title: Analysis of the collar-whisker structure of temperate lactococcal bacteriophage TP901-1.
abstract: Proteins homologous to the protein NPS (neck passage structure) are widespread among lactococcal phages. We investigated the hypothesis that NPS is involved in the infection of phage TP901-1 by analysis of an NPS- mutant. NPS was determined to form a collar-whisker complex but was shown to be nonessential for infection, phage assembly, and stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christina S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Vegge
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neve
authors.forename: Lone
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brøndsted
authors.forename: Knut J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Finn K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Vogensen
mesh_terms: D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000821:virology*; D017906:Siphoviridae / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019065:Virus Assembly / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015678:Viral Structural Proteins