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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Impact of RNA Virus Evolution on Quasispecies Formation and Virulence.

Madiiha Bibi Mandary, Malihe Masomian, Chit Laa Poh

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 51 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Madiiha Bibi MandaryCenter for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor 47500, Malaysia.
Malihe MasomianCenter for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor 47500, Malaysia.
Chit Laa PohCenter for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor 47500, Malaysia. pohcl@sunway.edu.my.ORCID 0000-0001-8475-6291
Sunway University · MY

Funding

Sunway University Internal Grant (2019) for Center for Virus and Vaccine Research (CVVR) 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA viruses are known to replicate by low fidelity polymerases and have high mutation rates whereby the resulting virus population tends to exist as a distribution of mutants. In this review, we aim to explore how genetic events such as spontaneous mutations could alter the genomic organization of RNA viruses in such a way that they impact virus replications and plaque morphology. The phenomenon of quasispecies within a viral population is also discussed to reflect virulence and its implications for RNA viruses. An understanding of how such events occur will provide further evidence about whether there are molecular determinants for plaque morphology of RNA viruses or whether different plaque phenotypes arise due to the presence of quasispecies within a population. Ultimately this review gives an insight into whether the intrinsically high error rates due to the low fidelity of RNA polymerases is responsible for the variation in plaque morphology and diversity in virulence. This can be a useful tool in characterizing mechanisms that facilitate virus adaptation and evolution.

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Evolution, MolecularRNA VirusesAnimalsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansQuasispeciesViral ProteinsVirulenceDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesViral Proteinsplaque phenotypequasispeciesRNA virusesspontaneous mutationsvirulence

Identifiers

PMID31546962
PMCPMC6770471
OpenAlexW2974674658

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