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ReviewThe Enzymes2021

Retroviral RNase H: Structure, mechanism, and inhibition.

Tatiana V Ilina, Teresa Brosenitsch, Nicolas Sluis-Cremer, Rieko Ishima

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Review in The Enzymes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tatiana V IlinaDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Teresa BrosenitschDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Nicolas Sluis-CremerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Rieko IshimaDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: ishima@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Technology Development 2: MAS NMR and dynamic nuclear polarization for HIV-1 structural biologyP50AI150481 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRONENBORN, ANGELA M. · 2019 to 2021
$14.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P50 AI150481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All retroviruses encode the enzyme, reverse transcriptase (RT), which is involved in the conversion of the single-stranded viral RNA genome into double-stranded DNA. RT is a multifunctional enzyme and exhibits DNA polymerase and ribonuclease H (RNH) activities, both of which are essential to the reverse-transcription process. Despite the successful development of polymerase-targeting antiviral drugs over the last three decades, no bona fide inhibitor against the RNH activity of HIV-1 RT has progressed to clinical evaluation. In this review article, we describe the retroviral RNH function and inhibition, with primary consideration of the structural aspects of inhibition.

Indexed as

HIV-1Ribonuclease HDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseReverse TranscriptionDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseRibonuclease HDynamicsHIV-1RetrovirusReverse transcriptaseRibonuclease HStructure

Identifiers

PMID34861939
PMCPMC8994160
OpenAlexW3215912475

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Registered trials

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