Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES)

Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES)
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IRES_Cripavirus
Identifiers
Symbol	IRES_Cripavirus
Rfam	RF00458
Other data
RNA type	Cis-reg; IRES
Domain(s)	Viruses
GO	0043022
SO	0000243

A 3D representation of a Cripavirus IRES. This is a view of the tertiary structure of the ribosome-bound cricket paralysis virus IRES RNA.^[1]

The Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is an RNA element required for the production of capsid proteins through IRES-mediated translation.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kanamori, Y; Nakashima N (2001). "A tertiary structure model of the internal ribosome entry site (IRES) for methionine-independent initiation of translation". RNA 7 (2): 266–274. doi:10.1017/S1355838201001741. PMC 1370084. PMID 11233983. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1370084. 

External links

• Rfam page for Cripavirus internal ribosome entry site (IRES)