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Resistance of Human Hepatitis Delta Virus RNAs to Dicer Activity
27 Oct 2003
Abstract excerpt
The endonuclease dicer cleaves RNAs that are 100% double stranded and certain RNAs with extensive but <100% pairing to release approximately 21-nucleotide (nt) fragments. Circular 1,679-nt genomic and antigenomic RNAs of human hepatitis delta virus (HDV) can fold into a rod-like structure with 74% pairing. However, during HDV replication in hepatocytes of human, woodchuck, and mouse origin, no approximately 21-nt...
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