receptor-mediated bacteriophage irreversible attachment to host cell

Term ID

GO:0098002

Synonyms

• irreversible bacteriophage attachment, binding of host cell surface receptor
• phage irreversible adsorption

Definition

The processes by which a bacteriophage initially commits to infection by binding the host receptor irreversibly. Disruption of the phage:cell complex at this step results in the loss of infective phage virions since the process is characterized by conformational changes of bacteriophage head and tail proteins and injection of bacteriophage proteins into the infected cell.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO