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A structured RNA motif is involved in correct placement of the tRNA(3)(Lys) primer onto the human immunodeficiency virus genome.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2000
Beerens N, Klaver B, Berkhout B
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcription is primed by the cellular tRNA(3)(Lys) molecule that binds with its 3'-terminal 18 nucleotides to the fully complementary primer-binding site (PBS) on the viral RNA genome. Besides this complementarity, annealing of the primer may be stimulated by additional base-pairing interactions between other parts of the tRNA molecule and viral sequences...
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