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ArticleJournal of virology2011

Human cytomegalovirus US7 is regulated synergistically by two virally encoded microRNAs and by two distinct mechanisms.

Rebecca Tirabassi, Lauren Hook, Igor Landais, Finn Grey, Heather Meyers, Helen Hewitt, Jay Nelson

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Article in Journal of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca TirabassiDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. rtirabassi@wisc.edu
Lauren Hook
Igor Landais
Finn Grey
Heather Meyers
Helen Hewitt
Jay Nelson
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

PHS HHS A121640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes at least 14 microRNAs (miRNAs) that act posttranscriptionally to repress gene expression. Although several HCMV miRNA targets of both cellular and viral origin have been identified, our knowledge of their function remains limited. HCMV miRNA targets, as well as phenotypes associated with HCMV miRNA mutants, have been difficult to identify since the downregulation of targets by a single miRNA is often less than 2-fold. Several factors can contribute to the strength of repression, including the mechanism of translational inhibition, the degree of complementarity between the miRNA and target mRNA, the number of binding sites for one miRNA, and cooperativity or antagonism between miRNAs. To determine the effect of multiple miRNAs on one gene, we examined the repression of a viral gene, US7. Here we demonstrate that the HCMV-encoded miRNAs miR-US5-1 and miR-US5-2 function in a highly synergistic manner to regulate US7, even at very low miRNA concentrations. Regulation of US7 involves three functional miRNA binding sites: two that are completely complementary to the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) and one that is imperfectly matched. Surprisingly, we observed equal contributions to inhibition from both complete and partially complementary sites, and repression was not completely abrogated until all three sites were mutated simultaneously. We also observed that the miRNA binding sites did not follow the spacing constraints for corepressive miRNAs observed in earlier reports. These results underscore the importance of evaluating the contribution of multiple miRNAs on gene regulation and shed new insight into miRNA:mRNA interactions.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, Viral3' Untranslated RegionsBinding SitesCytomegalovirusHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMicroRNAsViral Proteins3' Untranslated RegionsMembrane GlycoproteinsMicroRNAsUS7 glycoprotein, Human herpesvirus 5Viral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21900172
PMCPMC3209316
OpenAlexW2159195638

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