K. El Moussaoui, DA Ortmans, K. Van Laethem, J. Ruelle, V. Mortier, S. Bontems, K. Durkin, M. Briki, P. Thoueille, S. Mzougui, MP Hayette, C. Meuris, and G. Darcis, Discover Viruses, (2026)3:23, doi: 10.1007/s44370-026-00056-x.  (Click here to access the online article.)

Citation: "... For proviral DNA ... reads were processed with two complementary bioinformatic pipelines ... the novel SmartGene proviral-DNA pipeline ... screens raw reads for local hallmarks of defectiveness (notably APOBEC-induced hypermutation, frameshifts, and stop codons) and removes RAMs predominantly supported by such reads. ... the SmartGene proviral pipeline ... removes signals attributable to defective genomes. ..."