-1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) is an essential translational recoding mechanism for HIV-1 to express its enzymatic (Pol)  and structural proteins (Gag) at a defined ratio, which is vital for the assembly and replication of the virus. Here we 

Highly conserved RNA pseudoknots at the gag-pol junction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 suggest a novel mechanism of -1 ribosomal frameshifting

247th National Meeting (2014)

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