In molecular biology, the enteroviral 3′ UTR element is an RNA structure found in the 3′ UTR of various enteroviruses. The overall structure forms the origin of replication (OriR) for the initiation of (-) strand RNA synthesis.[1] Pseudoknots have also been predicted in this structure.[1]
| Enteroviral 3′ UTR element | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of Entero_OriR | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Entero_OriR |
| Rfam | RF00041 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg |
| Domain(s) | Viruses |
| SO | SO:0000205 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wang J, Bakkers JM, Galama JM, Bruins Slot HJ, Pilipenko EV, Agol VI, Melchers WJ (January 1999). "Structural requirements of the higher order RNA kissing element in the enteroviral 3'UTR". Nucleic Acids Research. 27 (2): 485–490. doi:10.1093/nar/27.2.485. PMC 148204. PMID 9862969.
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