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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Shared properties and singularities of exoribonuclease-resistant RNAs in viruses.

Quentin Vicens, Jeffrey S Kieft

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Quentin VicensDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Jeffrey S KieftDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Mechanisms of viral RNA maturation by co-opting cellular exonucleasesR01AI133348 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KIEFT, JEFFREY S · 2017 to 2025
$4.5M
Structural determinants of viral RNAs resistant to exoribonucleases in the alphavirus supergroupR21AI157244 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI VICENS, QUENTIN · 2021 to 2022
$421k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133348NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI157244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

What viral RNA genomes lack in size, they make up for in intricacy. Elaborate RNA structures embedded in viral genomes can hijack essential cellular mechanisms aiding virus propagation. Exoribonuclease-resistant RNAs (xrRNAs) are an emerging class of viral elements, which resist degradation by host cellular exoribonucleases to produce viral RNAs with diverse roles during infection. Detailed three-dimensional structural studies of xrRNAs from flaviviruses and a subset of plant viruses led to a mechanistic model in which xrRNAs block enzymatic digestion using a ring-like structure that encircles the 5' end of the resistant structure. In this mini-review, we describe the state of our understanding of the phylogenetic distribution of xrRNAs, their structures, and their conformational dynamics. Because xrRNAs have now been found in several major superfamilies of RNA viruses, they may represent a more widely used strategy than currently appreciated. Could xrRNAs represent a 'molecular clock' that would help us understand virus evolution and pathogenicity? The more we study xrRNAs in viruses, the closer we get to finding xrRNAs within cellular RNAs.

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EvolutionExoribonucleaseStructured viral RNA elementVirusXrn1xrRNA

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PMID34471487
PMCPMC8374639
OpenAlexW3185901021

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