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VIROLOGY
卷 450, 期 -, 页码 165-173出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.12.017
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RNA covariation; High-throughput sequencing; Secondary structure alignment; Viral quasi-species; Hepatitis delta virus; Sequence analysis
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资金
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canada)
The right terminal domain of genomic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA is involved in viral replication by recruiting host RNA polymerase II. To identify conserved features of this region, we performed high-throughput 454 sequencing of an HDV population actively replicating in cells. We generated 473,139 sequences representing 2351 new HDV variants of this region and investigated nucleotide conservation and positions of covariation in the population. We found that the sequence is heterogeneous and the rodlike conformation is conserved for both polarities of the HDV RNA genome at this location. Additionally, we identified conserved nucleotides near the previously reported initiation site of transcription, and corroborated our finding with sequences from HDV variants isolated in various hosts. Our analysis highlights the importance of both a conserved sequence at the tip of the rod-like structure and the RNA secondary structure upstream of the tip, which are likely important for HDV replication. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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