miRNA independent hepacivirus variants suggest a strong evolutionary pressure to maintain miR-122 dependence

Yingpu Yu, Troels K.H. Scheel, Joseph M. Luna, Hachung Chung, Eiko Nishiuchi, Margaret A. Scull, Natalia Echeverría, Inna Ricardo-Lax, Amit Kapoor, Ian W. Lipkin, Thomas J. Divers, Douglas F. Antczak, Bud C. Tennant, Charles M. Rice^*