DEAD box unwinding caught in the act

Brian C Avanzino; Christopher S Fraser

doi:10.1016/j.str.2014.06.005

DEAD box unwinding caught in the act

Structure. 2014 Jul 8;22(7):931-2. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2014.06.005.

Authors

Brian C Avanzino¹, Christopher S Fraser²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
² Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: csfraser@ucdavis.edu.

Abstract

In this issue of Structure, Sun and colleagues describe the link between the dynamic conformational cycle and RNA unwinding activities of the DEAD box helicase, eIF4AI.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Animals
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A / chemistry*
Humans
Nucleic Acid Conformation*
Protein Conformation*
RNA / chemistry*

Substances

RNA
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A

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