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ArticleNature communications2023

Cryo-electron microscopy of the f1 filamentous phage reveals insights into viral infection and assembly.

Rebecca Conners, Rayén Ignacia León-Quezada, Mathew McLaren, Nicholas J Bennett, Bertram Daum, Jasna Rakonjac, Vicki A M Gold

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rebecca Conners *Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8653-1771
Rayén Ignacia León-Quezada *School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-5348-4035
Mathew McLaren *Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
Nicholas J BennettSchool of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-2634-2618
Bertram DaumLiving Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3767-264X
Jasna RakonjacSchool of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. j.rakonjac@massey.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-6756-4682
Vicki A M GoldLiving Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK. v.a.m.gold@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6908-0745

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R000484/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R008639/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phages are viruses that infect bacteria and dominate every ecosystem on our planet. As well as impacting microbial ecology, physiology and evolution, phages are exploited as tools in molecular biology and biotechnology. This is particularly true for the Ff (f1, fd or M13) phages, which represent a widely distributed group of filamentous viruses. Over nearly five decades, Ffs have seen an extraordinary range of applications, yet the complete structure of the phage capsid and consequently the mechanisms of infection and assembly remain largely mysterious. In this work, we use cryo-electron microscopy and a highly efficient system for production of short Ff-derived nanorods to determine a structure of a filamentous virus including the tips. We show that structure combined with mutagenesis can identify phage domains that are important in bacterial attack and for release of new progeny, allowing new models to be proposed for the phage lifecycle.

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BacteriophagesInovirusVirus DiseasesBacteriaCryoelectron MicroscopyEcosystemHumans

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PMCPMC10175506

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