Sequences at gene segment termini inclusive of untranslated regions and partial open reading frames play a critical role in mammalian orthoreovirus S gene packaging

• Debarpan Dhar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Samir Mehanovic,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Walter Moss,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Cathy L. Miller

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: clm@iastate.edu

  Affiliations Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2601-4422

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