TABLE 4.
Comparison of corresponding repeats in RRV and KSHV
| Virus | Insert namea | Length (bp)
|
G+C content (%) | G+A content (%)b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Repeat unit | ||||
| KSHV | frnk | 332 | 20 | 80.1 | |
| 292 | 30 | 84.9 | |||
| RRV | rDL-B 1 | 304 | 26 | 53.3 | |
| rDL-B 2 | 1,008 | 25 | 79.9 | ||
| KSHV | zppa | 308 | 23 | 74.0 | |
| 244 | 23 | 77.9 | |||
| RRV | rDL-E 1 | 405 | 19 | 74.6 | |
| rDL-E 2 | 1,029 | 32 | 84.4 | ||
| KSHV | mdsk | 409 | —c | 75.4 | |
| RRV | rDL-F | 196 | 13 | 81.6 | |
a
KSHV frnk and zppa and RRV rDL-B and rDL-E are tandem repeats.
b
G+A content refers to the unusually high number of G’s and A’s in the viral strand which reads left to right.
c
—, KSHV mdsk is a complex repeat with no defined unit length.