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Nature Genetics 41, 7 - 8 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ng0109-7

Searching for targets of viral microRNAs

Denise Whitby1

  1. Denise Whitby is in the Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, PO Box B, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA.
    e-mail: whitbyd@ncifcrf.gov


The identification of targets of virally encoded microRNAs is essential to understanding their role in the viral life cycle. A new study reports the successful use of a microarray-based approach to identify a key target of a microRNA encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus, with implications for microRNA target identification in other contexts as well.

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