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The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle
RNA virus genomes are multifunctional entities endowed with conserved structural elements that control translation, replication and encapsidation, among other processes. The preservation of these structural RNA elements constraints the genomic sequence variability. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7073135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32098260 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041479 |
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author | Romero-López, Cristina Berzal-Herranz, Alfredo |
author_facet | Romero-López, Cristina Berzal-Herranz, Alfredo |
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description | RNA virus genomes are multifunctional entities endowed with conserved structural elements that control translation, replication and encapsidation, among other processes. The preservation of these structural RNA elements constraints the genomic sequence variability. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome is a positive, single-stranded RNA molecule with numerous conserved structural elements that manage different steps during the infection cycle. Their function is ensured by the association of protein factors, but also by the establishment of complex, active, long-range RNA-RNA interaction networks-the so-called HCV RNA interactome. This review describes the RNA genome functions mediated via RNA-RNA contacts, and revisits some canonical ideas regarding the role of functional high-order structures during the HCV infective cycle. By outlining the roles of long-range RNA-RNA interactions from translation to virion budding, and the functional domains involved, this work provides an overview of the HCV genome as a dynamic device that manages the course of viral infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-70731352020-03-19 The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle Romero-López, Cristina Berzal-Herranz, Alfredo Int J Mol Sci Review RNA virus genomes are multifunctional entities endowed with conserved structural elements that control translation, replication and encapsidation, among other processes. The preservation of these structural RNA elements constraints the genomic sequence variability. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome is a positive, single-stranded RNA molecule with numerous conserved structural elements that manage different steps during the infection cycle. Their function is ensured by the association of protein factors, but also by the establishment of complex, active, long-range RNA-RNA interaction networks-the so-called HCV RNA interactome. This review describes the RNA genome functions mediated via RNA-RNA contacts, and revisits some canonical ideas regarding the role of functional high-order structures during the HCV infective cycle. By outlining the roles of long-range RNA-RNA interactions from translation to virion budding, and the functional domains involved, this work provides an overview of the HCV genome as a dynamic device that manages the course of viral infection. MDPI 2020-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7073135/ /pubmed/32098260 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041479 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Romero-López, Cristina Berzal-Herranz, Alfredo The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title | The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title_full | The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title_fullStr | The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title_short | The Role of the RNA-RNA Interactome in the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle |
title_sort | role of the rna-rna interactome in the hepatitis c virus life cycle |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7073135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32098260 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041479 |
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