A novel HIV-1-encoded microRNA enhances its viral replication by targeting the TATA box region

Retrovirology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yijun ^a   Fan, Miaomiao ^a   Geng, Guannan ^a   Liu, Bingfeng ^a   Huang, Zhuoqiong ^a   Luo, Haihua ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Guo, Xuemin ^a   Cai, Weiping ^b   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HIV 1 viruses; Latency; TATA box; Transcription activation; Viral miRNA; Viral replication

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA H3; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; PREDICTION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

BLOOD DONORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; TATA BOX; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84899068179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-11-23     Document Type: Article

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