TABLE 2.

Competition analysis of Sin Nombre virus GST-N protein-RNA interactions^a

Competitor RNA	Labeled RNA bound to N (% of wild-type value)
Wild-type S RNA	10 ± 1
RNA 14	81 ± 3
RNA 3	63 ± 2
RNA 2	71 ± 4
RNA 12	15 ± 2
RNA 13	59 ± 5
RNA 15	80 ± 6
RNA 8	18 ± 1
RNA 7	35 ± 2
RNA 10	19 ± 1
RNA 9	37 ± 3
RNA 11	59 ± 5
RNA 5	21 ± 1
RNA 6	73 ± 4
RNA 17	23 ± 2
RNA 18	19 ± 1
RNA 16	20 ± 3

^aIncreasing unlabeled RNAs were used in competition with ³²P-labeled wild-type RNA as in Fig. 3. The ability of each RNA to compete for binding to trimeric N is indicated by the maximal reduction in the binding of ³²P-labeled wild-type RNA. The results are based on three independent experiments.