Structural analyses of Avocado sunblotch viroid reveal differences in the folding of plus and minus RNA strands

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 489-506

  Delan Forino, Clémentine ^a,d   Deforges, Jules ^a   Benard, Lionel ^b,c   Sargueil, Bruno ^a   Maurel, Marie Christine ^a   Torchet, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de Biologie Physico Chimique   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avocado sunblotch viroid; Avsunviroidae; Ribozyme; RNA structure; SHAPE

Indexed keywords

CACODYLIC ACID; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MAGNESIUM ACETATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AVOCADO SUNBLOTCH VIROID; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DENATURATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIROID; VIROIDAL PLANT DISEASE;

BASE PAIRING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PERSEA; RNA, VIRAL; VIROIDS;

EID: 84893214381     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6020489     Document Type: Article

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