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It consists of three parts : a DNA-containing head, a doubles-tubed tail with a contractile outer tail-sheath and a baseplate with long and short tail fibers. | It consists of three parts : a DNA-containing head, a doubles-tubed tail with a contractile outer tail-sheath and a baseplate with long and short tail fibers. | ||
Each bacteriophage T4 '''baseplate''' is composed of at least 16 different gene products, also called gp which are oligomeric proteins. These gene products can be divided in two groups: the six long and the '''six short tail fibers''' (on the schematic representation, on the left, they are not all shown). They form a multiprotein machine which plays an important role in the first stage of a phage infection. It is essential for the host cell recognition, the attachment of the bacteriophage and the sheath contraction allowing viral DNA ejection. <ref> doi:10.1038/nsb970</ref> | Each bacteriophage T4 '''baseplate''' is composed of at least 16 different gene products, also called gp which are oligomeric proteins. These gene products can be divided in two groups: the six long and the '''six short tail fibers''' (on the schematic representation, on the left, they are not all shown). They form a multiprotein machine which plays an important role in the first stage of a phage infection. It is essential for the host cell recognition, the attachment of the bacteriophage and the sheath contraction allowing viral DNA ejection. <ref name=r2> doi:10.1038/nsb970</ref> | ||
== '''Adsorption and penetration phases''' == | == '''Adsorption and penetration phases''' == | ||
