The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 TAR RNA upper stem-loop plays distinct roles in reverse transcription and RNA packaging

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 5639-5646

  Harrich, David ^a   Hooker, C William ^a   Parry, Emma ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS MUTANT;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; HIV-1; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0034110654     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.12.5639-5646.2000     Document Type: Article

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