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SUBMITTER: Fernandes JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5026123 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fernandes Jason D JD Booth David S DS Frankel Alan D AD
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA 20160301 4
HIV replication requires the nuclear export of essential, intron-containing viral RNAs. To facilitate export, HIV encodes the viral accessory protein Rev which binds unspliced and partially spliced viral RNAs and creates a ribonucleoprotein complex that recruits the cellular Chromosome maintenance factor 1 export machinery. Exporting RNAs in this manner bypasses the necessity for complete splicing as a prerequisite for mRNA export, and allows intron-containing RNAs to reach the cytoplasm intact ...[more]