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CIL:40579*  Cite 
Description

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a T-4 bacteriophage incubated with a de novo-designed self assembling peptide fiber. T-4 bacteriophage infects E. coli bacteria. Its tail fibres allow attachment to a host cell, and the T4’s tail is hollow so that it can pass its nucleic acid to the cell it is infecting during attachment. Small peptides, 28 amino acids long, self assemble to form the fibresin the image ~80 nm wide and ~40 microns long. The T4 tail striation distance was used as a high-resolution calibrant to register the lateral striations of the fibre.

Technical Details

Image collected on FEI instrument: Tecnai Family with Magnification: 50,000x and Voltage: 200 kV.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
T4 bacteriophage
Biological Context
Biological Process
phage assembly
Attribution
Names
Thom Sharp
Link
FEI Life Science Images
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL40579
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil40579
Imaging
Image Type
recorded image
Image Mode
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Parameters Imaged
elastic scattering of electrons
Source of Contrast
differences in deposition of metal shadow
Visualization Methods
visualization of contiguous regions
Processing History
colorized
Sample Preparation
Relation To Intact Cell
isolated subcellular component
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 670px ——
Y 668px ——