RNA: jack of all trades and master of all.

Pompon, Julien; Garcia-Blanco, Mariano A · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Noncoding RNAs have regulatory capabilities that evolution harnesses to fulfill diverse functions. Lee et al. show that a noncoding RNA from Epstein-Barr virus recruits a host transcription factor to silence virus gene expression and propose that it does this through base-pairing with nascent viral transcripts.

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