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Retrovirus particles contain a dimeric form of their genomic RNA. A recent study suggests a mechanism that might underlie the selective incorporation of dimeric RNAs into assembling virus particles.

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Figure 1: Stem-loops in MLV ψ.
Figure 2: Structure of the complex between MLV NC and an RNA representing MLV bases 278–374.

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