Helicase structures: A new twist on DNA unwinding

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1129-1134

  Marians, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0031572286     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00263-3     Document Type: Review

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