Rule of six (viruses)

The rule of six is feature of some paramyxovirus genomes. These are RNA viruses which have genes made from RNA and not DNA, and their whole genome – that is the number of nucleotides – is always a multiple of six. This is because during their replication, these viruses are dependent on nucleoprotein molecules that each bind to six nucleotides.^[1]

^ Easton, AJ and Ling R (2010). Mahy BWJ and Van Regenmortel MHV (ed.). Desk Encylopedia of General Virology. Academic Press. p. 496. ISBN 9780123751461..

[1] Easton, AJ and Ling R (2010). Mahy BWJ and Van Regenmortel MHV (ed.). Desk Encylopedia of General Virology. Academic Press. p. 496. ISBN 9780123751461..

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