Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21358279›Full record

ReviewRNA biology

The influenza virus RNA synthesis machine: advances in its structure and function.

Patricia Resa-Infante, Núria Jorba, Rocio Coloma, Juan Ortin

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in RNA biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
116citing papers in PubMed
13.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 189 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Implications of morphological variation in influenza viruses.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. In vivo secondary structural analysis of Influenza A virus genomic RNA.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023
    Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. The CD8Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2021
    Review
  20. Article

56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia Resa-InfanteCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
Núria Jorba
Rocio Coloma
Juan Ortin
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influenza A viruses are the causative agents of respiratory disease that occurs as yearly epidemics and occasional pandemics. These viruses are endemic in wild avian species and can sometimes break the species barrier to infect and generate new virus lineages in humans. The influenza A virus genome consists of eight single-stranded, negative-polarity RNAs that form ribonucleoprotein complexes by association to the RNA polymerase and the nucleoprotein. In this review we focus on the structure of this RNA-synthesis machines and the included RNA polymerase, and on the mechanisms by which they express their genetic information as mRNAs and generate progeny ribonucleoproteins that will become incorporated into new infectious virions. New structural, biochemical and genetic data are rapidly accumulating in this very active area of research. We discuss these results and attempt to integrate the information into structural and functional models that may help the design of new experiments and further our knowledge on virus RNA replication and gene expression. This interplay between structural and functional data will eventually provide new targets for controlled attenuation or antiviral therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsGene Expression Regulation, ViralHumansInfluenza A virusRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID21358279
PMCPMC3127100
OpenAlexW1605151536

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.