Answer to Question #170604 in Cell Biology for Zahra

Question

They are some codes in retroviral RNA:

R, U5, gag, pol, env, PP, U3

What do they stand for?

Answer 1

R-Regions

U5-Recognition site for viral intergrase

gag-Precursor to internal structural proteins

Pol-Precursor protein containing reverse transcriptase and intergrase components.

env- Precursor to envelope glycoprotein.

Pp-Polypurine section

U3-Promoter region