The Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (CrPV IRES) is an
RNA element required for the production of
capsid
A capsid is the protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material. It consists of several oligomeric (repeating) structural subunits made of protein called protomers. The observable 3-dimensional morphological subunits, which may or may ...
proteins through ribosome recruitment to an intergenic region
IRES (IGR IRES).
See also
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Cricket paralysis virus
Cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) was initially discovered in Australian field crickets ('' Teleogryllus commodus'' and '' Teleogryllus oceanicus'') by Carl Reinganum and his colleagues at the Victorian Plant Research Institute (Burnley, Melbourne, ...
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Internal ribosome entry site (IRES)
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Cis-regulatory RNA elements
Dicistroviridae
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