Genome-wide analyses of Epstein-Barr virus reveal conserved RNA structures and a novel stable intronic sequence RNA

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moss, Walter N ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Epstein Barr virus (EBV); Herpesvirus; Non coding RNA (ncRNA); RNA; RNA editing; RNA structure; RNA Seq; sisRNA; W repeat

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERPES VIRUS; INTRON; MACACINE HERPESVIRUS 4; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA SPLICE SITES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84881175425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-543     Document Type: Article

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