title: Viral RNA gymnastics.
abstract: Retroviruses have a stretch of RNA that dimerizes during viral particle formation. A new study suggests that RNA flexibility in the monomeric form may facilitate dimerization or other RNA-dependent viral functions.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calabro
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Frankel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral