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ArticleNature2026

Mechanism of co-transcriptional cap snatching by influenza polymerase.

Alexander Helmut Rotsch, Delong Li, Maud Dupont, Tim Krischuns, Ute Neef, Christiane Oberthür, Alice Stelfox, Maria Lukarska, Isaac Fianu, Michael Lidschreiber and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

14 authors.

Alexander Helmut Rotsch *Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.
Delong Li *Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7900-489X
Maud Dupont *RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France.
Tim KrischunsRNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France.
Ute NeefDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.
Christiane OberthürDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.
Alice StelfoxEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France.
Maria LukarskaEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-6732
Isaac FianuDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-114X
Michael LidschreiberDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-2755
Nadia NaffakhRNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, Paris, France. nadia.naffakh@pasteur.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0424-0277
Christian DienemannDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany. christian.dienemann@mpinat.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-5110
Stephen CusackEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France. cusack@embl.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-0796
Patrick CramerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany. patrick.cramer@mpinat.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-7755

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus mRNAs are stable and competent for nuclear export and translation because they receive a 5' cap(1) structure in a process called cap snatching

Indexed as

OrthomyxoviridaeRNA CapsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseTranscription, GeneticViral ProteinsAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyEndonucleasesHumansModels, MolecularNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA, ViralSus scrofaEndonucleasesNuclear ProteinsRNA CapsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA, ViralTranscriptional Elongation FactorsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID41781612
PMCPMC13128444

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