RNA silencing in the antiviral innate immune defence - Role of dead-box RNA helicases

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-158

  Ulvila, J ^a,b   Hultmark, D ^b,c   Ramet M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BASE PAIRING; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77449152273     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02362.x     Document Type: Review

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