title: RNA viruses: genome structure and evolution.
abstract: The explosive pace of sequencing of RNA viruses is leading to rapid advances in our understanding of the evolution of these viruses and of the ways in which their genomes are organized and expressed. New insights are coming not only from genomic nucleotide sequence comparisons, but also from direct sequencing of transcribed mRNAs and of RNAs that serve as intermediates in replication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005814:Genes, Viral; D016679:Genome, Viral; D010252:Paramyxoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins