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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2017

Combining high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and mutagenesis to develop cowpea mosaic virus for bionanotechnology.

Yulia Meshcheriakova, Alex Durrant, Emma L Hesketh, Neil A Ranson, George P Lomonossoff

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Plant Virus Nanoparticles for Anti-cancer Therapy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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  5. Encapsidation of Viral RNA inJournal of virology · 2019
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yulia MeshcheriakovaDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K.
Alex DurrantDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K.
Emma L HeskethAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
Neil A RansonAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
George P LomonossoffDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K. george.lomonossoff@jic.ac.uk.
John Innes Centre · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L014130/1Wellcome Trust 108466
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Particles of cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) have enjoyed considerable success as nanoparticles. The development of a system for producing empty virus-like particles (eVLPs) of the virus, which are non-infectious and have the potential to be loaded with heterologous material, has increased the number of possible applications for CPMV-based particles. However, for this potential to be realised, it was essential to demonstrate that eVLPs were accurate surrogates for natural virus particles, and this information was provided by high-resolution cryo-EM studies of eVLPs. This demonstration has enabled the approaches developed for the production of modified particles developed with natural CPMV particles to be applied to eVLPs. Furthermore, a combination of cryo-EM and mutagenic studies allowed the development of particles which are permeable but which could still assemble efficiently. These particles were shown to be loadable with cobalt, indicating that they can, indeed, be used as nano-containers.

Indexed as

BiotechnologyMutagenesisNanotechnologyComovirusCryoelectron MicroscopyVirioncowpea mosaic viruscryo-electron microscopymutagenesistransient expressionvirus-like particle

Identifiers

PMID29101307
PMCPMC5730940
OpenAlexW2765632171

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