Index >> Bacteriophages - Part One >> Attatchment of the Phage to the Bacterial Cell

Attatchment of the Phage to the Bacterial Cell - Attachment of the phage to the bacterial cell occurs at the tip of one of the six F-pili of male cells by means of the A protein. Recent work has cast doubts as to whether phage particles bound to the tip of the pili lead to productive infection.