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A Short Autocomplementary Sequence Plays an Essential Role in Avian Sarcoma−Leukosis Virus RNA Dimerization
1 Jan 1996
Abstract excerpt
Retroviral genomes consist of two identical RNA molecules joined noncovalently near their 5'-ends. Recently, two models have been proposed for RNA dimer formation on the basis of results obtained in vitro with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA and Moloney murine leukemia virus RNA. It was first proposed that viral RNA dimerizes by forming an interstrand quadruple helix with purine tetrads. The second model...
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