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Table 2 HIV-1 nucleotide composition of genome segments

From: The biased nucleotide composition of the HIV genome: a constant factor in a highly variable virus

HIV-1 genome segmenta

Length (nt)

A (%)

C (%)

G (%)

U (%)

LTR (R3-U-R5)

635

25.0

24.4

27.2

23.3

Gag-ORF

1503

36.9

19.6

24.5

19.1

Pol-ORF

3012

38.9

16.5

22.8

21.9

Env-ORF

2571

34.7

17.1

24.0

24.3

Vif-ORF

579

36.1

18.0

24.0

21.9

Vpr-ORF

292

32.5

18.5

26.7

22.3

Tat-ORF

306

33.0

23.9

24.2

19.0

Rev-ORF

351

29.9

23.1

28.2

18.8

Vpu-ORF

249

38.6

11.7

26.5

23.3

Nef-ORF

621

30.6

21.3

28.2

20.0

  1. aHXB2 reference strain (GenBank acc. no. K03455).