Figure 7.
MiRNA target sites within AIV viral genome. The target sites for miRNAs within the AIV viral genome were predicted using the miRanda and RNAhybrid algorithms. All of the segments were found to be targeted by at least one miRNA, except segment 8 (NS1, NEP). One miRNA, gga-miR-1784b-5p, was found to target both segments 5 (NP protein) and 7 (M1 protein). Specific target positions for each miRNA can be found in Table 10.
