids to liquid crystalline density by the action of a portal protein complex. Single molecule packaging studies indicate that this is a new and extremely powerful class of molecular motors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 845, 19th St. South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Peter E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Prevelige
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000378:metabolism; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D019065:Virus Assembly
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins