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Kinetic Traps in RNA Folding: Targeted Design of Frameshifting Element Mutants by Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of the Chikungunya Virus.
The journal of physical chemistry. B - 12 Feb 2026
Lee Samuel, Schlick Tamar
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) employs a programmed ribosomal frameshifting element (FSE) to regulate the synthesis of its viral proteins, making the FSE an attractive antiviral target. Yet the structural dynamics that govern its function are complex and poorly understood, with multiple folds discovered. Through computational analysis, we suggest that the FSE's conformation is determined by a competition between...
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