A combined computational and microarray-based approach identifies novel microRNAs encoded by human gamma-herpesviruses

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-750

  Grundhoff, Adam ^a   Sullivan, Christopher S ^b   Ganem, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EBV; Herpesvirus; KSHV; microRNA; miRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 33646168051     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2326106     Document Type: Article

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