Long-distance RNA-RNA interactions in the coronavirus genome form high-order structures promoting discontinuous RNA synthesis during transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-186

  Mateos Gomez, Pedro A ^a   Morales, Lucia ^a   Zuñiga, Sonia ^a   Enjuanes, Luis ^a   Sola, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; N GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPLICON; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORONAVIRUS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84871951381     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01782-12     Document Type: Article

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