A Mammalian Herpesvirus Uses Noncanonical Expression and Processing Mechanisms to Generate Viral MicroRNAs

Canonical primary microRNA (pri-miRNA) precursors are transcribed by RNA polymerase II and then processed by the Drosha endonuclease to generate ∼60 nt pre-miRNA hairpins. Pre-miRNAs in turn are cleaved by Dicer to generate mature miRNAs. Previously, some short introns, called miRtrons, were reporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular cell 2010-01, Vol.37 (1), p.135-142
Hauptverfasser: Bogerd, Hal P., Karnowski, Heather W., Cai, Xuezhong, Shin, Jinwook, Pohlers, Michael, Cullen, Bryan R.
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