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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2013

Tinkering with translation: protein synthesis in virus-infected cells.

Derek Walsh, Michael B Mathews, Ian Mohr

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 170 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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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

170 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Perturbation of RNA homeostasis impairs mitochondrial respiration during poxvirus infection through excess RNA accumulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Derek WalshDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. derek.walsh@med.nyu.edu
Michael B Mathews
Ian Mohr

Funding

Virus Host Interactions that Regulate Translation in Cells Infected with HSV-1R01AI073898 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MOHR, IAN J · 2008 to 2020
$5.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, and their replication requires host cell functions. Although the size, composition, complexity, and functions encoded by their genomes are remarkably diverse, all viruses rely absolutely on the protein synthesis machinery of their host cells. Lacking their own translational apparatus, they must recruit cellular ribosomes in order to translate viral mRNAs and produce the protein products required for their replication. In addition, there are other constraints on viral protein production. Crucially, host innate defenses and stress responses capable of inactivating the translation machinery must be effectively neutralized. Furthermore, the limited coding capacity of the viral genome needs to be used optimally. These demands have resulted in complex interactions between virus and host that exploit ostensibly virus-specific mechanisms and, at the same time, illuminate the functioning of the cellular protein synthesis apparatus.

Indexed as

Models, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EGene Expression Regulation, ViralGenome, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalRibosomesRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral ProteinsVirusesVirus ReplicationEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4ERNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23209131
PMCPMC3579402

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