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Hepatitis E virus cis reactive element

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Symbol
  
HepE_CRE

RNA type
  
Cis-reg

SO
  
0000233

Rfam
  
RF00550

Domain(s)
  
Viruses

Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element

The hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element is a RNA element that is thought to be essential for "some step in gene expression". The mutation of this element resulted in hepatitis E strains which were unable to infect rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

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Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element Wikipedia