Gammaherpesvirus RNAs Come Full Circle

Abstract

After an adaptive immune response is mounted, gammaherpesviruses achieve persistence through the utilization of viral noncoding RNAs to craft a suitable host cell environment in an immunologically transparent manner. While gammaherpesvirus long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs have been recognized for some time and have been actively investigated, a recent spate of reports have now identified repertoires of the circular RNA (circRNA) class of noncoding RNAs in both the lymphocryptovirus and rhadinovirus genera of gammaherpesviruses.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2019
Source ID
10.1128/mbio.00071-19

Entities

People

  • Erik K Flemington
  • Nathan A. Ungerleider
  • Rolf Renne
  • Scott A. Tibbetts

Organizations

  • National Institutes of Health
  • Tulane University of Louisiana
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Florida

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).