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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2016

gH/gL supercomplexes at early stages of herpesvirus entry.

Ekaterina E Heldwein

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Virus-Induced Cell Fusion and Syncytia Formation.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2024
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  13. Prevention ofPharmaceutics · 2022
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  14. Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ekaterina E HeldweinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Electronic address: katya.heldwein@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

The prefusion form of HSV-1gBR21AI107171 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HELDWEIN, EKATERINA · 2015 to 2016
$454k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI107171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane fusion during herpesvirus entry into host cells is a complex process where multiple glycoproteins interact to relay the triggering signal from a receptor-binding protein to the conserved fusogen gB through the conserved heterodimer gH/gL. Crystal structures of individual glycoproteins are available, yet high-order 'supercomplexes' have been elusive. Recent structures of complexes between gH/gL from human cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus and the receptor-binding proteins that form at early stages of herpesviral entry highlighted mechanisms that control tropism and revealed dynamic intermediate complexes containing gH/gL that may directly participate in membrane deformation and juxtaposition. Determining how the triggering signal reaches the fusogen gB represents the next frontier in structural biology of herpesvirus entry.

Indexed as

Virus InternalizationCytomegalovirusGlycoproteinsHerpesviridaeHerpesvirus 2, HumanHerpesvirus 4, HumanMembrane FusionMicroscopy, ElectronMultiprotein ComplexesProtein BindingViral Envelope ProteinsViral TropismGlycoproteinsMultiprotein ComplexesViral Envelope Proteins

Identifiers

PMID26849495
PMCPMC4970976
OpenAlexW2261633018

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