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Abstract
G + C-rich viroids proper exhibit a unique dinucleotide composition in that AU and UA are much less frequent than expected. Thus, evaluation of the dinucleotide pattern allows a quick discrimination between viroids proper and similar RNAs from plants, such as hammerhead-containing viroids, satellite RNAs, and defective interfering RNAs. In addition to sequence alignment, this method might be useful for the classification of a newly found small RNA replicon.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8893799 DOI: 10.1007/bf01718300
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574