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Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus in Mice by a Small Interfering RNA Targeting a Highly Conserved Sequence in Viral IRES Pseudoknot.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Moon Jae-Su, Lee Seung-Hoon, Kim Eun-Jung, Cho Hee, Lee Wooseong, Kim Geon-Woo, Park Hyun-Ji, Cho Seung-Woo, Lee Choongho, Oh Jong-Won
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that directs cap-independent viral translation is a primary target for small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based HCV antiviral therapy. However, identification of potent siRNAs against HCV IRES by bioinformatics-based siRNA design is a challenging task given the complexity of HCV IRES secondary and tertiary structures and association with multiple...
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