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]
| 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 | SO:0000233 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lee H, Shin H, Wimmer E, Paul AV (October 2004). "cis-acting RNA signals in the NS5B C-terminal coding sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome". Journal of Virology. 78 (20): 10865–10877. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.20.10865-10877.2004. PMC 521798. PMID 15452207.
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