Evidence that a kissing loop structure facilitates genomic RNA dimerisation in HIV-1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-68

  Haddrick, Malcolm ^a   Lear, Andrew L ^a,b   Cann, Alan J ^a   Heaphy, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimerisation; HIV 1; Kissing loops; RNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0029900161     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0301     Document Type: Article

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