MiRNAs: Biogenesis, origin and evolution, functions on virus-host interaction

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-510

  Zhuo, Yang ^a,b   Gao, Guohui ^c   Shi, Jian An ^a   Zhou, Xuexue ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a,b  

^a Hospital of PLA (The People's Liberation Army China)   (China)

^b WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Functions on virus host interaction; miRNA; Origin and evolution

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; VIRUS RNA; MICRORNA 155; PLANT RNA;

BIOGENESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRONS; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; RNA PRECURSORS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884992830     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: 14219778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354455     Document Type: Review

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