Differential stability of the mRNA secondary structures in the frameshift site of various HIV type 1 viruses

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1591-1596

  Chang, Sui Yuan ^a   Sutthent, Ruengpung ^b   Auewarakul, Prasert ^b   Apichartpiyakul, Chatchawann ^c   Essex, Max ^a   Lee, Tun Hou ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RIBOSOME; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, GAG; GENES, POL; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033589709     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299309892     Document Type: Article

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