Multipartite

Multipartite is a class of virus that have segmented nucleic acid genome. Only a few ssDNA viruses have multipartite genome, but a lot more RNA viruses have multipartite genome.[1] An advantage of multipartite genome is its ability to synthesize multiple mRNA strands to avoid the cellular constraint of monocistronicity.

See also

Monopartite

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc411/viral-genome-structures-lecture-and-overheads.pdf
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