Terminal uridylyltransferases target RNA viruses as part of the innate immune system in animals
Jérémie Le Pen, Hongbing Jiang, Tomás Di Domenico, Emma Kneuss, Joanna Kosałka, Marcos Morgan, Christian Much, Konrad L. M. Rudolph, Anton J. Enright, Dónal O’Carroll, David Wang, Eric A. Miska
The paper identifies terminal uridylyltransferases as a conserved antiviral mechanism in animals by uridylating viral RNA to promote degradation.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2017 · PreprintImmunology