Identification and characterization of a hepatitis delta virus RNA transcriptional promoter.

Abstract excerpt

Transcription and replication of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA are performed by the cellular enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II). As DNA is the normal template for Pol II, the enzyme must undergo template switching. The mechanism for this is unknown, but since HDV RNA can form a rod-like molecule...

Topics

• Base Sequence
• Hepatitis Delta Virus
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
• Mutation
• RNA Polymerase II
• RNA, Viral
• Sequence Alignment
• Sequence Analysis, RNA
• Transcription, Genetic