Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site

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Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES)
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IRES_Cripavirus
Identifiers
SymbolIRES_Cripavirus
RfamRF00458
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg; IRES
Domain(s)Viruses
GOGO:0043022
SOSO:0000243
PDB structuresPDBe
A 3D representation of a Cripavirus IRES. This is a view of the tertiary structure of the ribosome-bound cricket paralysis virus IRES RNA.[1]

The Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is an RNA element required for the production of capsid proteins through IRES-mediated translation.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kanamori, Y; Nakashima N (2001). "A tertiary structure model of the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) for methionine-independent initiation of translation". RNA. 7 (2): 266–274. doi:10.1017/S1355838201001741. PMC 1370084. PMID 11233983.

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