The QRxGRxGRxxxG motif of the vaccinia virus DExH box RNA helicase NPH-II is required for ATP hydrolysis and RNA unwinding but not for RNA binding

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1706-1713

  Gross, Christian H ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030050636     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1706-1713.1996     Document Type: Article

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