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ArticleJournal of virology1999

Anti-Rex aptamers as mimics of the Rex-binding element.

S Baskerville, M Zapp, A D Ellington

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Article in Journal of virology, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S BaskervilleDepartment of Biology, Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
M Zapp
A D Ellington
Indiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA molecules that bind tightly and specifically to a Rex fusion protein have been isolated from a conformationally constrained pool of random sequence RNAs. The anti-Rex aptamers effectively mimic several features of the wild-type Rex-binding element (XBE). The highest-affinity aptamers effectively compete with the wild-type XBE for binding to the RNA-binding domain of Rex, an arginine-rich motif (ARM), but do not bind to the functionally analogous Rev protein or its ARM. However, characteristic sequence and structural motifs found in some of the anti-Rex aptamers may provide insights into how the Rex protein can interact with other viral RNAs, such as the Rev-responsive element. The anti-Rex aptamers can functionally substitute for the XBE in vivo, a result which supports a previously proposed model for mRNA transport in which the viral genome serves as a platform for assembling a nucleoprotein complex that can co-opt the cellular transport apparatus. Overall, these studies suggest that anti-Rex aptamers may serve as RNA decoys of the Rex protein.

Indexed as

Biological TransportGene Products, revGene Products, rexMolecular Sequence DataPolynucleotidesResponse ElementsRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationGene Products, revGene Products, rexPolynucleotidesRNA, MessengerRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID10233958
PMCPMC112540
OpenAlexW2168573093

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