Identification of novel microRNAs in Rous sarcoma Virus (RSV) and their target sites in tumor suppressor genes of chicken

A small non-coding, evolutionarily conserved regulatory RNA molecule known as microRNA (miRNA) regulates various cellular activities and pathways. MicroRNAs remain evolutionarily conserved in different species of same taxa. They are present in all organisms including viruses. Viral miRNAs are small, less conserved and less stable and have higher negative minimal folding free energy than miRNAs of different organisms. The size of viral precursor...