Structural Biology of Phages
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2022) | Viewed by 540
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bacteriophages structural biology; phage-host interactions; X-ray structure; cryoEM structure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The viruses that infect bacteria—bacteriophages or phages—are the most abundant biological entities on Earth. Phages play an important role in the dynamics of bacterial communities with implications for biogeochemistry, biomes, health (phage therapy), and industry. Phage virions exhibit a broad spectrum of structural morphologies: icosahedral, filamentous, tailed, and pleomorphic particles. Their assembly follows a defined program of sequential protein and protein–nucleic acid interactions. Infectious particles attach specifically to bacterial receptors belonging to various biochemical families, such as surface proteins, polysaccharides, and lipopolysaccharides. Therefore, understanding the structure–function relationship of phage particles and the complex dynamics of phage–host interactions is of much interest and requires the exploration of different phage/host couples in addition to the classical model systems.
The last decade has seen a huge amount of progress in our understanding of the structural biology of viral particle structures resulting from advances in X-ray, NMR, cryoEM, and hybrid approaches. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide readers with an update on phage structural biology.
As the Guest Editors of this Special Issue, we invite the submission of research articles, review articles, and short communications on bacteriophage structures, structure–function relationships, and structural aspects of host–phage interactions.
Prof. Christian Cambillau
Guest Editor
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