Viral miRNAs: Tiny but mighty helpers for large and small DNA viruses

Future Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Pfeffer, Sébastien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytomegalovirus; EBV; Gene regulation; Herpesvirus; KSHV; miRNA; RNA silencing; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CELL PROTEIN; HLA B ANTIGEN; LAT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL KILLING; DNA VIRUS; DRUG TARGETING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VIRAL GENETICS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 44249099285     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460794.3.3.291     Document Type: Review

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