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Rfam 14: expanded coverage of metagenomic, viral and microRNA families
Nucleic Acids Research (2020)
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3D Families
Featured families
SAM riboswitch
The SAM riboswitch seed alignment has been revised using the 3D structure information View family →
manA RNA
The manA seed alignment has been revised using the original ZWD alignment View family →
L4-Archaeoglobi
L4-Archaeoglobi is one of the new r-leader families imported from ZWD View family →
General Flavivirus xrRNA
General Flavivirus exoribonuclease-resistant RNA element is one of the new Flavivirus RNA families View family →
LOOT RNA
LOOT RNA has been imported from ZWD View family →
Alphacoronavirus 5' UTR
Alphacoronavirus 5' UTR includes SL1, SL2, SL4, and SL5 stem loops View family →
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