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Sean P. J. Whelan

Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis

Publications -  194
Citations -  22049

Sean P. J. Whelan is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vesicular stomatitis virus & Virus. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 171 publications receiving 15387 citations. Previous affiliations of Sean P. J. Whelan include University of Pittsburgh & University of Alabama.

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Role of the intergenic dinucleotide in vesicular stomatitis virus RNA transcription.

TL;DR: The findings of this study support a model of sequential transcription in which initiation of downstream mRNA can occur only following termination of the preceding transcript, inconsistent with the shunting model of VSV transcription, which suggests that polymerase molecules are prepositioned at gene junctions, awaiting a push from upstream.
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Regulation of RNA Synthesis by the Genomic Termini of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: Identification of Distinct Sequences Essential for Transcription but Not Replication

TL;DR: Identifying signals at the termini required for transcription and replication and showing that Le functions as a less efficient promoter for replication than TrC at least in part because of its essential role in transcription help explain the asymmetry of VSV replication.
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Mitochondrial Signaling: Forwards, Backwards, and In Between

TL;DR: Three avenues of mitochondrial signaling are discussed in this review, including retrograde mitochondrial signaling, in which mitochondria have the ability to alter nuclear gene expression.
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Uptake of Rabies Virus into Epithelial Cells by Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis Depends upon Actin

TL;DR: This work extends to RABV particles the finding that clathrin-mediated endocytosis of rhabdoviruses proceeds through incompletely coated pits which depend upon actin, linking observations on particle uptake with viral infectivity.