Toward a structural understanding of IRES RNA function

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-276

  Filbin, Megan E ^a   Kieft, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 66849089596     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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