The 3′ splice site of influenza A segment 7 mRNA can exist in two conformations: A pseudoknot and a hairpin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Moss, Walter N ^a   Dela Moss, Lumbini I ^a   Kierzek, Elzbieta ^b   Kierzek, Ryszard ^b   Priore, Salvatore F ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; COBALT DERIVATIVE; COBALT HEXAMMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN M2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; COBALT; HEXAAMMINECOBALT(II); M2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

3' SPLICE SITE OF SEGMENT 7; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA HAIRPIN; RNA PSEUDOKNOT; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRION; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIRDS; COBALT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 84862003023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038323     Document Type: Article

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