Characterization of the initiation sites of both polarity strands of a viroid RNA reveals a motif conserved in sequence and structure

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2662-2670

  Navarro, José Antonio ^a   Flores, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avocado sunblotch viroid; Catalytic RNAs; Rolling circle replication

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIROID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034214286     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2662     Document Type: Article

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