Bacterial viruses are efficient nanomachines possessing a tail appendage used to recognize the host and ensure genome delivery via perforation of the host cell wall.
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Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases
Bacterial viruses are efficient nanomachines possessing a tail appendage used to recognize the host and ensure genome delivery via perforation of the host cell wall.