Secondary structure probing of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and sequence comparison with other small pathogenic RNA replicons provides evidence for central non-canonical base-pairs, large A-rich loops, and a terminal branch

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 652-670

  Gast, Frank Ulrich ^a,b   Kempe, Dirk ^a   Spieker, Reiner Ludwig ^a   Sänger, Heinz Ludwig ^a  

^a Abt Viroidforschung Max Planck I   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd); RNA structure; Satellite RNAs; Viroids; Virusoids

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; NUCLEASE; SATELLITE RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TOMATO; VIROID;

IRESINE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; SALAMANDRIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIROIDS;

EID: 0030580111     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0543     Document Type: Article

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