negative-sense RNA
Template-strand viral genome
Negative-sense RNA is a viral genome that cannot directly serve as a template for protein synthesis.
Unlike positive-sense RNA, which ribosomes can read immediately, negative-sense RNA must first be copied into a complementary strand by viral enzymes.
Influenza and Ebola are negative-sense RNA viruses.
The term contrasts with positive-sense RNA, which functions like messenger RNA.
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- RNAGene expression molecule
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
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- viral RNAviral genome