Complex role of microRNAs in HTLV-1 infections

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Sampey, Gavin C ^a   Van Duyne, Rachel ^a,b   Currer, Robert ^a   Das, Ravi ^a   Narayanan, Aarthi ^a   Kashanchi, Fatah ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATL; Chromatin; HAM TSP; HTLV 1; MiRNA; NF B; RNAi; Tax

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 84876074773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00295     Document Type: Review

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