| Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HCV_SLVII | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | HCV_SLVII |
| Rfam | RF00468 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg |
| Domain(s) | Viruses |
| SO | SO:0000233 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII is a regulatory element found in the coding region of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene, NS5B. Similarly to stem-loop IV, the stem-loop structure is important (but not essential) for colony formation, though its exact function and mechanism are unknown.[1]