title: Self-ligating RNA sequences on the antigenome of human hepatitis delta virus.
abstract: A 179-base fragment of RNA from the 1,679-base antigenome of hepatitis delta virus can not only self-cleave but, when the ends of the resultant fragments are brought into apposition by base pairing to another RNA, also self-ligate. Thus, processing events needed for genome replication in vivo may be strictly RNA mediated.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sharmeen
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral