title: Studies on the structure of avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) RNA. III. Electron microscopic definition of secondary structure.
abstract: The secondary structure of avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) RNA was characterized by electron microscopy under moderately denaturing spreading conditions. Under denaturation by aqueous 44% formamide or 77% formamide in the presence of salts, partly stretched RNA molecules with measurable double-stranded regions were observed. This approach allowed the localization from 5 to 11 regions of preserved secondary structure on AMV RNA molecules. Topographic analysis revealed a nonrandom occurrence of stable secondary structures in several prevalent regions. These regions with higher secondary structure stability revealed certain similarity to hairpin structures localized by electron microscopy on Rous sarcoma virus RNA or to highly structured regions found on this RNA by T1 ribonuclease oligonucleotide analysis.
mesh_terms: D001354:Avian Leukosis Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D009189:Avian Myeloblastosis Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D005559:Formamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation / Q000187:drug effects; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral
chemical_list: D005559:Formamides; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral; C031066:formamide