Planteome: Term Details for "virus tail, baseplate" (GO:0098025)

Accession: GO:0098025
Name: virus tail, baseplate
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: tail structure, tail tip, bacteriophage baseplate
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Multiprotein component at the distal (head) end of the virus tail to which fibers of tailed viruses may be attached. Source: GOC:bm
Comment: Tail fibers are often attached to the baseplate of Caudovirales (tailed bacteriophages with dsDNA genomes). Sometimes referred to as the tail tip or tip structure in Siphoviridae.
History: See term history for GO:0098025 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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