Genus

Genus: Cripavirus

Family: Dicistroviridae

Genus: Cripavirus

 

Distinguishing features

Members of the Cripavirus genus exhibit the Type I intergenic untranslated region (IGR) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) structure (Jan et al. 2006).  The type I IRES is characterized by the presence of a conserved consensus bulge sequence (UGAUCU/UGC), absence of a third stem loop in Pseudoknot I, and the presence of a consensus sequence (UUAC) downstream of stem loop I.