Periodic cycles of RNA unwinding and pausing by hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6998, 2004, Pages 476-480

  Serebrov, Victor ^a   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; KINETIC MECHANISMS;

RNA;

DEXD PROTEIN; DEXH PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELICASE; NS3 HELICASE; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA REPLICATION;

HEPACIVIRUS; KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PERIODICITY; RNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 3342896727     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02704     Document Type: Article

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