Robust Translocation Along a Molecular Monorail: the NS3 Helicase from Hepatitis C Virus Traverses Unusually Large Disruptions in its Track

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 974-982

  Beran, Rudolf K F ^a   Bruno, Michael M ^a,b   Bowers, Heath A ^c   Jankowsky, Eckhard ^c   Pyle, Anna Marie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DExH D; Hepatitis C; NS3 helicase; Superfamily 2; tracking

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MACROGOL; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSE PHOSPHATE; RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 33646101028     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.02.078     Document Type: Article

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