Hepatitis C stem-loop IV

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Hepatitis C stem-loop IV
Template:Abbreviation
Type: Cis-reg;
2° structure: Predicted; ILM; Moxon SJ
Seed alignment: PubMed
Avg length: 37.0 nucleotides
Avg identity: 89%

The Hepatitis C stem-loop IV is part of a putative RNA element found in the NS5B 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.[1]

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  1. ^ Lee, H; Shin H, Wimmer E, Paul AV (2004). "cis-acting RNA signals in the NS5B C-terminal coding sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome". J Virol 78: 10865–10877. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.20.10865-10877.2004. PMID 15452207. 

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