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SUBMITTER: Dimmock NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4019098 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dimmock Nigel J NJ Easton Andrew J AJ
Journal of virology 20140226 10
Defective interfering (DI) RNAs are highly deleted forms of the infectious genome that are made by most families of RNA viruses. DI RNAs retain replication and packaging signals, are synthesized preferentially over infectious genomes, and are packaged as DI virus particles which can be transmitted to susceptible cells. Their ability to interfere with the replication of infectious virus in cell culture and their potential as antivirals in the clinic have long been known. However, until now, no re ...[more]