The role of RNA pseudoknot stem 1 length in the promotion of efficient -1 ribosomal frameshifting

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-320

  Napthine, Sawsan ^a   Liphardt, Jan ^a   Bloys, Alison ^a   Routledge, Samantha ^a   Brierley, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Retrovirus; Ribosomal frameshifting; RNA pseudoknot; RNA structure probing

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; GENE CONSTRUCT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033532080     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2688     Document Type: Article

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