Figure 1 Molecular movie (IMAGE)

Kanazawa University

Figure 1 Molecular movie

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Snapshots from a simulation revealing the mechanism by which hepatitis C virus helicase breaks double DNA strands. The two motor domains walk along the upper strand employing the inchworm translocation mechanism. The third domains acts like a wedge mechanically separating the duplex (from Fig. 14).

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Kanazawa University

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