Structural characterization of the 5′ untranslated RNA of hepatitis C virus by vibrational spectroscopy

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-79

  Rodríguez Casado, Arantxa ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^b   Carreño, Vicente ^b   Molina, Marina ^c   Carmona, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 UTR RNA structure; HCV virus; Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33749530512     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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