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Selection of functional mutations in the U5-IR stem and loop regions of the Rous sarcoma virus genome.
BMC biology - 20 May 2004
Johnson Michael, Morris Shannon, Chen Aiping, Stavnezer Ed, Leis Jonathan
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BACKGROUND: The 5' end of the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) RNA around the primer-binding site forms a series of RNA secondary stem/loop structures (U5-IR stem, TpsiC interaction region, U5-leader stem) that are required for efficient initiation of reverse transcription. The U5-IR stem and loop also encode the U5 integrase (IN) recognition sequence at the level of DNA such that this region has overlapping biological...
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