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ReviewmBio2016

Host RNA Packaging by Retroviruses: A Newly Synthesized Story.

Matthew J Eckwahl, Alice Telesnitsky, Sandra L Wolin

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In one paragraph

Review in mBio, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. tRNA modifications in viral replication.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  3. Definition of the components required for selective packaging of coronavirus genomic RNA.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  15. Honeybee Iflaviruses Pack Specific tRNA Fragments from Host Cells in Their Virions.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2022
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  17. 5'-Cap sequestration is an essential determinant of HIV-1 genome packaging.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew J EckwahlDepartment of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Alice TelesnitskyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Sandra L WolinDepartment of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA sandra.wolin@yale.edu.
Yale University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Skill Development for Diverse Scientific Careers: A New Course Predoctoral Program in Cellular and Molecular BiologyT32GM007223 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BASERGA, SUSAN J · 1985 to 2019
$31.0M
The Center for HIV RNA Studies (CRNA)P50GM103297 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DAYIE, KWAKU · 2012 to 2016
$21.7M
Recruitment of host noncoding RNAs by HIV-1R21AI116381 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WOLIN, SANDRA L. · 2015 to 2016
$467k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI116381NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM103297NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fascinating aspect of retroviruses is their tendency to nonrandomly incorporate host cell RNAs into virions. In addition to the specific tRNAs that prime reverse transcription, all examined retroviruses selectively package multiple host cell noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). Many of these ncRNAs appear to be encapsidated shortly after synthesis, before assembling with their normal protein partners. Remarkably, although some packaged ncRNAs, such as pre-tRNAs and the spliceosomal U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), were believed to reside exclusively within mammalian nuclei, it was demonstrated recently that the model retrovirus murine leukemia virus (MLV) packages these ncRNAs from a novel pathway in which unneeded nascent ncRNAs are exported to the cytoplasm for degradation. The finding that retroviruses package forms of ncRNAs that are rare in cells suggests several hypotheses for how these RNAs could assist retrovirus assembly and infectivity. Moreover, recent experiments in several laboratories have identified additional ways in which cellular ncRNAs may contribute to the retrovirus life cycle. This review focuses on the ncRNAs that are packaged by retroviruses and the ways in which both encapsidated ncRNAs and other cellular ncRNAs may contribute to retrovirus replication.

Indexed as

Virus ReplicationAnimalsCell NucleusCytoplasmHumansLeukemia Virus, MurineMiceRetroviridaeRNA, NuclearRNA, UntranslatedVirionVirus AssemblyRNA, NuclearRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID26861021
PMCPMC4752605
OpenAlexW2269956393

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