title: Mind the gap: how some viruses infect their hosts.
abstract: Cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) and cryo-electron tomography (Cryo-ET) provide structural insights into complex biological processes. The podoviridae are dsDNA containing phage with short, non-contractile tails which nevertheless translocate their DNA into the cytoplasm of their host cells. Liu et al. [1] used a combination of cryo-EM and cryo-ET to study the structural changes accompanying infection of P. marinus by the phage P-SSP7 and thereby provide unique molecular insight into the process by which the DNA transits from phage to host during infection.
authors: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; E-Mail:  prevelig@uab.edu ; Tel.: +1-205-975-5327;
authors: Peter E
authors: PE
authors: Prevelige