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A cross-talk between Hepatitis B virus and host mRNAs confers viral adaptation to liver.
Scientific reports - 17 Jul 2015
Hu Jun, Xu Yaxing, Li Changfei, Hao Junli, Peng Shanxin, Chu Xiaoyu, Zhang Dake, Xu Dongping, Meng Songdong
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronically infects approximately 350 million people worldwide. The replication of HBV which genome is only 3.2 kb long relies heavily on host factors. Previous studies demonstrated that a highly expressed liver-specific microRNA (miRNA) miR-122 suppresses HBV expression and replication in multiple ways. In this study, we found that the miR-122 response elements in viral genome facilitate...
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