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12/00-- This computer illustration shows the arrangement of proteins that make up the Bacteriophage phi29 DNA packaging motor. The tiny motor is positioned at the entrance of the virus shell, and feeds viral DNA into the shell as new viruses are assembled in a host cell.
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(Purdue News Service Graphic courtesy of Clark Gedney and Petr G. Leiman)
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