Mason-Pfizer monkey virus packaging signal

Mason-Pfizer monkey virus packaging signal
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of MPMV_package
Identifiers
Symbol MPMV_package
Rfam RF00459
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Eukaryota; Viruses
SO 0000233

Mason-Pfizer monkey virus packaging signal (MPMV) is a regulatory element located in the 5' UTR and is required for specific RNA encapsidation.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Mustafa, F; Lew KA, Schmidt RD, Browning MT, Rizvi TA (2004). "Mutational analysis of the predicted secondary RNA structure of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus packaging signal". Virus Res 99 (1): 35–46. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2003.09.012. PMID 14687944. 
  2. ^ Harrison, GP; Hunter E, Lever AM (1995). "Secondary structure model of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus 5' leader sequence: identification of a structural motif common to a variety of retroviruses". J Virol 69 (4): 2175–2186. PMC 188886. PMID 7884866. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=188886. 

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