New insights into the expression and functions of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus long noncoding PAN RNA

Virus Research

Volumn 212, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-63

  Conrad, Nicholas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

KSHV; LncRNA; PAN RNA; RNA function; RNA stability

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CIS ACTING ELEMENT ENE; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; OPEN READING FRAME 57 PROTEIN; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN PABPC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSOME; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRIPLE HELIX; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84957427456     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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