期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1977
卷号:74
期号:12
页码:5514-5518
DOI:10.1073/pnas.74.12.5514
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Fab fragments prepared from antisera directed against purified bacteriophage T4 structural proteins and head-related structures were used to label proteins on the surface of T-even giant phage capsids. Optically filtered electron micrographs of the Fab-labeled capsids reveal both the location of specific proteins within the capsomeres and differing conformational states of the protein subunits. We describe parameters affecting the utility of this technique for the study of molecular organization and protein conformation in periodic biological structures.