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Virus-encoded microRNAs facilitate gammaherpesvirus latency and pathogenesis in vivo.
mBio - 27 May 2014
Feldman Emily R, Kara Mehmet, Coleman Carrie B, Grau Katrina R, Oko Lauren M, Krueger Brian J, Renne Rolf, van Dyk Linda F, Tibbetts Scott A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Gammaherpesviruses, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV, or HHV-8), and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68, γHV68, or MuHV-4), are B cell-tropic pathogens that each encode at least 12 microRNAs (miRNAs). It is predicted that these regulatory RNAs facilitate infection by suppressing host target genes involved in a wide range of key cellular pathways. However,...
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