Category:GO:0098026 ! virus tail, tube

name: virus tail, tube
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The internal tube of the tail of some viruses. The virus tail tube is the channel for DNA ejection into the host cytoplasm." [PMID:33188213, VZ:3960]
comment: Applies in particular the Myoviridae bacteriophages. Many bacteriophages with dsDNA genomes, or Caudovirales, have a tail. The viral tail can be short (Podoviridae), long and non-contractile (Siphoviridae) or long and contractile (Myoviridae). The tail is the channel through which the phage genome is injected into the host bacterial cell.
synonym: "bacteriophage tail tube" NARROW [GOC:bm]
xref: .html VZ:3960 "Viral tail tube protein"
is_a: GO:0044423 ! virion component
relationship: part_of: GO:0098015 ! virus tail

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0098026</GOterm>
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