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Fig. 2

From: Insertion/deletion hotspots in the Nsp2, Nsp3, S1, and ORF8 genes of SARS-related coronaviruses

Fig. 2

Multiple sequence alignment in the Nsp3 of OFR1ab gene

Different patterns of indels were observed in this indel hotspot located in the Nsp3 gene of the ORF1ab gene (approximately 3.0–3.3 kb of the complete 29.9 kb sequence). The observed patterns of indels suggest that different types of indels frequently occur and sometimes overlap at the same base position in the indel hotspot, creating diverse patterns of indels between virus species. In addition to the shown indel hotspot, there are two other indel hotspots in the ORF1ab gene (approximately at 2.5–2.6 kb and 3.0–3.3 kb of the complete 29.9 kb sequence)

Nsp3, non-structural protein 3; ORF1ab, open reading frame 1ab; SARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

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