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ReviewCell reports2023

Liquid-liquid phase separation of nucleocapsid proteins during SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 replication.

Bao-An Chau, Venessa Chen, Alan W Cochrane, Leslie J Parent, Andrew J Mouland

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In one paragraph

Review in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Structural Features of a Tiny Viral Protein, ORF7b of SARS-CoV-2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. Targeting viral suppressor of RNAi confers anti-coronaviral activity.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bao-An ChauHIV-1 RNA Trafficking Lab, Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
Venessa ChenHIV-1 RNA Trafficking Lab, Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
Alan W CochraneDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
Leslie J ParentDivision of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
Andrew J MoulandHIV-1 RNA Trafficking Lab, Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada. Electronic address: andrew.mouland@mcgill.ca.
Jewish General Hospital · CAPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Role of biomolecular condensates in regulating HIV-1 viral ribonucleoprotein complex formation in the setting of substance use disorderR33DA053689 · NIDA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI PARENT, LESLIE J · 2023 to 2025
$1.1M
Role of biomolecular condensates in regulating HIV-1 viral ribonucleoprotein complex formation in the setting of substance use disorderR21DA053689 · NIDA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI PARENT, LESLIE J · 2021 to 2022
$360k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA053689NIDA NIH HHS R33 DA053689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The leap of retroviruses and coronaviruses from animal hosts to humans has led to two ongoing pandemics and tens of millions of deaths worldwide. Retrovirus and coronavirus nucleocapsid proteins have been studied extensively as potential drug targets due to their central roles in virus replication, among which is their capacity to bind their respective genomic RNAs for packaging into nascent virions. This review focuses on fundamental studies of these nucleocapsid proteins and how their intrinsic abilities to condense through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) contribute to viral replication. Therapeutic targeting of these condensates and methodological advances are also described to address future questions on how phase separation contributes to viral replication.

Indexed as

HIV-1Nucleocapsid ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Virus ReplicationCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19HumansCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsNucleocapsid Proteinsbiomolecular condensatesBMCCP: ImmunologyHIV-1HIV-1 NCliquid-liquid phase separationLLPSnucleocapsidSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 Nvirus replication

Identifiers

PMID36640305
PMCPMC9790868
OpenAlexW4312199646

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