Deletion analysis of the capsid protein of Sindbis virus: identification of the RNA binding region

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The capsid protein of Sindbis virus has multiple functions in the life cycle of the virus. One essential function is to interact with the genomic RNA of the virus to form the nucleocapsid. The experiments described in this article define a region of the protein that is required for binding to Sindbis virus RNA. The assay we used measured the binding of in vitro-translated proteins to RNA on the basis of their...

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