Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | sequence_feature
DNA
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Sequences | BBa_K1195010_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
This is the gene that encodes the minor capsid protein in wild type T7 bacteriophage. The major capsid protein can also be found in this gene, but it is shorter. (The minor capsid protein results from a -1 translation shift towards the end of the major capsid protein.) These two capsid proteins make up the external part of T7 bacteriophage's capsid. We mutated the gene, which made the capsid size smaller than normal.
Notes
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Source
We boiled T7 bacteriophage for 5 minutes to expose the genome and then ran PCR to obtain the minor capsid protein gene.