mir-BART1 microRNA precursor family | |
Symbol: | mir-BART1 |
Rfam: | RF00363 |
Mirbase: | MI0001067 |
Mirbase Family: | MIPF0000325 |
Rna Type: | Gene
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Tax Domain: | Viruses |
The mir-BART1 microRNA precursor is found in Human herpesvirus 4 (Epstein–Barr virus) and Cercopithicine herpesvirus 15. mir-BART1 is found in all stages of infection but expression is significantly elevated in the lytic stage. In Epstein-Barr virus, mir-BART1 is found in the intronic regions of the BART (Bam HI-A region rightward transcript) gene whose function is unknown.[1] The mature sequence is excised from the 5' arm of the hairpin.[2]