Dissection of specific binding of HIV-1 Gag to the 'packaging signal' in viral RNA

Selective packaging of HIV-1 genomic RNA (gRNA) requires the presence of a cis-acting RNA element called the ‘packaging signal’ (Ψ). However, the mechanism by which Ψ promotes selective packaging of the gRNA is not well understood. We used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and quenching data to...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Comas-Garcia, Siddhartha AK Datta, Laura Baker, Rajat Varma, Prabhakar R Gudla, Alan Rein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
HIV
RNA
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/27055