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ReviewViruses2021

Evaluating RNA Structural Flexibility: Viruses Lead the Way.

Connor W Fairman, Andrew M L Lever, Julia C Kenyon

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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 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Connor W FairmanHomerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8PH, UK.
Andrew M L LeverDepartment of Medicine, Cambridge University, Level 5, Addenbrookes' Hospital (Box 157), Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Julia C KenyonHomerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8PH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6055-7052

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of RNA structure has lagged behind that of proteins and most other biological polymers, largely because of its ability to adopt multiple, and often very different, functional conformations within a single molecule. Flexibility and multifunctionality appear to be its hallmarks. Conventional biochemical and biophysical techniques all have limitations in solving RNA structure and to address this in recent years we have seen the emergence of a wide diversity of techniques applied to RNA structural analysis and an accompanying appreciation of its ubiquity and versatility. Viral RNA is a particularly productive area to study in that this economy of function within a single molecule admirably suits the minimalist lifestyle of viruses. Here, we review the major techniques that are being used to elucidate RNA conformational flexibility and exemplify how the structure and function are, as in all biology, tightly linked.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationRNA, ViralRNA VirusesRNA, ViralNMRproximity ligationRNA flexibilityRNA structureRNA virusesSAXSSHAPEsmFRET

Identifiers

PMID34834937
PMCPMC8624864

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