title: DEAD box unwinding caught in the act.
abstract: In this issue of Structure, Sun and colleagues describe the link between the dynamic conformational cycle and RNA unwinding activities of the DEAD box helicase, eIF4AI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Avanzino
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: csfraser@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D039601:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D039601:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A