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Mechanical unfolding kinetics of the SRV-1 gag-pro mRNA pseudoknot: possible implications for -1 ribosomal frameshifting stimulation.
Scientific reports - 21 Dec 2016
Zhong Zhensheng, Yang Lixia, Zhang Haiping, Shi Jiahao, Vandana J Jeya, Lam Do Thuy Uyen Ha, Olsthoorn René C L, Lu Lanyuan, Chen Gang
Abstract excerpt
Minus-one ribosomal frameshifting is a translational recoding mechanism widely utilized by many RNA viruses to generate accurate ratios of structural and catalytic proteins. An RNA pseudoknot structure located in the overlapping region of the gag and pro genes of Simian Retrovirus type 1 (SRV-1) stimulates frameshifting. However, the experimental characterization of SRV-1 pseudoknot (un)folding dynamics and the...
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