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Catalytic head assembling protein in virus morphogenesis

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About 250 molecules of a ‘scaffolding protein’, not found in mature phage, catalyse the assembly of about 420 coat protein subunits into a precursor shell containing both proteins: in concert with DNA encapsulation, all the scaffolding molecules exit from the precursor shell to take part in further rounds of the same process.

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