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Functional analysis of RNA binding by the hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Nov 2005
Kim Young-Chan, Russell William K, Ranjith-Kumar C T, Thomson Michael, Russell David H, Kao C Cheng
Abstract excerpt
Protein-RNA interaction plays a critical role in regulating RNA synthesis by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). RNAs of 7 nucleotides (nt) or longer had affinities 5-fold better than an RNA of 5 nt, suggesting a minimal length required for binding. To identify RNA contact sites on the HCV RdRp, a biotinylated 7-nt RNA capable of directing de novo initiation was used in a process that...
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