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. 1996 May 15;24(10):1793–1798. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.10.1793

Compilation and analysis of viroid and viroid-like RNA sequences.

F Bussière 1, D Lafontaine 1, J P Perreault 1
PMCID: PMC145882  PMID: 8657556

Abstract

We have created a catalogue comprising all viroid and viroid-like RNA sequences which to our knowledge have been either published or were available from on-line sequence libraries as of October 1, 1995. In the development of this catalogue nomenclature ambiguities were removed, the likely ancestral sequence of most species was determined and the most stable secondary structures of these sequences were predicted using the MulFold package. Only viroids of PSTVd-type possessed a rod-like secondary structure, while most other viroids adopted branched secondary structures. Several viroids have predicted secondary structures that include either a Y or cruciform structure reminiscent of the tRNA-like end of virus genomes at an extremity. However, it remains unknown whether or not these predicted structures are adopted in solution, and if they serve a particular function in vivo. Additional information such as the position of the self-catalytic domains are included in the catalogue. An analysis of the data compilated in the catalogue is included. The catalogue will be available on the world wide web (http://www.callistro.si.usherb.ca/jpperra), on computer disk and in printed form. It should provide an excellent reference point for further studies.

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