The structure of a rigorously conserved RNA element within the SARS virus genome

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Robertson, Michael P ^a   Igel, Haller ^a   Baertsch, Robert ^a,b   Haussler, David ^a,b   Ares Jr , Manuel ^a   Scott, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; VIRUS RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ASTROVIRIDAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PURINES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS;

EID: 14644402508     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030005     Document Type: Article

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