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Mutational analysis of the tRNA3Lys/HIV-1 RNA (primer/template) complex.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Mar 1998
Isel C, Keith G, Ehresmann B, Ehresmann C, Marquet R
Abstract excerpt
Retroviruses use a specific tRNA, whose 3' end is complementary to the 18 nucleotides of the primer binding site (PBS), to prime reverse transcription. Previous work has shown that initiation of HIV-1 reverse transcription is a specific process, in contrast with the subsequent elongation phase. HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) specifically recognizes the complex formed by the viral RNA and tRNA3Lys. We previously...
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