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Endogenous viral elements: insights into data availability and accessibility.
Muriel Ritsch1,2, Nadja Brait2,3, Erin Harvey2,4
1RNA Bioinformatics and High-Throughput Analysis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Leutragraben 1, Jena 07743, Germany.
Virus Evolution
|December 11, 2024
Summary
Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are viral remnants in host genomes impacting health and evolution. Improving data accessibility and standardization is crucial for understanding EVEs and their evolutionary history.
Area of Science:
- Genomics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Virology
Background:
- Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are integrated viral sequences within host genomes, offering insights into viral evolution and host-pathogen interactions.
- EVEs play complex roles in host health, evolution, and pathogenesis, but are often underestimated in genomic and transcriptomic studies.
- Current research on EVEs is hindered by data underestimation and a lack of standardized guidelines for data sharing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and discuss challenges in EVE data availability and accessibility.
- To propose solutions for improving the understanding and utilization of EVE-related data.
- To emphasize the need for community-driven guidelines and improved data management for EVE research.
Main Methods:
- Review of current challenges in EVE research, focusing on data availability and accessibility.
- Identification of biological and research focus imbalances related to different EVE types.
- Analysis of current data reporting and database practices for EVE sequences and metadata.
Main Results:
- EVE data is often overlooked, scattered across different research fields, and lacks standardized accessibility.
- Imbalances in research focus and the inherent complexity of EVEs present significant challenges.
- Existing generalist databases could be pragmatically improved for EVE data accessibility.
Conclusions:
- Standardized guidelines and improved data management are essential for advancing EVE research.
- Development of user-oriented identification tools and enhanced database accessibility are proposed solutions.
- Community-wide efforts are needed to establish guidelines and foster a comprehensive understanding of EVEs and their evolutionary significance.
Keywords:
ERVEVEdata accessibilitydata availabilitydatabaseendogenous retroviral elementendogenous viral elementnon-retroviral EVEnrEVEMore Related Videos
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