The heptad repeat region is a major selection target in MERS-CoV and related coronaviruses

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Forni, Diego ^a   Filippi, Giulia ^b   Cagliani, Rachele ^a   De Gioia, Luca ^b   Pozzoli, Uberto ^a   Al Daghri, Nasser ^c   Clerici, Mario ^d,e   Sironi, Manuela ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRIDAE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84942346105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14480     Document Type: Article

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