Hepatitis C stem-loop IV

Hepatitis C stem-loop IV
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HCV_SLIV
Identifiers
Symbol HCV_SLIV
Rfam RF00469
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Viruses
SO 0000233
PDB structures PDBe

The Hepatitis C stem-loop IV is part of a putative RNA element found in the NS5B coding region. This element along with stem-loop VII, is important (but not essential) for colony formation, though its exact function and mechanism are unknown.[1]

See also

References

  1. Lee, H; Shin H; Wimmer E; Paul AV (2004). "cis-acting RNA signals in the NS5B C-terminal coding sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome". J Virol. 78 (20): 10865&ndash, 10877. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.20.10865-10877.2004. PMC 521798. PMID 15452207.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.