The
Togavirus
''Alphavirus'' is a genus of RNA viruses, the sole genus in the ''Togaviridae'' family. Alphaviruses belong to group IV of the Baltimore classification of viruses, with a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome. There are 32 alphaviruses, w ...
5′ plus strand cis-regulatory element is an
RNA element which is thought to be essential for both plus and minus strand
RNA synthesis.
Genus
Alphavirus belongs to the family Togaviridae. Alpha viruses contain secondary structural motifs in the 5′ UTR that allow them to avoid detection by
IFIT1
Interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''IFIT1'' gene
In biology, the word gene (from , ; "... Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of her ...
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See also
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Rubella virus 3′ cis-acting element
The Rubella virus 3′ cis-acting element RNA family represents a ''cis''-acting element found at the 3′ UTR in the rubella virus. This family contains three conserved step loop structures. Calreticulin (CAL), which is known to bind calcium in ...
References
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Cis-regulatory RNA elements
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