REH2 helicase RNPs and motifs for unwinding and gRNA binding
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1 REH2 RNA Helicase in Kinetoplastid Mitochondria: Ribonucleoprotein Complexes and Essential Motifs for Unwinding and Guide RNA Binding Alfredo Hernandez*, Bhaskara Reddy Madina*, Kevin Ro, James A. Wohlschlegel, Belinda Willard, Mike T. Kinter and Jorge Cruz-Reyes Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 2128 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843; Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Box 951737, BSRB377A, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737; Department of Cell Biology / NC10. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44195. & Current address: Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, MS 21 Oklahoma, Medical Research Foundation , 825 N.E. 13th Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104. * These authors contributed equally to this work. ¶ Corresponding author, Phone: (979) 458-3375, Fax: (979) 862-4718, Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2009