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ArticleViruses2020

No G-Quadruplex Structures in the DNA of Parvovirus B19: Experimental Evidence versus Bioinformatic Predictions.

Gloria Bua, Daniele Tedesco, Ilaria Conti, Alessandro Reggiani, Manuela Bartolini, Giorgio Gallinella

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Article in Viruses, 2020. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. G-Quadruplex Targeting in the Fight against Viruses: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gloria BuaDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Daniele TedescoDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2585-7791
Ilaria ContiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7276-3168
Alessandro ReggianiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4101-0956
Manuela BartoliniDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2890-3856
Giorgio GallinellaDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1118-6341
University of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parvovirus B19 (B19V), an ssDNA virus in the family Parvoviridae, is a human pathogenic virus, responsible for a wide range of clinical manifestations, still in need of effective and specific antivirals. DNA structures, including G-quadruplex (G4), have been recognised as relevant functional features in viral genomes, and small-molecule ligands binding to these structures are promising antiviral compounds. Bioinformatic tools predict the presence of potential G4 forming sequences (PQSs) in the genome of B19V, raising interest as targets for antiviral strategies. Predictions locate PQSs in the genomic terminal regions, in proximity to replicative origins. The actual propensity of these PQSs to form G4 structures was investigated by circular dichroism spectroscopic analysis on synthetic oligonucleotides of corresponding sequences. No signature of G4 structures was detected, and the interaction with the G4 ligand BRACO-19 (

Indexed as

G-QuadruplexesAcridinesAminoquinolinesAntiviral AgentsCells, CulturedCircular DichroismComputational BiologyDNA, ViralErythroid Precursor CellsGenome, ViralHumansParvovirus B19, HumanPicolinic AcidsVirus ReplicationAcridinesAminoquinolinesAntiviral AgentsBRACO-19DNA, ViralPicolinic AcidspyridostatinantiviralsbioinformaticsBRACO-19G-quadruplexparvovirus B19pyridostatin

Identifiers

PMID32854437
PMCPMC7552014
OpenAlexW3081189792

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