microRNA-122 amplifies hepatitis C virus translation by shaping the structure of the internal ribosomal entry site

The liver-specific microRNA-122 is an essential proviral host factor of Hepatitis C virus replication. Here the authors show that microRNA-122 functions as an RNA chaperone that guides the formation of a functional internal ribosome entry site by preventing energetically more favorable secondary str...

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Main Authors: Philipp Schult, Hanna Roth, Rebecca L. Adams, Caroline Mas, Lionel Imbert, Christian Orlik, Alessia Ruggieri, Anna M. Pyle, Volker Lohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05053-3