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ArticleVirology2010

Analysis of the function of cytoplasmic fibers formed by the rubella virus nonstructural replicase proteins.

Jason D Matthews, Wen-Pin Tzeng, Teryl K Frey

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Article in Virology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason D MatthewsGeorgia State University, Department of Biology, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Wen-Pin Tzeng
Teryl K Frey
Georgia State University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF RUBELLA VIRUSR01AI021389 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FREY, TERYL K · 1987 to 2006
$1.7M
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF RUBELLA VIRUSR23AI021389 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FREY, TERYL K · 1985 to 1986
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NIAID NIH HHS AI21389NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI021389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The P150 and P90 replicase proteins of rubella virus (RUBV), a plus-strand RNA Togavirus, produce a unique cytoplasmic fiber network resembling microtubules. Pharmacological and mutagenic approaches were used to determine if these fibers functioned in virus replication. The pharmacological approach revealed that microtubules were required for fiber formation, but neither was necessary for virus replication. Through the mutagenic approach it was found that α-helices near both termini of P150 were necessary for fiber assembly and infectivity, but fiber formation and viability could not be correlated because most of these mutations were lethal. The N-terminal α-helix of P150 affected both proteolytic processing of P150 and P90 from the P200 precursor and targeting of P200, possibly through directing conformational folding of P200. Finally, we made the unexpected discovery that RUBV genomes can spread from cell-to-cell without virus particles, a process that we hypothesize utilizes RUBV-induced cytoplasmic projections containing fibers and replication complexes.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCytoplasmHumansMicrotubule-Organizing CenterMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRubellaRubella virusVero CellsViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus ReplicationViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID20696450
PMCPMC2939240
OpenAlexW1976914852

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