Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII

Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HCV_SLVII
Identifiers
Symbol HCV_SLVII
Rfam RF00468
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Viruses
SO 0000233
PDB structures PDBe

Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII is a regulatory element found in the coding region of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene, NS5B. Similarly to stem-loop IV, the stem-loop structure 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.


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