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. 2020 Jun 25;181(7):1450-1451.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.044.

Cap-Snatching Leads to Novel Viral Proteins

Alistair B Russell  1
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Cap-Snatching Leads to Novel Viral Proteins

Alistair B Russell. Cell. .
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Abstract

Some negative-sense RNA viruses prime mRNA transcription using host 5' cap sequences, usurping host translational machinery and evading antiviral surveillance. In this issue of Cell, Ho et al. identify an additional consequence of this viral strategy: the acquisition of upstream start codons from host-derived sequences and subsequent translation of novel viral products.

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  • Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins during Infection.
    Ho JSY, Angel M, Ma Y, Sloan E, Wang G, Martinez-Romero C, Alenquer M, Roudko V, Chung L, Zheng S, Chang M, Fstkchyan Y, Clohisey S, Dinan AM, Gibbs J, Gifford R, Shen R, Gu Q, Irigoyen N, Campisi L, Huang C, Zhao N, Jones JD, van Knippenberg I, Zhu Z, Moshkina N, Meyer L, Noel J, Peralta Z, Rezelj V, Kaake R, Rosenberg B, Wang B, Wei J, Paessler S, Wise HM, Johnson J, Vannini A, Amorim MJ, Baillie JK, Miraldi ER, Benner C, Brierley I, Digard P, Łuksza M, Firth AE, Krogan N, Greenbaum BD, MacLeod MK, van Bakel H, Garcìa-Sastre A, Yewdell JW, Hutchinson E, Marazzi I. Ho JSY, et al. Cell. 2020 Jun 25;181(7):1502-1517.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.035. Epub 2020 Jun 18. Cell. 2020. PMID: 32559462 Free PMC article.

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