Does a viral gene have introns? - (Aug/12/2010 )
Hi
Does a viral gene have introns?
I'm studying human cytomegalovirus (human herpesvirus 5).
There are UL genes and US genes.
I'm not sure they have introns.
Also, where can I find out if they have introns?
Thanks,
-Eternal city-
Eternal city on Thu Aug 12 20:48:32 2010 said:
Hi
Does a viral gene have introns?
I'm studying human cytomegalovirus (human herpesvirus 5).
There are UL genes and US genes.
I'm not sure they have introns.
Also, where can I find out if they have introns?
Thanks,
Hello,
As per my knowledge, virus does not have any intron
-Dr. Desai-
HIV Tat has an intron.
-Minna-
One plant virus has intron.
Maybe you could look for genome of your virus at ncbi (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/. It will tell you if that virus has intron or not.
-kajmak-
thanks
-Eternal city-