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Structure and stability of wild-type and mutant RNA internal loops from the SL-1 domain of the HIV-1 packaging signal.
Journal of molecular biology - 20 Sept 2002
Greatorex Jane, Gallego José, Varani Gabriele, Lever Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The packaging signal (Psi) of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) enables encapsidation of the full-length genomic RNA against a background of a vast excess of cellular mRNAs. The core HIV-1 Psi is approximately 109 nucleotides and contains sequences critical for viral genomic dimerisation and splicing, in addition to the packaging signal. It consists of a series of stem-loops (termed SL-1 to SL-4),...
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