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Review
. 1994 Nov;2(11):449-54.
doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(94)90803-6.

The 5' noncoding region and virulence of poliovirus vaccine strains

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The 5' noncoding region and virulence of poliovirus vaccine strains

A J Macadam et al. Trends Microbiol. 1994 Nov.

Abstract

All three live, attenuated vaccine strains of poliovirus contain important attenuation determinants in a short conserved sequence in the 5' noncoding region. Evidence suggests these act by weakening a secondary-structural element critical for the unusual mechanism of translational initiation of picornaviruses, in which ribosomes bind directly to a site far downstream of the 5' end. Understanding the molecular basis of attenuation may allow novel vaccine strains to be designed.

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