Specific binding of arginine to TAR RNA.
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Specific binding of arginine to TAR RNA.
A single arginine residue within the basic region of the human immunodeficiency virus Tat protein mediates specific binding of Tat peptides to a three-nucleotide bulge in TAR RNA. It has been proposed that arginine recognizes TAR by forming a network of hydrogen bonds with two structurally distinct phosphates, an interaction termed the "arginine fork." Here it is shown that L-arginine blocks th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.7.2723