The coevolution of large and small terminases of bacteriophages is a result of purifying selection leading to phenotypic stabilization.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.09.004
Abstract: Genome packaging in many dsDNA phages requires a series of precisely coordinated actions of two phage-coded proteins, namely, large terminase (TerL) and small terminase (TerS) with DNA and ATP, and with each other. Despite the… read more here.
Keywords: coevolution large; phage; terl ters; purifying selection ... See more keywords