Evidence map›Paper›PMID 8577714›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996

Hsp90 is required for the activity of a hepatitis B virus reverse transcriptase.

J Hu, C Seeger

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers.

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148citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

148 citing papers in PubMed, 323 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Role of Heat Shock Proteins (HSP70 and HSP90) in Viral Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J HuInstitute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
C Seeger
Fox Chase Cancer Center · US

Funding

NCI NIH HHS CA09035-20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heat shock protein Hsp90 is known as an essential component of several signal transduction pathways and has now been identified as an essential host factor for hepatitis B virus replication. Hsp90 interacts with the viral reverse transcriptase to facilitate the formation of a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex between the polymerase and an RNA ligand. This RNP complex is required early in replication for viral assembly and initiation of DNA synthesis through a protein-priming mechanism. These results thus invoke a role for the Hsp90 pathway in the formation of an RNP.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationAnimalsBenzoquinonesCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell LineChickensEnzyme InhibitorsHepatitis B virusHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsKineticsLactams, MacrocyclicLiver NeoplasmsModels, GeneticQuinonesRecombinant ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsBenzoquinonesEnzyme InhibitorsgeldanamycinHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsLactams, MacrocyclicQuinonesRecombinant ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID8577714
PMCPMC40030
OpenAlexW2061239746

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