Medical Definition of DEAD box helicase
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Family of ATP dependent DNA or RNA helicases with a 4 amino acid consensus, D E A D, that resembles an ATP binding site.
Examples, p68, a human nuclear protein involved in cell growth, vasa, a Drosophila protein required for specification of posterior embryonic structures.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of DEAD Box Helicase
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