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ArticlePloS one2015

Strand-Specific Quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Measurement of Arenavirus Genomic and Antigenomic RNAs.

Kelsey Haist, Christopher Ziegler, Jason Botten

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelsey HaistDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America; Department of Medicine, Division of Immunobiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America.
Christopher ZieglerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Immunobiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America.
Jason BottenDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America; Department of Medicine, Division of Immunobiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America.
University of Vermont · US

Funding

Vaccines and Diagnostics TrialsU54AI065359 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BARBOUR, ALAN G. · 2005 to 2013
$88.8M
VERMONT IMMUNOBIOLOIGY/ INFECTIOUS DISEASES CENTERP20RR021905 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI DIENZ, OLIVER · 2006 to 2011
$14.5M
Vermont Immunology/Infectious Diseases Training GrantT32AI055402 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI GARY E WARD · 2005 to 2026
$2.7M
Identification of Novel Arenavirus Protein-Host Cellular Protein InteractionsR21AI088059 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BOTTEN, JASON W. · 2010 to 2011
$416k
Dynamics of arenavirus gene expression in vivoF32AI056827 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BOTTEN, JASON W. · 2003 to 2004
$78k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR021905NCRR NIH HHS P20RR021905NIAID NIH HHS 1R21AI88059-1A1NIAID NIH HHS AI065359NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI056827NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI088059NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI055402NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI065359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arenaviruses are bi-segmented, single-stranded RNA viruses that cause significant human disease. The manner in which they regulate the replication of their genome is not well-understood. This is partly due to the absence of a highly sensitive assay to measure individual species of arenavirus replicative RNAs. To overcome this obstacle, we designed a quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assay for selective quantitation of each of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) genomic or antigenomic RNAs. During the course of assay design, we identified a nonspecific priming phenomenon whereby, in the absence of an RT primer, cDNAs complementary to each of the LCMV replicative RNA species are generated during RT. We successfully circumvented this nonspecific priming event through the use of biotinylated primers in the RT reaction, which permitted affinity purification of primer-specific cDNAs using streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. As proof of principle, we used the assay to map the dynamics of LCMV replication at acute and persistent time points and to determine the quantities of genomic and antigenomic RNAs that are incorporated into LCMV particles. This assay can be adapted to measure total S or L segment-derived viral RNAs and therefore represents a highly sensitive diagnostic platform to screen for LCMV infection in rodent and human tissue samples and can also be used to quantify virus-cell attachment.

Indexed as

ArenaviridaeDNA, ComplementaryGenome, ViralReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralDNA, ComplementaryRNA, Viral

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PMID25978311
PMCPMC4433285
OpenAlexW990126919

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