Highly conserved RNA pseudoknots at the gag-pol junction of HIV-1 suggest a novel mechanism of -1 ribosomal frameshifting

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 587-593

  Huang, Xiaolan ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Wang, Guan ^b   Cheng, Qiang ^a   Du, Zhihua ^b  

^a Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 ribosomal frameshifting; HIV 1; Recoding; RNA pseudoknot

Indexed keywords

-1 RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; HIV-1; RECODING; RNA PSEUDOKNOT;

FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV-1; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84898983118     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.042457.113     Document Type: Article

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