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ReviewRetrovirology2021

The HIV-1 capsid and reverse transcription.

Christopher Aiken, Itay Rousso

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Review in Retrovirology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Transient Occupancy and Pore Dynamics: IP6 Behavior in HIV-1The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2026
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher AikenDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. chris.aiken@vumc.org.ORCID 0000-0002-2476-4078
Itay RoussoDepartment of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Technology Development 2: MAS NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization for HIV-1 structural biologyP50AI150481 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI XIONG, YONG · 2019 to 2021
$14.1M
Biochemistry and Biophysics of Capsid Function in HIV-1 InfectionR56AI076121 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI AIKEN, CHRISTOPHER R · 2019 to 2019
$472k
Inositol Polyphosphates and HIV-1 MaturationR21AI150384 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI AIKEN, CHRISTOPHER R · 2020 to 2021
$468k
NIH HHS P50 AI150481NIH HHS R21 AI150384NIH HHS R56 AI076121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The viral capsid plays a key role in HIV-1 reverse transcription. Recent studies have demonstrated that the small molecule IP6 dramatically enhances reverse transcription in vitro by stabilizing the viral capsid. Reverse transcription results in marked changes in the biophysical properties of the capsid, ultimately resulting in its breakage and disassembly. Here we review the research leading to these advances and describe hypotheses for capsid-dependent HIV-1 reverse transcription and a model for reverse transcription-primed HIV-1 uncoating.

Indexed as

Reverse TranscriptionAnimalsCapsidCapsid ProteinsHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansCapsid ProteinsCapsidHIV-1IP6Reverse transcriptionStiffnessUncoating

Identifiers

PMID34563203
PMCPMC8466977
OpenAlexW3202767117

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