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ReviewViruses2019

Structural and Functional Aspects of Foamy Virus Protease-Reverse Transcriptase.

Birgitta M Wöhrl

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Review in Viruses, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Birgitta M WöhrlLehrstuhl Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. birgitta.woehrl@uni-bayreuth.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6024-9487
University of Bayreuth · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reverse transcription describes the process of the transformation of single-stranded RNA into double-stranded DNA via an RNA/DNA duplex intermediate, and is catalyzed by the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT). This event is a pivotal step in the life cycle of all retroviruses. In contrast to orthoretroviruses, the domain structure of the mature RT of foamy viruses is different, i.e., it harbors the protease (PR) domain at its N-terminus, thus being a PR-RT. This structural feature has consequences on PR activation, since the enzyme is monomeric in solution and retroviral PRs are only active as dimers. This review focuses on the structural and functional aspects of simian and prototype foamy virus reverse transcription and reverse transcriptase, as well as special features of reverse transcription that deviate from orthoretroviral processes, e.g., PR activation.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansPeptide HydrolasesRetroviridae InfectionsRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseSpumavirusViral ProteinsPeptide HydrolasesRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseViral Proteinsantiviral drugsfoamy virusproteaseresistancereverse transcriptasereverse transcriptionRNase H

Identifiers

PMID31269675
PMCPMC6669543
OpenAlexW2955268161

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