Coupling translocation with nucleic acid unwinding by NS3 helicase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-455

  Yu, Jin ^a   Cheng, Wei ^b   Bustamante, Carlos ^a   Oster, George ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DNA RNA unwinding; Helicase; Molecular motor; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78349305146     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.047     Document Type: Article

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