GENOME WIDE COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF MIRNAS IN KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE VIRUS AND THEIR TARGETED GENES IN HUMAN By Sandeep Saini, Chander Jyoti Thakur and Varinder Kumar

Abstract RNAs are versatile biomolecules and can be coding or non-coding. Among the non-coding RNAs, miRNAs are small endogenous molecules that play important role in posttranscriptional gene regulation. miRNAs are identified in viruses too and involved in down regulation of host genes. Flavivirus family members are classified in to two groups: mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBFV) and tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFV). Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) found in India in 1957 (Karnataka) relates to TBFV. Virus has been diffuse to new areas in India and needs attention as it can cause severe hemorrhagic…

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