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The HIV-1 Rev response element (RRE) adopts alternative conformations that promote different rates of virus replication.
Nucleic acids research - 19 May 2015
Sherpa Chringma, Rausch Jason W, Le Grice Stuart F J, Hammarskjold Marie-Louise, Rekosh David
Abstract excerpt
The HIV Rev protein forms a complex with a 351 nucleotide sequence present in unspliced and incompletely spliced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) mRNAs, the Rev response element (RRE), to recruit the cellular nuclear export receptor Crm1 and Ran-GTP. This complex facilitates nucleo-cytoplasmic export of these mRNAs. The precise secondary structure of the HIV-1 RRE has been controversial, since studies have...
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