A particle is formed in cells infected with wild-type and mutant bacteriophage θ that could be a precursor of the nucleocapsid. This particle is composed of proteins P1, P2, P4 and P7, has no RNA, and gives the appearance in negatively stained electron micrographs of a hexagon or a star.
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