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ArticleJournal of virology2022

Hepatitis Delta Virus Genome RNA Synthesis Initiates at Position 1646 with a Nontemplated Guanosine.

Susannah Stephenson-Tsoris, John L Casey

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Article in Journal of virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 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.

Susannah Stephenson-TsorisDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Centergrid.411667.3, Washington, DC, USA.
John L CaseyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Centergrid.411667.3, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-9856
Georgetown University · US

Funding

Structure and Function of Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA-Protein ComplexesR21AI123718 · NIAID · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI CASEY, JOHN L · 2016 to 2017
$428k
Inititation and elongation of HDV RNAsR21AI149049 · NIAID · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI CASEY, JOHN L · 2020 to 2021
$417k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI123718NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a significant human pathogen that causes acute and chronic liver disease; there is no licensed therapy. HDV is a circular negative-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus that produces three RNAs in infected cells, genome, antigenome, and mRNA; the latter encodes hepatitis delta antigen (HDAg), the viral protein. These RNAs are synthesized by host DNA-dependent RNA polymerase acting as an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Although HDV genome RNA accumulates to high levels in infected cells, the mechanism by which this process occurs remains poorly understood. For example, the nature of the 5' end of the genome, including the synthesis start site and its chemical composition, is not known. Analysis of this process has been challenging because the initiation site is part of an unstable precursor in the rolling-circle mechanism by which HDV genome RNA is synthesized. In this study, circular HDV antigenome RNAs synthesized

Indexed as

Genome, ViralVirus ReplicationCell LineGuanosineHepatitis Delta VirusHumansRNA CapsRNA, CircularRNA Polymerase IIRNA, ViralTemplates, GeneticTransfectionGuanosineRNA CapsRNA, CircularRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Viralhepatitis delta virusRNA polymerasesRNA replicationRNA synthesisviral replication

Identifiers

PMID34878890
PMCPMC8865551
OpenAlexW4200105361

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