Scientists visualize how a vital hepatitis C virus protein moves along its nucleic acid substrate
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 15:28
in Biology & Nature
By taking three conformational snapshots of a hepatitis C virus motor protein in association with its substrate, researchers have provided the first structural explanation of how a representative superfamily 2 helicase moves unidirectionally along nucleic acid, suggesting new ways that drug designers could block virus replication.