Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES)
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IRES_Cripavirus
Identifiers
SymbolIRES_Cripavirus
RfamRF00458
Other data
RNA typeCis-reg; IRES
Domain(s)Viruses
GOGO:0043022
SOSO:0000243
PDB structuresPDBe

The Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (CrPV IRES) is an RNA element required for the production of capsid proteins through ribosome recruitment to an intergenic region IRES (IGR IRES).[1]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kanamori Y, Nakashima N (February 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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