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Selective pharmacological targeting of a DEAD box RNA helicase.
PloS one - 13 Feb 2008
Lindqvist Lisa, Oberer Monika, Reibarkh Mikhail, Cencic Regina, Bordeleau Marie-Eve, Vogt Emily, Marintchev Assen, Tanaka Junichi, Fagotto Francois, Altmann Michael, Wagner Gerhard, Pelletier Jerry
Abstract excerpt
RNA helicases represent a large family of proteins implicated in many biological processes including ribosome biogenesis, splicing, translation and mRNA degradation. However, these proteins have little substrate specificity, making inhibition of selected helicases a challenging problem. The prototypical DEAD box RNA helicase, eIF4A, works in conjunction with other translation factors to prepare mRNA templates for...
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