MicrobiologybioRxiv
Insertions of codons encoding basic amino acids in H7 hemagglutinins of influenza A viruses occur by recombination with RNA at hotspots near snoRNA binding sites
A. P. Gultyaev, M. I. Spronken, M. Funk…·M. Richard
The paper identifies recombination hotspots near snoRNA binding sites in RNA sequences of H7 influenza A viruses that lead to MBCS insertions.
DOI 10.1261/rna.077495.120