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helicase
(redirected from DNA helicase)

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helicase [′hel·ə‚kās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme that is capable of unwinding the deoxyribonucleic acid double helix at a replication fork.
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Other topics include mediation and modulation of membrane-cytoskeleton interactions, metal binding affinity and selectivity in metalloproteins, translocation and unwinding mechanisms of RNA and DNA helicases, and the structure of eukaryotic RNA polymerases.
Annual review of biophysics and biomolecular structure; v.37, 2008 by SciTech Book News
DNA helicases are enzymes that unwind the two spiral strands of a DNA molecule so that they can be copied.
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A RECQ DNA HELICASE FROM TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA.
Biology section. (Collegiate Division 2002) by Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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