A human torque teno virus encodes a microRNA that inhibits interferon signaling.

Torque teno viruses (TTVs) are a group of viruses with small, circular DNA genomes. Members of this family are thought to ubiquitously infect humans, although causal disease associations are currently lacking. At present, there is no understanding of how infection with this diverse group of viruses...

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Main Authors: Rodney P Kincaid, James M Burke, Jennifer C Cox, Ethel-Michele de Villiers, Christopher S Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3868544?pdf=render