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Switching the in vitro tRNA usage of HIV-1 by simultaneous adaptation of the PBS and PAS.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2002
Beerens Nancy, Berkhout Ben
Abstract excerpt
Reverse transcription of the HIV-1 RNA genome is primed by the cellular tRNA(lys3) molecule that anneals to a complementary sequence in the viral genome, the primer-binding site (PBS). Additional interactions between the tRNA primer and the viral RNA were proposed to play a role in reverse transcription. We recently identified an 8-nt element in the U5 region upstream of the PBS that is critical for initiation...
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