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ReviewViruses2021

Multiscale Electron Microscopy for the Study of Viral Replication Organelles.

Georg Wolff, Montserrat Bárcena

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Georg WolffSection Electron Microscopy, Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1202-3344
Montserrat BárcenaSection Electron Microscopy, Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7719-4443
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During infection with positive-strand RNA viruses, viral RNA synthesis associates with modified intracellular membranes that form unique and captivating structures in the cytoplasm of the infected cell. These viral replication organelles (ROs) play a key role in the replicative cycle of important human pathogens like coronaviruses, enteroviruses, or flaviviruses. From their discovery to date, progress in our understanding of viral ROs has closely followed new developments in electron microscopy (EM). This review gives a chronological account of this progress and an introduction to the different EM techniques that enabled it. With an ample repertoire of imaging modalities, EM is nowadays a versatile technique that provides structural and functional information at a wide range of scales. Together with well-established approaches like electron tomography or labeling methods, we examine more recent developments, such as volume scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and in situ cryotomography, which are only beginning to be applied to the study of viral ROs. We also highlight the first cryotomography analyses of viral ROs, which have led to the discovery of macromolecular complexes that may serve as RO channels that control the export of newly-made viral RNA. These studies are key first steps towards elucidating the macromolecular complexity of viral ROs.

Indexed as

Microscopy, ElectronVirus ReplicationCryoelectron MicroscopyElectron Microscope TomographyImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIntracellular MembranesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronRNA, ViralRNA VirusesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Replication CompartmentsRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural Proteinsblockface imagingcoronavirusesdouble-membrane vesicleselectron tomographyin situ cryotomographyinvaginated spherulesnodavirusespositive-strand RNA virusesvirus–host interactionvolume SEM

Identifiers

PMID33525547
PMCPMC7912242
OpenAlexW3122779413

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