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Dengue and Zika Virus 5′ Untranslated Regions Harbor Internal Ribosomal Entry Site Functions
8 Apr 2019
Abstract excerpt
are important human pathogens of great concern because they cause serious diseases, sometimes death, in human populations living in tropical, subtropical (dengue virus [DENV], Zika virus [ZIKV], and yellow fever virus), or moderate climates (West Nile virus). Flaviviruses are known to control their translation by a cap-dependent mechanism. We have observed, however, that the uncapped genomes of DENV or ZIKV can...
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