title: The viroid and viroid-like RNA database.
abstract: This is an online database to facilitate research on viroid, viroid-like RNAs and human hepatitis delta virus (vHDV) by presenting a large number of sequences and related data in a comprehensive and user-friendly format (e.g. position of their self-catalytic domains, open reading frame of the vHDV, prediction of the most stable secondary structures, etc.). Most of these RNA species share a common proposed replication pattern known as a DNA-independent rolling circle mechanism. Together, these species form the 'brotherhood' of the smallest known auto-replicable RNAs. This online database is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/jpperra
authors.affiliation: Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lafontaine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deschênes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bussière
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poisson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Perreault
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010802:Phylogeny; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000235:genetics; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D019244:RNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014772:Viroids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D019244:RNA, Satellite; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012313:RNA