MicroRNA editing facilitates immune elimination of HCMV infected cells.

MicroRNA editing facilitates immune elimination of HCMV infected cells.

The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is extremely prevalent in the human population. Infection by HCMV is life threatening in immune compromised individuals and in immune competent individuals it can cause severe birth defects, developmental retardation and is even associated with tumor development. Whi...

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Main Authors: Daphna Nachmani, Albert Zimmermann, Esther Oiknine Djian, Yiska Weisblum, Yoav Livneh, Vu Thuy Khanh Le, Eithan Galun, Vaclav Horejsi, Ofer Isakov, Noam Shomron, Dana G Wolf, Hartmut Hengel, Ofer Mandelboim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937316?pdf=render

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