Cell
Volume 125, Issue 2, 21 April 2006, Pages 219-221
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Bent out of Shape: RNA Unwinding by the DEAD-Box Helicase Vasa

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RNA helicases of the DEAD-box family are involved in essentially all RNA-dependent cellular processes. In this issue of Cell, Sengoku et al. (2006) solve the structure of the DEAD-box protein Vasa in the presence of RNA and a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog and provide important insights into how this family of helicases unwinds RNA.

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