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A second maternally expressed Drosophila gene encodes a putative RNA helicase of the "DEAD box" family.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Mar 1991
de Valoir T, Tucker M A, Belikoff E J, Camp L A, Bolduc C, Beckingham K
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a family of proteins containing the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp, the "DEAD box" proteins, has been identified. This family is typified by the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4A, and its members are believed to share the functional property of ATP-dependent RNA unwinding. One of the previously identified members of this family (vasa) is the product of a maternally expressed gene from...
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