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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2024

Transcription start site choice regulates HIV-1 RNA conformation and function.

Karin Musier-Forsyth, Alan Rein, Wei-Shau Hu

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanisms of HIV-1 assembly, release and maturation.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Karin Musier-ForsythDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: musier-forsyth.1@osu.edu.
Alan ReinRetrovirus Assembly Section, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Wei-Shau HuViral Recombination Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Electronic address: Wei-Shau.Hu@nih.gov.

Funding

Structural Biology CoreU54AI170855 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Bruce Edward Torbett · 2022 to 2026
$36.7M
RNA binding and packaging by retroviral Gag proteinsR01AI153216 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MUSIER-FORSYTH, KARIN M · 2020 to 2025
$4.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153216NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV-1, the causative agent of AIDS, is a retrovirus that packages two copies of unspliced viral RNA as a dimer into newly budding virions. The unspliced viral RNA also serves as an mRNA template for translation of two polyproteins. Recent studies suggest that the fate of the viral RNA (genome or mRNA) is determined at the level of transcription. RNA polymerase II uses heterogeneous transcription start sites to generate major transcripts that differ in only two guanosines at the 5' end. Remarkably, this two-nucleotide difference is sufficient to alter the structure of the 5'-untranslated region and generate two pools of RNA with distinct functions. The presence of both RNA species is needed for optimal viral replication and fitness.

Indexed as

HIV-1Nucleic Acid ConformationRNA, ViralTranscription Initiation Site5' Untranslated RegionsHumans5' Untranslated RegionsRNA, Viral

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PMID39146887
PMCPMC11932513

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