Hepatitis C virus stem-loop VII is a regulatory element found in the coding region of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene, NS5B. Similarly to stem-loop IV, the stem-loop structure is important (but not essential) for colony formation, though its exact function and mechanism are unknown.
See also Hepatitis C alternative reading frame stem-loop Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cis-acting replication element (CRE) Hepatitis C virus 3'X element
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