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Functional Insights into the Adjacent Stem-Loop in Honey Bee Dicistroviruses That Promotes Internal Ribosome Entry Site-Mediated Translation and Viral Infection
Journal of virology - 2 Jan 2018
Au Hilda H T, Elspass Valentina M, Jan Eric
Abstract excerpt
All viruses must successfully harness the host translational apparatus and divert it towards viral protein synthesis. Dicistroviruses use an unusual internal ribosome entry site (IRES) mechanism whereby the IRES adopts a three-pseudoknot structure that accesses the ribosome tRNA binding sites to directly recruit the ribosome and initiate translation from a non-AUG start site. A subset of dicistroviruses,...
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