Rotavirus cis-acting replication element
| Rotavirus cis-acting replication element (CRE) | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of Rota_CRE | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Rota_CRE |
| Rfam | RF00501 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg |
| Domain(s) | Viruses |
| SO | SO:0000233 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
This family represents a rotavirus cis-acting replication element (CRE) found at the 3'-end of rotavirus mRNAs. The family is thought to promote the synthesis of minus strand RNA to form viral dsRNA.[1]
References
- ^ Chen D, Barros M, Spencer E, Patton JT (April 2001). "Features of the 3'-consensus sequence of rotavirus mRNAs critical to minus strand synthesis". Virology. 282 (2): 221–229. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.0825. PMID 11289804.