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ReviewRNA biology2024

The myriad roles of RNA structure in the flavivirus life cycle.

Quinn H Abram, Breanna N Landry, Alex B Wang, Ronja F Kothe, Hannah C H Hauch, Selena M Sagan

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Review in RNA biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Quinn H AbramDepartment of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Breanna N LandryDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Alex B WangDepartment of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Ronja F KotheDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hannah C H HauchDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Selena M SaganDepartment of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8484-3632

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As positive-sense RNA viruses, the genomes of flaviviruses serve as the template for all stages of the viral life cycle, including translation, replication, and infectious particle production. Yet, they encode just 10 proteins, suggesting that the structure and dynamics of the viral RNA itself helps shepherd the viral genome through these stages. Herein, we highlight advances in our understanding of flavivirus RNA structural elements through the lens of their impact on the viral life cycle. We highlight how RNA structures impact translation, the switch from translation to replication, negative- and positive-strand RNA synthesis, and virion assembly. Consequently, we describe three major themes regarding the roles of RNA structure in flavivirus infections: 1) providing a layer of specificity; 2) increasing the functional capacity; and 3) providing a mechanism to support genome compaction. While the interactions described herein are specific to flaviviruses, these themes appear to extend more broadly across RNA viruses.

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FlavivirusGenome, ViralNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationAnimalsFlavivirus InfectionsHumansProtein BiosynthesisVirus AssemblyRNA, Viraldengue virusFlavivirusmethyltransferasepackagingreplicationreplication organelleRNA-dependent RNA polymerasestem-loop AtranslationZika virus

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PMID38797925
PMCPMC11135854

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