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. 1981 Mar;37(3):1087–1089. doi: 10.1128/jvi.37.3.1087-1089.1981

Procoat, the precursor of M13 coat protein, inserts post-translationally into the membrane of cells infected by wild-type virus.

T Date, W T Wickner
PMCID: PMC171109  PMID: 7014926

Abstract

In growing cells infected by wild-type coliphage M13, the synthesis of procoat protein is completed before it inserts into the plasma membrane ane is converted to coat protein.

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