Candidates in Astroviruses, Seadornaviruses, Cytorhabdoviruses and Coronaviruses for +1 frame overlapping genes accessed by leaky scanning

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Overlapping genes are common in RNA viruses where they serve as a mechanism to optimize the coding potential of compact genomes. However, annotation of overlapping genes can be difficult using conventional gene-finding software. Rece...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Atkins John F, Firth Andrew E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/17