PHYLOGENY OF VIROIDS, VIROID-LIKE SATELLITE RNAS, AND THE VIROID-LIKE DOMAIN OF HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS-RNA

We report a phylogenetic study of viroids, some plant satellite RNAs, and the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis-delta-virus RNA. Our results support a monophyletic origin of these RNAs and are consistent with the hypothesis that they may be "living fossils" of a precellular RNA world. M...

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Autores: ELENA, SF, DOPAZO, J, FLORES, R, DIENER, TO, MOYA, A
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:España
Institución:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)
Repositorio:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica
OAI Identifier:oai:fisabio.fundanetsuite.com:p17299
Acceso en línea:https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/17299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:STATISTICAL GEOMETRY
QUASISPECIES
RNA WORLD
LIVING FOSSILS
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Sumario:We report a phylogenetic study of viroids, some plant satellite RNAs, and the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis-delta-virus RNA. Our results support a monophyletic origin of these RNAs and are consistent with the hypothesis that they may be "living fossils" of a precellular RNA world. Moreover, the viroidlike domain of human hepatitis-delta-virus RNA appears closely related to the viroidlike satellite RNAs of plants, with which it shares some structural and functional properties. On the basis of our phylogenetic analysis, we propose a taxonomic classification of these RNAs.