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SUBMITTER: Berkhout B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7114406 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berkhout Ben B van Hemert Formijn F
Virus research 20150202
We investigated the nucleotide composition of the RNA genome of the six human coronaviruses. Some general coronavirus characteristics were apparent (e.g. high U, low C count), but we also detected species-specific signatures. Most strikingly, the high U and low C proportions are quite variable and act like communicating vessels, C goes down when U goes up and vice versa. U ranges among virus isolates from 30.7% to 40.3%, and C makes the opposite movement from 20.0% to 12.9%, respectively. The nu ...[more]