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Identification of Internal Sequences in the 3′ Leader Region of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus That Enhance Transcription and Confer Replication Processivity
29 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies of respiratory syncytial virus have shown that the 44-nucleotide (nt) leader (Le) region is sufficient to initiate RNA replication, producing antigenome RNA, and that the Le and adjoining gene start (GS) signal of the first gene are sufficient to initiate transcription, producing mRNA. A cis-acting element necessary for both transcription and replication was mapped within the first 11 nt at the...
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