articleScienceApr 29, 2004Closed access

Identification of Virus-Encoded MicroRNAs

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · University of Basel · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

RNA silencing processes are guided by small RNAs that are derived from double-stranded RNA. To probe for function of RNA silencing during infection of human cells by a DNA virus, we recorded the small RNA profile of cells infected by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We show that EBV expresses several microRNA (miRNA) genes. Given that miRNAs function in RNA silencing pathways either by targeting messenger RNAs for degradation or by repressing translation, we identified viral regulators of host and/or viral gene expression.

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Keywords
  • Gene silencing
  • microRNA
  • RNA silencing
  • RNA-induced silencing complex
  • RNA
  • Biology
  • Trans-acting siRNA
  • DNA-directed RNA interference
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