Studying the role of viral-host RNA interactions during Zika infection

• Main Author: Yap, Chong Sin
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143323
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Zika infection is a prevalent issue in the current world and has caused worrying symptoms, especially in fetus and newborns. ZIKV RNA is approximately 11kb long which encodes for a single polypeptide. This polypeptide is subsequently cleaved and modified to form 10 viral proteins which are vital for...