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Mitochondrial double-stranded RNA triggers antiviral signalling in humans.
Nature - 1 Aug 2018
Dhir Ashish, Dhir Somdutta, Borowski Lukasz S, Jimenez Laura, Teitell Michael, Rötig Agnès, Crow Yanick J, Rice Gillian I, Duffy Darragh, Tamby Christelle, Nojima Takayuki, Munnich Arnold, Schiff Manuel, de Almeida Claudia Ribeiro, Rehwinkel Jan, Dziembowski Andrzej, Szczesny Roman J, Proudfoot Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are descendants of endosymbiotic bacteria and retain essential prokaryotic features such as a compact circular genome. Consequently, in mammals, mitochondrial DNA is subjected to bidirectional transcription that generates overlapping transcripts, which are capable of forming long double-stranded RNA structures1,2. However, to our knowledge, mitochondrial double-stranded RNA has not been previously...
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