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  • 简介:AnnotationofthegenomesequenceoftheSARS-CoV(severeacuterespiratorysyndrome-associatedcoronavirus)isindispensabletounderstanditsevolutionandpathogenesis.WehaveperformedafullannotationoftheSARS-CoVgenomesequencesbyusingannotationprogramspubliclyavailableordevelopedbyourselves.Totally,21openreadingframes(ORFs)ofgenesorputativeuncharacterizedproteins(PUPs)werepredicted.SevenPUPshadnotbeenreportedpreviously,andtwoofthemwerepredictedtocontaintransmembraneregions.EightORFspartiallyoverlappedwithorembeddedintothoseofknowngenes,revealingthattheSARS-CoVgenomeisasmallandcompactonewithoverlappedcodingregions.ThemoststrikingdiscoveryisthatanORFlocatesontheminusstrand.Wehavealsoannotatednon-codingregionsandidentifiedthetranscriptionregulatingsequences(TRS)intheintergenicregions.TheanalysisofTRSsupportstheminusstrandextendingtranscriptionmechanismofcoronavirus.TheSNPanalysisofdifferentisolatesrevealsthatmutationsofthesequencesdonotaffectthepredictionresultsofORFs.

  • 标签: SARS 冠状病毒 基因组结构 转录