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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 Jun 4;37(10):2064–2081. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9723-0

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Phi29 DNA packaging motor. (A) Sequence and secondary structure of phi29 pRNA. (B) Schematic assembly model of phi29 DNA packaging motor. (C) Proposed phi29 DNA packaging motor structure with a pRNA hexameric ring and gp16 bound to a channel connector (a)79 in comparison with hexameric PCNA and clamp–loader complex (b). (D) Transmission electron micrograph of phi29 procapsid/pRNA-gold complexes. Bar equals 50 nm.144 All figures were adapted with permission from the Elsevier and Oxford Journals for the respective citation.