NickGRoman t1_iwtrldh wrote on November 18, 2022 at 7:47 AM Reply to AskScience AMA Series: We're Experts on Influenza (aka the Flu). AUA! by AskScienceModerator I found an open data set that includes around 29544 DNA sequences of the influenza virus. Each sequence looks something like the following: >gi|60698|gb|X58690|Influenza A virus (A/FPV/Rostock/34(H71)) gene for cap-binding protein PB2, genomic RA [Seq Num 23] > >GAGAGAGTGG TCGTGAGTAT TGACCGTTTC TTAAGAGTTC GAGATCAGCG > >TGGAAATGTA ATCCTGTCTC CTGAAGAGGT TAGCGAAACG CAGGGAACAG Where the top portion is a header for each sequence. What is the header describing exactly? Why are GC and AT base pairs so important? Lastly, how can we apply the knowledge of knowing the DNA sequence of so many influenza viruses to enhance medical intervention? Edit: Formatting Permalink 1
NickGRoman t1_iwtrldh wrote
Reply to AskScience AMA Series: We're Experts on Influenza (aka the Flu). AUA! by AskScienceModerator
I found an open data set that includes around 29544 DNA sequences of the influenza virus. Each sequence looks something like the following:
>gi|60698|gb|X58690|Influenza A virus (A/FPV/Rostock/34(H71)) gene for cap-binding protein PB2, genomic RA [Seq Num 23]
>
>GAGAGAGTGG TCGTGAGTAT TGACCGTTTC TTAAGAGTTC GAGATCAGCG
>
>TGGAAATGTA ATCCTGTCTC CTGAAGAGGT TAGCGAAACG CAGGGAACAG
Where the top portion is a header for each sequence. What is the header describing exactly?
Why are GC and AT base pairs so important?
Lastly, how can we apply the knowledge of knowing the DNA sequence of so many influenza viruses to enhance medical intervention?
Edit: Formatting