RNA viruses can hijack vertebrate microRNAs to suppress innate immunity

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7487, 2014, Pages 245-248

  Trobaugh, Derek W ^a   Gardner, Christina L ^a   Sun, Chengqun ^a   Haddow, Andrew D ^b   Wang, Eryu ^b   Chapnik, Elik ^c   Mildner, Alexander ^c   Weaver, Scott C ^b   Ryman, Kate D ^a   Klimstra, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84893901758     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12869     Document Type: Article

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