Evidence of a novel RNA secondary structure in the coding region of HIV-1 pol gene

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2478-2488

  Wang, Qi ^a   Barr, Ian ^a,b   Feng, Guo ^a,b   Lee, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariation; HIV 1 pol gene; RNA secondary structure; SHAPE; Synonymous variability; Thermodynamic prediction

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 POL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, POL; HIV-1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 57049152936     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1252608     Document Type: Article

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