The vast majority of bacteriophages present a tail that allows host recognition. The majority of tailed phages bears a long flexible tail (Siphoviridae) at the distal end of which a tip complex, often
These are donor E coli cells (ANB35) and recipient Ecoli cells (ANB24). These are the same . cells described in the Science paper (Direct visualization of horizontal gene transfer). The . cells wer
Nsp3 model docked into cryo-ET density (EMD 11514, from Wolff G, et al, Science 369 :1395–1398. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.ABD3629. Generated by Peter Stogios, University of Toronto.
