Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) primer binding site (PBS)

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Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) primer binding site (PBS)
Template:Abbreviation
Type: Cis-reg;
2° structure: Published; PubMed
Seed alignment: PubMed
Avg length: 72.6 nucleotides
Avg identity: 83%

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

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  1. ^ Johnson, M; Morris S, Chen A, Stavnezer E, Leis J (2004). "Selection of functional mutations in the U5-IR stem and loop regions of the Rous sarcoma virus genome". BMC Biol 2: 8–. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-2-8. PMID 15153244. 

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