Solution RNA structures of the HIV-1 dimerization initiation site in the kissing-loop and extended-duplex dimers.
Baba, S., Takahashi, K., Noguchi, S., Takaku, H., Koyanagi, Y., Yamamoto, N., Kawai, G.(2005) J Biochem 138: 583-592
- PubMed: 16272570 
- DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi158
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2D17, 2D18, 2D19, 2D1A, 2D1B - PubMed Abstract: 
Dimer formation of HIV-1 genomic RNA through its dimerization initiation site (DIS) is crucial to maintaining infectivity. Two types of dimers, the initially generated kissing-loop dimer and the subsequent product of the extended-duplex dimer, are formed in the stem-bulge-stem region with a loop including a self-complementary sequence ...