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Structural basis of an essential interaction between influenza polymerase and Pol II CTD.
Nature - 5 Jan 2017
Lukarska Maria, Fournier Guillaume, Pflug Alexander, Resa-Infante Patricia, Reich Stefan, Naffakh Nadia, Cusack Stephen
Abstract excerpt
The heterotrimeric influenza polymerase (FluPol), comprising subunits PA, PB1 and PB2, binds to the conserved 5' and 3' termini (the 'promoter') of each of the eight single-stranded viral RNA (vRNA) genome segments and performs both transcription and replication of vRNA in the infected cell nucleus. To transcribe viral mRNAs, FluPol associates with cellular RNA polymerase II (Pol II), which enables it to take...
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