The phrase "a dead box" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a non-functional or inactive device, often in the context of electronics or technology.
Example: "After the power surge, the television became a dead box, refusing to turn on."
Alternatives: "non-functional device" or "inactive unit".
Selective pharmacological targeting of a DEAD box RNA helicase.
DENV also induced the transcription of a DEAD box-ATP-dependent RNA helicase and a DEAD box polypeptide-encoding gene; this finding is noteworthy because it was recently shown that Drosophila Dicer-2, a DExD/H-box helicase, is capable of sensing viral dsRNA and inducing the production of a putative antiviral effector molecule [10].
These seven probes represent 4 distinct genes: Ddx3y, encoding a DEAD box RNA helicase; Eif2s3y, encoding a translation initiation factor subunit; Uty, encoding a ubiquitously expressed tetratricopeptide repeat; and Jarid1d, encoding jumonji.
Since RNA binding region was not clearly understood for DDX3X, we carried out a structure based alignment using DDX3X structure as query (in CATH database) and identified DDX4 as a DEAD box helicase which shares >70% similarity with DDX3X.
OsBIRH1, a DEAD box RNA helicase, regulates defense responses [ 57].
Vasa is a DEAD box helicase expressed in the Drosophila germline at all stages of development.
Three belonged to the glycolysis pathway: Glut4, phosphomannomutase, pyruvate carboxylase; the other were fatty acid synthase, a sialyltransferase (Siat10), a DEAD box-containing protein (Ddx27) and a Riken clone (4930504E06).
This process is powered by the eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4a), a DEAD-box helicase.
Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A is a DEAD-box helicase that stimulates translation initiation by unwinding mRNA secondary structure.
The protein DDX3X is a DEAD-box RNA helicase that is essential for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle.
Has1 is a DEAD-box RNA helicase involved in both small and large ribosomal subunit assembly (Emery et al., 2004; Dembowski et al., 2013).
