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DEAD box protein

One of a group of proteins that have in common an Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD in the one-letter code) or related sequence, and function in ATP-dependent processing of RNA. Wasserman, D.A. and Steitz, J.A. (1991) Nature (London) 349, 463-464

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