A scale-free analysis of the HIV-1 genome demonstrates multiple conserved regions of structural and functional importance.

HIV-1 replicates via a low-fidelity polymerase with a high mutation rate; strong conservation of individual nucleotides is highly indicative of the presence of critical structural or functional properties. Identifying such conservation can reveal novel insights into viral behaviour. We analysed 3651...

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Main Authors: Jordan P Skittrall, Carin K Ingemarsdotter, Julia R Gog, Andrew M L Lever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007345