The pseudoknot region and poly-(C) tract comprise an essential RNA packaging signal for assembly of foot-and-mouth disease virus

• Chris Neil ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chris.neil@pirbright.ac.uk (CN); toby.tuthill@pirbright.ac.uk (TJT)

  Affiliation The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-5195

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• Joseph Newman,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

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• Nicola J. Stonehouse,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• David J. Rowlands,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Graham J. Belsham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark

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• Tobias J. Tuthill

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

  * E-mail: chris.neil@pirbright.ac.uk (CN); toby.tuthill@pirbright.ac.uk (TJT)

  Affiliation The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6582-388X

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