The Hepatitis C stem-loop IV is part of a putative
RNA element found in the
NS5B
Nonstructural protein 5B (NS5B) is a viral protein found in the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, having the key function of replicating HCV's viral RNA by using the viral positive RNA strand as a template to catalyze ...
coding region. This element along with
stem-loop VII, is important (but not essential) for colony formation, though its exact function and mechanism are unknown.
See also
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Hepatitis C alternative reading frame stem-loop
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cis-acting replication element (CRE)
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Hepatitis C virus 3'X element
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Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element
References
External links
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Cis-regulatory RNA elements
Hepatitis C virus
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