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Introducing Students to Research: Electron Microscopy of Bacteriophages

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Bacteriophages, as the name “bacteria-eater” suggests, are viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophages, often abbreviated as “phages,” have receptors that bind to specific bacterial species, thus there are many types of bacteriophages. Once a phage interacts with its target bacterium, the phage injects its genetic material into the bacterial host where the phage is replicated to produce many new phages that then leave the host via cell lysis.

Source: Microscopy Today

DOI: 10.1017/s1551929510000416

Authors: Jorge E. Sanchez, Erica L. Jacovetty, Bridget Carragher, Clinton S. Potter, Rebecca E. Taurog

Institution: Scripps Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Subfield: Structural Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources

Award: G9000265869