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I found out a few days ago when an, interesting, related question was posted on bioinformatics.stackexchange.com : Why does the Wuhan coronavirus genome end in
by nestorD 7y ago
I found out a few days ago when an, interesting, related question was posted on bioinformatics.stackexchange.com : Why does the Wuhan coronavirus genome end in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (33 a's)? [0]
[0]: https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/11227/why-does-the-wuhan-coronavirus-genome-end-in-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/11227/why...
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- gexla 7y agoReminds me of the skit about the Monty Python creature of the name "The Black Beast of Aaaaaaargh."
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- flatiron 7y agoNop slide
- sumgocko 7y ago(This is baseless speculation by someone who has only taken Genetics 101) Human cell nuclei produce mRNA from DNA, which then makes it's way to the ribosome to be expressed as a chain of amino acids, or a protien. On it's way to the ribosome, it needs protection from the cell's RNA cleanup enzymes, so it leaves the nucleus with a 5' cap and a poly-A tail. Therefore, it makes sense that a virus that wishes to hijack human ribosomes would end in a poly-A tail (a bunch of As) in order to not get destroyed by human cells.
- signal_space 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyadenylation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyadenylation
- zedr 7y agoPadding?