Testing the extent of sequence similarity among viroids, satellite RNAs, and hepatitis delta virus

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-102

  Jenkins, Gareth M ^a   Woelk, Christopher H ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis delta virus; Monte Carlo simulation; Satellite RNAs; Sequence similarity; Viroids

Indexed keywords

DNA; SATELLITE RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VIROID;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VIROIDS;

EID: 0033921966     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910011     Document Type: Article

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