PMID- 17451774 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070718 LR - 20181113 IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 364 IP - 1 DP - 2007 Jul 20 TI - Cloning and analysis of microRNAs encoded by the primate gamma-herpesvirus rhesus monkey rhadinovirus. PG - 21-7 AB - Several pathogenic human herpesviruses have recently been shown to express virally encoded microRNAs in infected cells. Although the function of these microRNAs is largely unknown, they are hypothesized to play a role in mediating viral replication by downregulating cellular mRNAs encoding antiviral factors. Here, we report the cloning and analysis of microRNAs encoded by Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus (RRV), an animal virus model for the pathogenic human gamma-herpesvirus Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV). RRV expresses several microRNAs that are encoded in the same genomic location as the previously reported KSHV microRNAs, yet these microRNAs are unrelated in primary sequence. These data set the stage for the mutational ablation and phenotypic analysis of RRV mutants lacking one or more viral microRNAs. FAU - Schafer, Alexandra AU - Schafer A AD - Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. FAU - Cai, Xuezhong AU - Cai X FAU - Bilello, John P AU - Bilello JP FAU - Desrosiers, Ronald C AU - Desrosiers RC FAU - Cullen, Bryan R AU - Cullen BR LA - eng GR - R56 AI067968/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI063928/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI063928-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI067968-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI067968/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI063928/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI067968-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI067968/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - RR00168/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P51 RR000168/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - K26 RR000168/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI063928-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI063928/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 AI063928/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070423 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Herpesvirus 8, Human/genetics MH - Humans MH - Macaca mulatta/*virology MH - MicroRNAs/chemistry/*genetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Phenotype MH - RNA, Viral/chemistry/*genetics MH - Rhadinovirus/classification/*genetics MH - Species Specificity PMC - PMC1941761 MID - NIHMS25519 EDAT- 2007/04/25 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/19 09:00 PMCR- 2008/07/20 CRDT- 2007/04/25 09:00 PHST- 2007/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/02/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/07/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0042-6822(07)00190-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2007 Jul 20;364(1):21-7. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.029. Epub 2007 Apr 23.