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Differential hepatitis C virus RNA target site selection and host factor activities of naturally occurring miR-122 3′ variants
22 Dec 2016
Abstract excerpt
In addition to suppressing cellular gene expression, certain miRNAs potently facilitate replication of specific positive-strand RNA viruses. miR-122, a pro-viral hepatitis C virus (HCV) host factor, binds and recruits Ago2 to tandem sites (S1 and S2) near the 5΄ end of the HCV genome, stabilizing it and promoting its synthesis. HCV target site selection follows canonical miRNA rules, but how non-templated 3΄...
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