Abstract
Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses with a positive stranded RNA genome of about 20 kilobases. Upon infection 6 subgenomic mRNAs are produced from a negative stranded template of genome length (Stern and Kennedy, 1980; Spaan et al., 1981; Lai et al., 1982). RNase T1 fingerprinting and hybridization studies have shown that these subgenomic RNAs form a 3′ coterminal nested set (Leibowitz et al., 1981; Lai et al., 1981; Spaan et al., 1982). Only the gene located at the 5′ end of each subgenomic RNA is translated.
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Bredenbeek, P.J. et al. (1987). Sequences Involved in the Replication of Coronaviruses. In: Lai, M.M.C., Stohlman, S.A. (eds) Coronaviruses. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 218. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1280-2_8
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