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Structure-function analysis of the 3' stem-loop of hepatitis C virus genomic RNA and its role in viral RNA replication.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2003
Yi Minkyung, Lemon Stanley M
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies indicate that the 3' terminal 46 nt of the RNA genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are highly conserved among different viral strains and essential for RNA replication. Here, we describe a mutational analysis of the 3' terminal hairpin (stem-loop I) that is putatively formed by this sequence and demonstrate its role in replication of the viral RNA. We show that single base substitutions within the...
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