tenOever LaboratoryVirology · Host defense · RNA biology
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Stem-loop quantitative RT-PCR for small RNAs

small RNA methods

Recorded terms: small RNA RT-qPCR; stem-loop quantitative RT-PCR

2017 · Cell Host & Microbe · collaborative

SARS-CoV-Encoded Small RNAs Contribute to Infection-Associated Lung Pathology

SARS-CoV generates three discrete small viral RNAs during infection of mouse lung, and blocking the one derived from the nucleocapsid gene with a locked nucleic acid antagomir reduces pulmonary inflammation, tissue damage and proinflammatory cytokine expression without measurably lowering lung virus titres.

2010 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · lab-led

Engineered RNA viral synthesis of microRNAs

Influenza A virus can be engineered to encode a cellular pri-microRNA inside an artificial intron of segment 8 and to produce mature, silencing-competent miR-124 during infection without measurable loss of replication or genome stability.