Evolution of Genome Size and Complexity in the Rhabdoviridae
Fig 5
TURBS-like sequence motifs in the genomes of sripuviruses, curioviruses, hapaviruses and ephemeroviruses.
The motif features the sequence UGGGA (highlighted) flanked short stretches of anti-complementary sequence (single underlined) upstream of overlapping or adjacent initiation and termination codons (double underlined). Variations in the TURBS sequence (UGAGA) occur in CHOV, SMV and ARUV. The ORF junctions (M-Mx; U1-U1x; G-Gx; α1-α2) are indicated for each virus. No TURBS-like sequence was detected upstream of the adjacent initiation and termination codons at the GLOV G—U3 junction or the KOOLV α1-α2 junction.