›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 474-.

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Research progress of viral microRNA

CAO Guo-jun, reviewer;SUN Jia-bin, JI Yu-hua, reviser   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2010-04-25 Published:2010-04-26
  • Supported by:

    Major Fundamental Research Program of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, 074119521

Abstract:

microRNA (miRNA) has approximately 22 nucleotides that can mediate the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. miRNA can regulate cellular processes such as development, differentiation, cell cycling, apoptosis and immune responses. More and more viral miRNA has been unveiled. The research progress of viral miRNA is reviewed in this paper.

Key words: virus, microRNA, gene expression, regulation