Unusual nucleotide content of Rubella virus genome as a consequence of biased RNA-editing: Comparison with Alphaviruses

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-100

  Khrustalev, Vladislav Victorovich ^a   Barkovsky, Eugene Victorovich ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

8 oxo G; ADAR; Alphavirus; APOBEC1; Bioinformatics; GC content; Inosine; Microrna; Mutational pressure; Nucleotide content; RNA editing; Rubella virus; Togaviridae

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 79953131312     PISSN: 17445485     EISSN: 17445493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2011.039171     Document Type: Article

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