Structure of the hepatitis C virus RNA helicase domain

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-467

  Yao, Nanhua ^a   Hesson, T ^a   Cable, M ^a   Hong, Z ^a   Kwong, A D ^a   Le, H V ^a   Weber, Patricia C ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA HELICASES; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030979410     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0697-463     Document Type: Article

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