Duplex unwinding and RNP remodeling with RNA helicases

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 488, Issue , 2008, Pages 343-355

  Jankowsky, Eckhard ^a   Fairman, Margaret E ^a  

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

Author keywords

DEAD box; DExH D; PAGE; Protein displacement; RNA; RNA helicase; RNP; RNPase; Unwinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934444345     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-475-3_22     Document Type: Article

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