The diploid genome of all retroviruses is made of two homologous copies of RNA intimately
associated near their 5' end, in a region called the dimer linkage structure. Dimerization of …

Many viruses carry more than one segment of nucleic acid into the virion particle, but
retroviruses are the only known group of viruses that contain two identical (or nearly identical) …

RNA-RNA interactions govern a number of biological processes. Several RNAs, including
natural sense and antisense RNAs, interact by means of a two-step mechanism: recognition is …

The 5′ region of HIV-l RNA contains functional elements involved in key steps of the retroviral
cycle, such as genomic RNA transcription, splicing, translation, dimerization or initiation …

The influenza A virus genome consists of eight viral RNAs (vRNAs) that form viral ribonucleoproteins
(vRNPs). Even though evidence supporting segment-specific packaging of vRNAs …

Reverse transcription of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) genomic RNA is
primed by tRNA 3 Lys , whose 3′ end 18 nucleotides are complementary to the viral primer …

Initiation of RNA‐dependent DNA synthesis by retroviral reverse transcriptases is generally
considered as unspecific. In the case of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1), the …

Influenza A viruses package their segmented RNA genome in a selective manner. Electron
tomography, biochemical assays, and replication assays of viruses produced by reverse …

The genome of all retroviruses consists in two homologous RNA molecules associated near
their 5' end in a region called the dimer linkage structure. Dimerization of genomic RNA is …

In all retroviruses, reverse transcription is primed by a tRNA whose 3' end 18 nucleotides
are complementary to the so called viral primer binding site. Previous work showed that …