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Does the HIV-1 primer activation signal interact with tRNA3(Lys) during the initiation of reverse transcription?
Nucleic acids research - 1 Feb 2003
Goldschmidt Valérie, Ehresmann Chantal, Ehresmann Bernard, Marquet Roland
Abstract excerpt
Reverse transcription of HIV-1 RNA is primed by a tRNA3(Lys) molecule bound at the primer binding site (PBS). Complex intermolecular interactions were proposed between tRNA3(Lys) and the RNA of the HIV-1 Mal isolate. Recently, an alternative interaction was proposed between the TPsiC stem of tRNA3(Lys) and a primer activation signal (PAS) of the Lai and Hxb2 RNAs, suggesting major structural variations in the...
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