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ArticleNature microbiology2019

Epstein-Barr virus BORF2 inhibits cellular APOBEC3B to preserve viral genome integrity.

Adam Z Cheng, Jaime Yockteng-Melgar, Matthew C Jarvis, Natasha Malik-Soni, Ivan Borozan, Michael A Carpenter, Jennifer L McCann, Diako Ebrahimi, Nadine M Shaban, Edyta Marcon and 4 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adam Z ChengDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-9433
Jaime Yockteng-MelgarDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Matthew C JarvisDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Natasha Malik-SoniDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ivan BorozanOntario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3145-3550
Michael A CarpenterDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Jennifer L McCannDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Diako EbrahimiDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-0420
Nadine M ShabanDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Edyta MarconDonnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jack GreenblattDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
William L BrownDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-9468
Lori FrappierDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. lori.frappier@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-5472
Reuben S HarrisDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. rsh@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-9112
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Toronto · CAOntario Institute for Cancer Research · CA

Funding

X-ray Crystallographic Fragment Screening CoreU54AI150472 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LYUMKIS, DMITRY · 2019 to 2021
$15.7M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008244 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SHIMIZU, YOJI · 1988 to 2024
$13.6M
TRAINING GRANT IN MICROBIOLOGY/CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009138 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Scott M. Dehm · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
X-ray Crystallographic Fragment Screening CoreU54GM103368 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SARAFIANOS, STEFAN G, TORBETT, BRUCE EDWARD · 2017 to 2018
$11.1M
Molecular Determinants of HIV hypermutationR21AI138793 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI EBRAHIMI, DIAKO · 2018 to 2019
$470k
(PQ2) HIV INFECTION, APOBEC UPREGULATION, AND CANCER MUTAGENESISR21CA206309 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HARRIS, REUBEN S · 2016 to 2017
$401k
HIV-1 Vif in AIDS-Related MalignanciesF30CA200432 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CHENG, ADAM Z · 2015 to 2019
$213k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS F30 CA200432NCI NIH HHS R21 CA206309NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009138NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI138793NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008244NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM103368
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The apolipoprotein B messenger RNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) family of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) cytosine deaminases provides innate immunity against virus and transposon replication

Indexed as

Catalytic DomainCell LineCRISPR-Cas SystemsCytidine DeaminaseGenome, ViralHEK293 CellsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansMinor Histocompatibility AntigensRibonucleotide ReductasesRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingViral ProteinsAPOBEC3B protein, humanCytidine DeaminaseMinor Histocompatibility AntigensRibonucleotide ReductasesRNA, Small InterferingViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30420783
PMCPMC6294688
OpenAlexW2900138341

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