Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element
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| Hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of HepE_CRE | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | HepE_CRE |
| Rfam | RF00550 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg |
| Domain(s) | Viruses |
| SO | SO:0000233 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
The hepatitis E virus cis-reactive element is an RNA element that is believed to be essential for "some step in gene expression".[1] The mutation of this element resulted in hepatitis E strains which were unable to infect rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).[1]
