Table 2.

Identical TRSs between MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 viral genomes

Gene	Transcription regulatory sequences (TRS)	Nucleotide position
ORF 1ab	5′ TCTAAACGAACTTTAA 3′	00032–00047
S	5′ ACTAAACGAACAATGT 3′	21,518–21,533
ORF3a	5′ CATAAACGAACTTATG 3′	25,347–25,362
M	5′ TCTAAACGAACTAAAT 3′	26,435–26,450
ORF7a	5′ ATTAAACGAACATGAA 3′	27,349–27,364
ORF8	5′ CCTAAACGAACATGAA 3′	27,850–27,865
N	5′ TCTAAACGAACAAACT 3′	28,222–28,237