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Modulation of flavivirus population diversity by RNA interference.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2015
Brackney Doug E, Schirtzinger Erin E, Harrison Thomas D, Ebel Gregory D, Hanley Kathryn A
Abstract excerpt
To test the hypothesis that RNA interference (RNAi) imposes diversifying selection on RNA virus genomes, we quantified West Nile virus (WNV) quasispecies diversity after passage in Drosophila cells in which RNAi was left intact, depleted, or stimulated against WNV. As predicted, WNV diversity was significantly lower in RNAi-depleted cells and significantly greater in RNAi-stimulated cells relative to that in...
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