Solution structure of the influenza A virus cRNA promoter: Implications for differential recognition of viral promoter structures by RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2824-2832

  Park, Chin Ju ^a   Bae, Sung Hun ^a   Lee, Mi Kyung ^a   Varani, Gabriele ^b   Choi, Byong Seok ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0037930734     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg387     Document Type: Article

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