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ReviewJournal of medical virology2026

Cross-Species Insights Into Gamma Herpesvirus Transcriptomes: Long-Read and Multi-Omics Perspectives.

Ritu Shekhar, Sarah McMahon, Scott A Tibbetts, Erik K Flemington, Rolf Renne

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Review in Journal of medical virology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ritu ShekharDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3397-6061
Sarah McMahonDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-1415
Scott A TibbettsDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-1642
Erik K FlemingtonDepartment of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-5281
Rolf RenneDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7391-8806

Funding

"Project 3" MHV68 IncRNA/miRNA interaction in latency and lympomagenesisP01CA214091 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Scott A. Tibbetts · 2017 to 2026
$15.9M
CA214091NCI NIH HHS P01 CA214091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comparative transcriptome analyses of gamma herpesviruses have been revolutionized by long-read sequencing and integrative multi-omics approaches, enabling unprecedented resolution of viral gene expression. Cross-species studies of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and murine gamma herpesvirus 68 (MHV68) have uncovered a vast diversity of transcript isoforms, including alternative 5'/3' UTR variants, alternative splice isoforms, and transcripts encoding truncated or extended coding sequences. These efforts revealed novel transcript isoforms harboring partial open reading frames, entirely new ORFs, and an expanding repertoire of viral non-coding RNAs. Additional regulatory mechanisms, such as promoter dependence on viral replication factors, selective polyadenylation site usage, frameshifting via alternative splicing, and extensive readthrough transcription, further illustrate the complex strategies governing gamma herpesvirus transcriptomes. This review synthesizes these discoveries, highlighting transcriptional strategies employed by gamma herpesviruses for persistence through different phases of replication, while outlining how integrative transcriptomics has reshaped our understanding of herpesvirus gene regulation.

Indexed as

GammaherpesvirinaeGene Expression Regulation, ViralHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanRhadinovirusTranscriptomeAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingHumansMultiomicsOpen Reading FramesVirus ReplicationEBVgamma herpesvirusKSHVlong‐read sequencingMHV68multiplatform datatranscription regulationtranscriptome analysis

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PMID41543273
PMCPMC12810222

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