Pseudoknots: A vital feature in viral RNA

Seminars in Virology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 166-175

  Deiman, Birgit A L M ^a   Pleij, Cornelis W A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frameshifting; Pseudoknots; Read through; Replication; Translation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031428303     PISSN: 10445773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smvy.1997.0119     Document Type: Article

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