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A shows two PaP1 particles with uncontracted tails and an empty head (uranyl acetate). B shows the contracted tail with straight tail fibers (phosphotungstate). C shows a pentagonal head (uranyl acetate). The scale bar represents 100 nm. These micrographs were taken by Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann, School of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
