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| Rotavirus cis-acting replication element (CRE) |
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| Type: |
Cis-reg; |
| 2° structure: |
Predicted; Pfold; Moxon SJ |
| Seed alignment: |
PubMed |
| Avg length: |
67.8 nucleotides |
| Avg identity: |
86% |
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This family represents a rotavirus cis-acting replication element (CRE) found at the 3'-end of rotavirus mRNAs. The family is thought to promote the synthesis of minus strand RNA to form viral dsRNA.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Chen, D; Barros M, Spencer E, Patton JT (2001). "Features of the 3'-consensus sequence of rotavirus mRNAs critical to minus strand synthesis". Virology 282: 221–229. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.0825. PMID 11289804.
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