| The bacteriophage DNA packaging motor VB Rao, M Feiss Annual review of genetics 42, 647-681, 2008 | 443 | 2008 |
| Molecular architecture of the prolate head of bacteriophage T4 A Fokine, PR Chipman, PG Leiman, VV Mesyanzhinov, VB Rao, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (16), 6003-6008, 2004 | 330 | 2004 |
| The structure of the phage T4 DNA packaging motor suggests a mechanism dependent on electrostatic forces S Sun, K Kondabagil, B Draper, TI Alam, VD Bowman, Z Zhang, S Hegde, ... Cell 135 (7), 1251-1262, 2008 | 274 | 2008 |
| Single phage T4 DNA packaging motors exhibit large force generation, high velocity, and dynamic variability DN Fuller, DM Raymer, VI Kottadiel, VB Rao, DE Smith Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (43), 16868-16873, 2007 | 220 | 2007 |
| Genome packaging in viruses S Sun, VB Rao, MG Rossmann Current opinion in structural biology 20 (1), 114-120, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
| Mechanisms of DNA packaging by large double-stranded DNA viruses VB Rao, M Feiss Annual review of virology 2, 351-378, 2015 | 158 | 2015 |
| Sequence analysis of bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging/terminase genes 16 and 17 reveals a common ATPase center in the large subunit of viral terminases MS Mitchell, S Matsuzaki, S Imai, VB Rao Nucleic acids research 30 (18), 4009-4021, 2002 | 150 | 2002 |
| The structure of the ATPase that powers DNA packaging into bacteriophage T4 procapsids S Sun, K Kondabagil, PM Gentz, MG Rossmann, VB Rao Molecular cell 25 (6), 943-949, 2007 | 146 | 2007 |
| The bacteriophage DNA packaging machine M Feiss, VB Rao Viral molecular machines, 489-509, 2011 | 145 | 2011 |
| Cloning, overexpression and purification of the terminase proteins gp16 and gp17 of bacteriophage T4; Construction of a defined in vitro DNA packaging system using purified … VB Rao, LW Black J. Mol. Biol. 200, 475-485, 1988 | 141 | 1988 |
| Genetic engineering of bacteriophages against infectious diseases Y Chen, H Batra, J Dong, C Chen, VB Rao, P Tao Frontiers in microbiology 10, 455781, 2019 | 139 | 2019 |
| In vitro and in vivo delivery of genes and proteins using the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine P Tao, M Mahalingam, BS Marasa, Z Zhang, AK Chopra, VB Rao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (15), 5846-5851, 2013 | 132 | 2013 |
| Structure and assembly of bacteriophage T4 head VB Rao, LW Black Virology journal 7 (1), 356, 2010 | 130 | 2010 |
| Display of a PorA peptide from Neisseria meningitidis on the bacteriophage T4 capsid surface J Jiang, L Abu-Shilbayeh, VB Rao Infection and immunity 65 (11), 4770-4777, 1997 | 124 | 1997 |
| Structure of the small outer capsid protein, Soc: a clamp for stabilizing capsids of T4-like phages L Qin, A Fokine, E O'Donnell, VB Rao, MG Rossmann Journal of molecular biology 395 (4), 728-741, 2010 | 117 | 2010 |
| Structure and function of the small terminase component of the DNA packaging machine in T4-like bacteriophages S Sun, S Gao, K Kondabagil, Y Xiang, MG Rossmann, VB Rao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (3), 817-822, 2012 | 116 | 2012 |
| Assembly of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigens on bacteriophage T4: a novel in vitro approach to construct multicomponent HIV vaccines T Sathaliyawala, M Rao, DM Maclean, DL Birx, CR Alving, VB Rao Journal of virology 80 (15), 7688-7698, 2006 | 116 | 2006 |
| Biochemical characterization of an ATPase activity associated with the large packaging subunit gp17 from bacteriophage T4 G Leffers, VB Rao Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (47), 37127-37136, 2000 | 113 | 2000 |
| Bacteriophage T4 nanoparticles for vaccine delivery against infectious diseases P Tao, J Zhu, M Mahalingam, H Batra, VB Rao Advanced drug delivery reviews 145, 57-72, 2019 | 111 | 2019 |
| Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal protein assembly at near-atomic resolution L Sun, X Zhang, S Gao, PA Rao, V Padilla-Sanchez, Z Chen, S Sun, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 7548, 2015 | 111 | 2015 |
