Relevance of RNA structure for the activity of picornavirus IRES elements

Virus Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-182

  Fernández Miragall, Olga ^a   Quinto, Sonia López de ^a   Martínez Salas, Encarnación ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internal translation initiation; IRES transacting factors; Picornavirus infection; RNA structure; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APHTHOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS GENOME;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, VIRAL;

APHTHOVIRUS; CARDIOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 59749086877     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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