Hepatitis C virus NS3 RNA helicase domain with a bound oligonucleotide: The crystal structure provides insights into the mode of unwinding

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-100

  Kim, Joseph L ^a   Morgenstern, Kurt A ^a   Griffith, James P ^a   Dwyer, Maureen D ^a   Thomson, John A ^a   Murcko, Mark A ^a   Lin, Chao ^a   Caron, Paul R ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicase; Hepatitis C; Mechanism; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032518490     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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