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ReviewViruses2022

Viral Nucleases from Herpesviruses and Coronavirus in Recombination and Proofreading: Potential Targets for Antiviral Drug Discovery.

Lee R Wright, Dennis L Wright, Sandra K Weller

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Review in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lee R WrightDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Dennis L WrightDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Sandra K WellerDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

GENETICS OF HSV DNA REPLICATIONR01AI021747 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI WELLER, SANDRA K, WRIGHT, DENNIS L. · 1985 to 2024
$9.9M
GENETICS OF HSV DNA REPLICATIONR37AI021747 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI WELLER, SANDRA K · 1998 to 2007
$3.3M
Targeting viral alkaline nucleases for the development of broad spectrum anti-herpesvirus therapeuticsR21AI143272 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI WELLER, SANDRA K, WRIGHT, DENNIS L. · 2019 to 2020
$464k
Exploring the Coronavirus Exoribonuclease as an Antiviral TargetR21AI161230 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI WELLER, SANDRA K, WRIGHT, DENNIS L. · 2021 to 2021
$464k
Developing Multi-targeting Antiviral Agents Against Herpes Simplex 1R41AI134509 · NIAID · QUERCUS MOLECULAR DESIGN, LLC · PI WELLER, SANDRA K · 2017 to 2018
$309k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI021747NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI143272NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI161230NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI021747NIAID NIH HHS R41 AI134509NIH HHS AI021747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review, we explore recombination in two very different virus families that have become major threats to human health. The Herpesviridae are a large family of pathogenic double-stranded DNA viruses involved in a range of diseases affecting both people and animals. Coronaviridae are positive-strand RNA viruses (CoVs) that have also become major threats to global health and economic stability, especially in the last two decades. Despite many differences, such as the make-up of their genetic material (DNA vs. RNA) and overall mechanisms of genome replication, both human herpes viruses (HHVs) and CoVs have evolved to rely heavily on recombination for viral genome replication, adaptation to new hosts and evasion of host immune regulation. In this review, we will focus on the roles of three viral exonucleases: two HHV exonucleases (alkaline nuclease and PolExo) and one CoV exonuclease (ExoN). We will review the roles of these three nucleases in their respective life cycles and discuss the state of drug discovery efforts against these targets.

Indexed as

CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsAnimalsAntiviral AgentsDrug DiscoveryExonucleasesHumansMutationRecombination, GeneticSimplexvirusVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsExonucleasesalkaline nucleaseantiviralcoronavirusExoNexonucleasesherpesvirusnucleasesproofreadingrecombination

Identifiers

PMID35891537
PMCPMC9324378
OpenAlexW4285732490

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