BASEPLATE AS A LOGICAL CONTROLLER BETWEEN THE RECEPTION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE-T4

It has been shown that the complex functioning of the baseplate of the bacteriophage T4 is based on the high level hierarchy in the structur e organization and on the interaction of protein components forming th e hub and the <<channels>> of short and long fibers. The presence of s tructure proteins with stabilizing and destabilizing functions has bee n revealed. It has been shown that the process of binding of long tail fibers with cell receptors is a cooperative process. In general the b aseplate can be considered as a logic module providing the transition from the adsorbtion to the nonreversible reorganization in the bacteri ophage functioning.