Article
Functional analysis of the complex trans-activating response element RNA structure in simian immunodeficiency virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2008
Centlivre Mireille, Klaver Bep, Berkhout Ben, Das Atze T
Abstract excerpt
Transcription of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is activated through binding of the viral Tat protein to the trans-activating response (TAR) element at the 5' end of the nascent transcript. Whereas HIV type 1 (HIV-1) TAR folds a simple hairpin structure...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
