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ReviewVirology2015

Timing is everything: Fine-tuned molecular machines orchestrate paramyxovirus entry.

Sayantan Bose, Theodore S Jardetzky, Robert A Lamb

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Review in Virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sayantan BoseDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, United States. Electronic address: sayantan_bose@hms.harvard.edu.
Theodore S JardetzkyDepartment of Structural Biology and Program in Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
Robert A LambDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, United States; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, United States. Electronic address: ralamb@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USStanford University · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniela E Matei · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF PARAMYXOVIRUS FUSION PROTEINSR01GM061050 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI JARDETZKY, THEODORE S · 2000 to 2015
$3.1M
STRUCTURE &EXPRESSION OF THE PARAMYXOVIRUS SV5 GENOMER01AI023173 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LAMB, ROBERT A · 1986 to 2010
$3.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI023173NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI-23173NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061050NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM-61050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Paramyxoviridae include some of the great and ubiquitous disease-causing viruses of humans and animals. In most paramyxoviruses, two viral membrane glycoproteins, fusion protein (F) and receptor binding protein (HN, H or G) mediate a concerted process of recognition of host cell surface molecules followed by fusion of viral and cellular membranes, resulting in viral nucleocapsid entry into the cytoplasm. The interactions between the F and HN, H or G viral glycoproteins and host molecules are critical in determining host range, virulence and spread of these viruses. Recently, atomic structures, together with biochemical and biophysical studies, have provided major insights into how these two viral glycoproteins successfully interact with host receptors on cellular membranes and initiate the membrane fusion process to gain entry into cells. These studies highlight the conserved core mechanisms of paramyxovirus entry that provide the fundamental basis for rational anti-viral drug design and vaccine development.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsVirus InternalizationCapsid ProteinsGlycoproteinsHumansParamyxoviridaeProtein BindingProtein ConformationReceptors, VirusViral Fusion ProteinsCapsid ProteinsGlycoproteinsReceptors, VirusViral Fusion ProteinsAtomic structure of viral glycoproteinsFusion proteinMembrane fusionMembrane glycoproteinsParamyxovirus entryViral envelope proteinsViral receptors

Identifiers

PMID25771804
PMCPMC4424121
OpenAlexW2021563808

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