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Elements in the 5' Untranslated Region of Viral RNA Important for HIV Gag Recognition and Cross-Packaging.
Viruses - 10 Apr 2025
Cheng Zetao, Nikolaitchik Olga A, Duchon Alice, Rawson Jonathan M O, Pathak Vinay K, Hu Wei-Shau
Abstract excerpt
During retrovirus assembly, Gag packages unspliced viral RNA as the virion genome. Genome packaging is usually specific with occasional exceptions of cross-packaging RNA from distantly related retroviruses. For example, HIV-1 Gag can efficiently package HIV-2 RNA. To better understand how HIV-1 Gag selects packaging substrates, we defined elements in the HIV-2 5' untranslated region (UTR) that are important for...
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