MMTV RNA packaging requires an extended long-range interaction for productive Gag binding to packaging signals

• Suresha G. Prabhu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Vineeta N. Pillai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Lizna Mohamed Ali,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Valérie Vivet-Boudou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France

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• Akhil Chameettachal,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Viral Recombination Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Serena Bernacchi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France

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• Farah Mustafa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Zayed bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, ASPIRE Research Institute in Precision Medicine, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Roland Marquet ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.marquet@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr (RM); tarizvi@uaeu.ac.ae (TAR)

  Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, France

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• Tahir A. Rizvi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.marquet@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr (RM); tarizvi@uaeu.ac.ae (TAR)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Zayed bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, ASPIRE Research Institute in Precision Medicine, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-1678

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