Diagram Of T4 Phage Virus. The bacteriophage t4 capsid is an elongated icosahedron 120 nm long and 86 nm wide and is built with three essential proteins. T2 enterobacteria phage t2 myoviridae.
Triggers the injection of the phage dna genome into the host to initiate replication. T4 escherichia virus t4 myoviridae. Max delbruck 1938 numbered coliphages as t even phages t2 t4 t6 etc and t odd phages t1 t3 t5 etc.
T4 phage is one of themit is a double stranded dna viru.
Other phages are smaller. Its submitted by admin in the best field. It uses the metabolic machinery of the host cell to produce progeny viruses and kills the host in the process. General life cycle of temperate phage see attached.