A Brownian motor mechanism of translocation and strand separation by hepatitis C virus helicase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Levin, Mikhail K ^a,b   Gurjar, Madhura ^a   Patel, Smita S ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; NUCLEIC ACID; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS ENZYME; DNA; NS3 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

BASE PAIRING; DNA; HEPACIVIRUS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA HELICASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 20444440763     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb920     Document Type: Article

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