Open AccessPersistence of Ambigrammatic Narnaviruses Requires Translation of the Reverse Open Reading Frame
Author(s) -
Hanna Retallack,
Katerina D. Popova,
Matthew T. Laurie,
Sara Sunshine,
Joseph L. DeRisi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.617
H-Index - 292
eISSN - 1070-6321
pISSN - 0022-538X
DOI - 10.1128/jvi.00109-21
Subject(s) - biology , open reading frame , persistence (discontinuity) , reading (process) , translation (biology) , frame (networking) , genetics , linguistics , computer science , peptide sequence , gene , telecommunications , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , engineering , messenger rna
Fundamental to our understanding of RNA viruses is a description of which strand(s) of RNA are transmitted as the viral genome relative to which encode the viral proteins. Ambigrammatic narnaviruses break the mold.