Reverse transcription of a self-primed retrotransposon requires an RNA structure similar to the U5-IR stem-loop of retroviruses

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6859-6869

  Lin, Jia Hwei ^a   Levin, Henry L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031741741     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6859     Document Type: Article

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