Molecular epidemiology and RNA structure in Chikungunya virus
Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of CHIKV genomes links lineage-associated single-nucleotide variants to changes in conserved RNA structures.
Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of CHIKV genomes links lineage-associated single-nucleotide variants to changes in conserved RNA structures.
This paper introduces bi-alignments, a formal framework for cases where RNA sequence homology and RNA structural homology cannot be captured by the same alignment.
An updated CHIKV phylogeny based on 598 genomes, linking lineage structure to conserved and lineage-specific 3' UTR RNA architectures.
A comparative genomics analysis of flavivirus 3' UTRs that identifies conserved exoribonuclease-resistant RNAs and lineage-specific architectural variation across tick-borne, insect-specific, and no-known-vector flaviviruses.
This paper shows that nearby inverted SINEs, especially Alu pairs in 3'UTRs, are associated with reduced gene expression and can repress transcripts by impairing RNA polymerase II elongation.