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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2013

The polymerase of negative-stranded RNA viruses.

Benjamin Morin, Philip J Kranzusch, Amal A Rahmeh, Sean P J Whelan

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Proximity interactome analysis of Lassa polymerase reveals eRF3a/GSPT1 as a druggable target for host-directed antivirals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Benjamin MorinDepartment of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Philip J Kranzusch
Amal A Rahmeh
Sean P J Whelan

Funding

Treatments for Nipah Virus InfectionU54AI057159 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KASPER, DENNIS L. · 2003 to 2013
$113.7M
RNA Processing in Non-Segmented Minus-Strand RNA VirusesR37AI059371 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WHELAN, SEAN PJ · 2015 to 2024
$5.4M
RNA Processing in Non-Segmented Minus-Strand RNA VirusesR01AI059371 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WHELAN, SEAN PJ · 2005 to 2015
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS AI057159NIAID NIH HHS AI059371NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI059371NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI059371NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Negative-sense (NS) RNA viruses deliver into cells a mega-dalton RNA-protein complex competent for transcription. Within this complex, the RNA is protected in a nucleocapsid protein (NP) sheath which the viral polymerase negotiates during RNA synthesis. The NP-RNA templates come as nonsegmented (NNS) or segmented (SNS), necessitating distinct strategies for transcription by their polymerases. Atomic-level understanding of the NP-RNA of both NNS and SNS RNA viruses show that the RNA must be transiently dissociated from NP during RNA synthesis. Here we summarize and compare the polymerases of NNS and SNS RNA viruses, and the current structural data on the polymerases. Those comparisons inform us on the evolution of related RNA synthesis machines which use two distinct mechanisms for mRNA cap formation.

Indexed as

Virus ReplicationDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularRNA, ViralRNA VirusesVirus AssemblyDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID23602472
PMCPMC4159711

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