Medical Definition of DEAD box helicase

1. 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

deadpanners
deadpanning
deadpans
deads
deads
deadweight
deadweights
deadwood
deadwood
deadwoods
dead ahead
dead air
dead animal
dead axle
dead body
DEAD box helicase (current term)
dead center
dead centre
dead drop
dead duck
dead end
dead fingers
dead foetus syndrome
dead hand
dead hand of the past
dead heat
dead language
dead letter
dead load
dead mail

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