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Structural features of the Seneca Valley virus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element: a picornavirus with a pestivirus-like IRES.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2011
Willcocks Margaret M, Locker Nicolas, Gomwalk Zarmwa, Royall Elizabeth, Bakhshesh Mehran, Belsham Graham J, Idamakanti Neeraja, Burroughs Kevin D, Reddy P Seshidhar, Hallenbeck Paul L, Roberts Lisa O
Abstract excerpt
The RNA genome of Seneca Valley virus (SVV), a recently identified picornavirus, contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element which has structural and functional similarity to that from classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and hepatitis C virus, members of the Flaviviridae. The SVV IRES has an absolute requirement for the presence of a short region of virus-coding sequence to allow it to function either...
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