Host miRNA degradation by Herpesvirus saimiri small nuclear RNA requires an unstructured interacting region
Pawlica P, Moss WN, Steitz JA. Host miRNA degradation by Herpesvirus saimiri small nuclear RNA requires an unstructured interacting region. RNA 2016, 22: 1181-1189. PMID: 27335146, PMCID: PMC4931111, DOI: 10.1261/rna.054817.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall nuclear RNAMiR-27Nuclear RNAVivo secondary structureBioinformatic structural analysisBinding site sequenceMiRNA degradationU RNARNA functionMutagenic analysisHSUR1Interacting regionsSite sequenceHost microRNAsSecondary structureHerpesvirus saimiriT cell activationOncogenic herpesvirusRNAStructural flexibilityDecreased levelsMutantsStructural analysisDegradationMicroRNAs