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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2016

Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes.

Sarah M McDonald, Martha I Nelson, Paul E Turner, John T Patton

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 210 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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210citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
60.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

210 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 392 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah M McDonaldVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, 2 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, Virginia 24016, USA.
Martha I NelsonFogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2220, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Paul E TurnerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Osborn Memorial Labs, 165 Prospect Street, P. O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
John T PattonVirginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, 8075 Greenmead Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USVirginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USVirginia Tech · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Rotavirus Genome Replication and Virion AssemblyR01AI116815 · NIAID · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY · PI Sarah Marie McDonald Esstman · 2015 to 2026
$3.7M
Allosteric regulation of a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymeraseR21AI119588 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI MCDONALD ESSTMAN, SARAH MARIE · 2015 to 2016
$443k
Structural Dynamics of Rotavirus TranscriptionR21AI113402 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI KELLY, DEBORAH F, MCDONALD ESSTMAN, SARAH MARIE · 2014 to 2015
$403k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116815NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI113402NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Segmented RNA viruses are widespread in nature and include important human, animal and plant pathogens, such as influenza viruses and rotaviruses. Although the origin of RNA virus genome segmentation remains elusive, a major consequence of this genome structure is the capacity for reassortment to occur during co-infection, whereby segments are exchanged among different viral strains. Therefore, reassortment can create viral progeny that contain genes that are derived from more than one parent, potentially conferring important fitness advantages or disadvantages to the progeny virus. However, for segmented RNA viruses that package their multiple genome segments into a single virion particle, reassortment also requires genetic compatibility between parental strains, which occurs in the form of conserved packaging signals, and the maintenance of RNA and protein interactions. In this Review, we discuss recent studies that examined the mechanisms and outcomes of reassortment for three well-studied viral families - Cystoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae and Reoviridae - and discuss how these findings provide new perspectives on the replication and evolution of segmented RNA viruses.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenome, ViralRecombination, GeneticAnimalsCystoviridaeHumansInfluenza A virusOrthomyxoviridaeReassortant VirusesReoviridaeRNA, ViralRNA VirusesVirus ReplicationRNA, Viral

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PMID27211789
PMCPMC5119462
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