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ReviewVirology2019

Coronavirus genomic RNA packaging.

Paul S Masters

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Review in Virology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 160 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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160citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

160 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  17. Definition of the components required for selective packaging of coronavirus genomic RNA.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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100 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author.

Paul S MastersWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, 12201, United States. Electronic address: Paul.Masters@health.ny.gov.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA viruses carry out selective packaging of their genomes in a variety of ways, many involving a genomic packaging signal. The first coronavirus packaging signal was discovered nearly thirty years ago, but how it functions remains incompletely understood. This review addresses the current state of knowledge of coronavirus genome packaging, which has mainly been studied in two prototype species, mouse hepatitis virus and transmissible gastroenteritis virus. Despite the progress that has been made in the mapping and characterization of some packaging signals, there is conflicting evidence as to whether the viral nucleocapsid protein or the membrane protein plays the primary role in packaging signal recognition. The different models for the mechanism of genomic RNA packaging that have been prompted by these competing views are described. Also discussed is the recent exciting discovery that selective coronavirus genome packaging is critical for in vivo evasion of the host innate immune response.

Indexed as

Virus AssemblyModels, BiologicalMurine hepatitis virusNucleocapsid ProteinsRNA, ViralTransmissible gastroenteritis virusViral Matrix ProteinsNucleocapsid ProteinsRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsCoronavirusInnate immunityMembrane proteinMouse hepatitis virusNucleocapsid proteinPackaging signalRNA virusViral genome packaging

Identifiers

PMID31505321
PMCPMC7112113

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