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Decoding human cytomegalovirus.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 23 Nov 2012
Stern-Ginossar Noam, Weisburd Ben, Michalski Annette, Le Vu Thuy Khanh, Hein Marco Y, Huang Sheng-Xiong, Ma Ming, Shen Ben, Qian Shu-Bing, Hengel Hartmut, Mann Matthias, Ingolia Nicholas T, Weissman Jonathan S
Abstract excerpt
The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genome was sequenced 20 years ago. However, like those of other complex viruses, our understanding of its protein coding potential is far from complete. We used ribosome profiling and transcript analysis to experimentally define the HCMV translation products and follow their temporal expression. We identified hundreds of previously unidentified open reading frames and confirmed a...
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