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. 2021 May 11;12:2642. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22905-7

Fig. 4. Protein-coding decision flow chart.

Fig. 4

Flow chart indicates main steps in determining if an ORF encodes a functional protein (light green ovals), is not protein-coding (red ovals), or is translated but with ambiguous protein-coding status (yellow oval), with cases for conserved non-overlapping, conserved overlapping, and non-conserved ORFs. Decisions are based on sequence features (blue rectangles), evolutionary signatures across Sarbecovirus (orange rectangles), within-strain variants (dark green rectangle), or experimental evidence (purple rectangles). Actual process considers additional details (Supplementary Note 2).