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Hepatitis C stem-loop IV

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Hepatitis C stem-loop IV
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HCV_SLIV
Identifiers
SymbolHCV_SLIV
RfamRF00469
Other data
RNA typeCis-reg
Domain(s)Viruses
SOSO:0000233
PDB structuresPDBe

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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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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