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Mutations in both the U5 region and the primer-binding site influence the selection of the tRNA used for the initiation of HIV-1 reverse transcription.
Virology - 15 Aug 1996
Kang S M, Wakefield J K, Morrow C D
Abstract excerpt
The initiation of HIV-1 reverse transcription is primed by a cellular tRNA(Lys),3 molecule which is bound to a complementary sequence near the 5' end of the viral RNA genome designated as the primer-binding site (PBS). Recent studies have suggested that sequences upstream of the PBS within U5 consisting of a stretch of adenine nucleotides (referred to as the A-loop) might be important in the selection and...
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