HIV-2 RNA dimerization is regulated by intramolecular interactions in vitro

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1341-1354

  Baig, Tayyba T ^a   Lanchy, Jean Marc ^a   Lodmell, J Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 2; Palindrome; RNA dimerization; SELEX

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HIV-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 34447511202     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.483807     Document Type: Article

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