Comparisons between the structures of HCV and Rep helicases reveal structural similarities between SF1 and SF2 super-families of helicases

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 605-610

  Korolev, Sergey ^a   Yao, Nanhua ^b   Lohman, Timothy M ^a   Weber, Patricia C ^b   Waksman, Gabriel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

HCV; Helicase motif; Rep; Structure

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; RECA PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0031911760     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070309     Document Type: Article

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