Monitoring Retroviral RNA Dimerization In Vivo via Hammerhead Ribozyme Cleavage

AUTOR(ES)

Pal, Bijay K.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We have used a strategy for colocalization of Psi (Ψ)-tethered ribozymes and targets to demonstrate that Ψ sequences are capable of specific interaction in the cytoplasm of both packaging and nonpackaging cells. These results indicate that current in vitro dimerization models may have in vivo counterparts. The methodology used may be applied to further genetic analyses on Ψ domain interactions in vivo.

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