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ArticleNature2024

A virally encoded high-resolution screen of cytomegalovirus dependencies.

Yaara Finkel, Aharon Nachshon, Einav Aharon, Tamar Arazi, Elena Simonovsky, Martina Dobešová, Zack Saud, Avi Gluck, Tal Fisher, Richard J Stanton and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The diverse functions of viral microproteins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Cellular antibody affinity-based CRISPR screening identifies JUNB as a broadly acting antiviral factor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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

12 authors.

Yaara FinkelDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3843-2357
Aharon NachshonDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Einav AharonDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Tamar AraziDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Elena SimonovskyDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Martina DobešováDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Zack SaudDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
Avi GluckDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Tal FisherDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Richard J StantonDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6799-1182
Michal SchwartzDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. michalsc@weizmann.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0001-5442-0201
Noam Stern-GinossarDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. noam.stern-ginossar@weizmann.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0003-3583-5932

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S00971X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic screens have transformed our ability to interrogate cellular factor requirements for viral infections

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsVirus ReplicationCell LineGenome, ViralHumansVirionVirus AssemblyVirus ReleaseRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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