Cooperativity between the 3’ untranslated region microRNA binding sites is critical for the virulence of eastern equine encephalitis virus

• Derek W. Trobaugh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-0260

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• Chengqun Sun,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

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• Nishank Bhalla,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA United States of America

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

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• Christina L. Gardner,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Virology Division, Fort Detrick, MD United States of America

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-8966

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• Matthew D. Dunn,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

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• William B. Klimstra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Klimstra@pitt.edu

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4506-7842

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