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Improved envelope function selected by long-term cultivation of a translation-impaired HIV-1 mutant.
Virology - 10 May 1998
Das A T, van Dam A P, Klaver B, Berkhout B
Abstract excerpt
The untranslated leader region of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA genome contains multiple regulatory elements that fold into stable hairpin structures. Because extensive secondary structure can block the scanning of ribosomes, an alternative mechanism for HIV translation seems feasible. To study the mechanism of HIV-1 mRNA translation, a start codon was introduced in the leader region that will usurp...
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