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Viruses and RNA interference in mammalian cells

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS<br />

CrPV - Cricket Paralysis virus<br />

CVB3 - Coxsackievirus B3<br />

DCV - Drosophila C virus<br />

ds - double-str<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

EBV - Epste<strong>in</strong>–Barr virus<br />

EGFP - enhanced green fluorescent prote<strong>in</strong><br />

eIF2 – Eukaryotic Initiation Factor<br />

FHV - Flock House virus<br />

FMDV - Foot <strong>and</strong> Mouth Disease Virus<br />

HCC - hepatocellular carc<strong>in</strong>oma<br />

HCV - hepatitis C virus<br />

HIV - Human Immunodeficiency virus<br />

IFN - <strong>in</strong>terferon (InterFeroN)<br />

mi<strong>RNA</strong> - micro <strong>RNA</strong><br />

m<strong>RNA</strong> - Messenger <strong>RNA</strong><br />

NoV - Nodamura virus<br />

nt- nucleotides<br />

ONNV - O’nyong–nyong virus<br />

PTGS - Post-Transcriptional Gene Silenc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

PVX - potato virus X<br />

RdRp – <strong>RNA</strong>-dependent <strong>RNA</strong> polymerase<br />

<strong>RNA</strong>i - <strong>RNA</strong> <strong><strong>in</strong>terference</strong><br />

RSS - <strong>RNA</strong> Silenc<strong>in</strong>g Suppressor<br />

RT - reverse transcriptase<br />

SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome<br />

SARS-CoV - SARS- associated coronavirus<br />

SINV - S<strong>in</strong>dbis virus<br />

si<strong>RNA</strong> - small or short <strong>in</strong>terfer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>RNA</strong><br />

ss - s<strong>in</strong>gle str<strong>and</strong>ed<br />

TMV - tobacco mosaic virus<br />

VA – virus-associated<br />

VSV - vesicular stomatitis virus<br />

WNV - West Nile virus<br />

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