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Structural variation and functional importance of a D-loop-T-loop interaction in valine-accepting tRNA-like structures of plant viral RNAs.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Oct 2002
de Smit Maarten H, Gultyaev Alexander P, Hilge Mark, Bink Hugo H J, Barends Sharief, Kraal Barend, Pleij Cornelis W A
Abstract excerpt
Valine-accepting tRNA-like structures (TLSs) are found at the 3' ends of the genomic RNAs of most plant viruses belonging to the genera Tymovirus, Furovirus, Pomovirus and Pecluvirus, and of one Tobamovirus species. Sequence alignment of these TLSs suggests the existence of a tertiary D-loop-T-loop interaction consisting of 2 bp, analogous to those in the elbow region of canonical tRNAs. The conserved...
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