Hepatitis C stem-loop IV

Hepatitis C stem-loop IV
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HCV_SLIV
Identifiers
Symbol	HCV_SLIV
Rfam	RF00469
Other data
RNA type	Cis-reg
Domain(s)	Viruses
SO	SO:0000233
PDB structures	PDBe

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]

See also

• Hepatitis C alternative reading frame stem-loop
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cis-acting replication element (CRE)
• Hepatitis C virus 3'X element
• Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element

References

1. Lee H, Shin H, Wimmer E, Paul AV (October 2004). "cis-acting RNA signals in the NS5B C-terminal coding sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome". Journal of Virology. 78 (20): 10865–10877. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.20.10865-10877.2004. PMC 521798. PMID 15452207.

External links

• Page for Hepatitis C stem-loop IV at Rfam