Non-canonical interactions in a kissing loop complex: The dimerization initiation site of HIV-1 genomic RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-49

  Paillart, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Westhof, Eric ^a   Ehresmann, Chantal ^a   Ehresmann, Bernard ^a   Marquet, Roland ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Retrovirus; RNA RNA interactions; Structure; Tertiary interactions

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031552595     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1096     Document Type: Article

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