Rous sarcoma virus primer binding site explained

Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) primer binding site (PBS)
Symbol:RSV_PBS
Rfam:RF00467
Rna Type:Cis-reg
Tax Domain:Viruses

This family represents a structured region around the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) primer binding site (PBS). This region is known to be required for the efficient initiation of reverse transcription.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Johnson M, Morris S, Chen A, Stavnezer E, Leis J . Selection of functional mutations in the U5-IR stem and loop regions of the Rous sarcoma virus genome . BMC Biology . 2 . 8 . May 2004 . 15153244 . 428589 . 10.1186/1741-7007-2-8 . free .