This family consists of several nuclear disruption (Ndd) proteins from T4-like phages. Early in a bacteriophage T4 infection, the phage ndd gene causes the rapid destruction of the structure of the Escherichia coli nucleoid. The targets of Ndd action may be the chromosomal sequences that determine the structure of the nucleoid.
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