Required for Survival (image)

Rockefeller University

Caption

When miR-17 is inhibited (left), the BVDV virus can't replicate and kill its host cells (blue). As a result, fewer viral plaques (cloudy areas) form.

Credit

Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease of the Rockefeller University/Cell Host & Microbe

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