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Sequences in the U3 region of human immunodeficiency virus 1 improve efficiency of minus strand transfer in infected cells.
Virology - 20 Feb 2011
Piekna-Przybylska Dorota, Dykes Carrie, Demeter Lisa M, Bambara Robert A
Abstract excerpt
A tRNA gene-like sequence has been identified near the 3' end of HIV-1. Two segments of this sequence (motif 9 and segment 1) promoted minus strand transfer in vitro. The segments are complementary to the tRNA(3)(Lys) primer, and apparently act by binding the tRNA, thereby bringing the 3' and 5' ends of viral RNA into proximity for strand transfer. In this report, we used full-length HIV-1 to demonstrate...
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