Multiple Capsid Protein Binding Sites Mediate Selective Packaging of the Alphavirus Genomic RNA
R. S. Brown, D. G. Anastasakis, M. Hafner, M. Kielian
The paper identifies multiple Cp binding sites on alphavirus genomic RNA that mediate selective packaging, challenging the role of the previously proposed packaging signal.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2020Microbiology