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[Eternal city]

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,

[Dr. Desai]

Eternal city, on 12 August 2010 - 12:48 PM, 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

[Rsm]

HIV Tat has an intron.

[kajmak]

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.

[Eternal city]

thanks