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ReviewViruses2018

Insight into Influenza: A Virus Cap-Snatching.

Corey De Vlugt, Dorota Sikora, Martin Pelchat

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Review in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Basic Virology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  9. The ribosomal landscape in influenza A virus infection: from molecular mechanisms to clinical relevance.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  12. Role of Atypical MAPK p38 Signaling in the Progression of Influenza A-Induced Acute Lung Injury.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Corey De VlugtDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada. cdevlugt@outlook.com.
Dorota SikoraDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada. dorotasikora@yahoo.com.
Martin PelchatDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada. mpelchat@uottawa.ca.
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influenza A virus (IAV) genome consists of eight single-stranded RNA segments. Each segment is associated with a protein complex, with the 3' and 5' ends bound to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and the remainder associated with the viral nucleoprotein. During transcription of viral mRNA, this ribonucleoprotein complex steals short, 5'-capped transcripts produced by the cellular DNA dependent RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and uses them to prime transcription of viral mRNA. Here, we review the current knowledge on the process of IAV cap-snatching and suggest a requirement for RNAPII promoter-proximal pausing for efficient IAV mRNA transcription.

Indexed as

RNA CapsTranscription, GeneticInfluenza A virusNucleocapsid ProteinsProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA, ViralViral Core ProteinsVirus ReplicationNP protein, Influenza A virusNucleocapsid ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA CapsRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA, ViralViral Core Proteinscap-snatchinginfluenza A virusprime-and-realignpromoter-proximal pausing

Identifiers

PMID30453478
PMCPMC6266781
OpenAlexW2900638597

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Registered trials

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