Vaccinia virus RNA helicase: Nucleic acid specificity in duplex unwinding

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2615-2619

  Gross, Christian H ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0029917572     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.4.2615-2619.1996     Document Type: Article

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