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A DNA virus-encoded immune antagonist fully masks the potent antiviral activity of RNAi in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Nov 2019
Bronkhorst Alfred W, Vogels Rob, Overheul Gijs J, Pennings Bas, Gausson-Dorey Valérie, Miesen Pascal, van Rij Ronald P
Abstract excerpt
Coevolution of viruses and their hosts may lead to viral strategies to avoid, evade, or suppress antiviral immunity. An example is antiviral RNA interference (RNAi) in insects: the host RNAi machinery processes viral double-stranded RNA into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to suppress viral replication, whereas insect viruses encode suppressors of RNAi, many of which inhibit viral small interfering RNA (vsiRNA)...
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