Evidence map›Paper›PMID 14555496›Full record

ArticleEukaryotic cell2003

Biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol is essential to the survival of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Michael J Wichroski, Gary E Ward

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Article in Eukaryotic cell, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J WichroskiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
Gary E Ward
University of Vermont · US

Funding

TUMOR GROWTH AND METASTASISP30CA022435 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI FOGARTY, JOHN P · 1985 to 2007
$9.6M
SURFACE PROTEINS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDIIR29AI042355 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI WARD, GARY E · 1998 to 2002
$333k
NCI NIH HHS CA22435NCI NIH HHS P30 CA022435NIAID NIH HHS AI42355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The PIGA gene from Toxoplasma gondii has been cloned and characterized. Like mammalian PIGA, the transmembrane and C-terminal domains are sufficient to direct localization to the parasite endoplasmic reticulum. A functional copy of PIGA is required for tachyzoite viability, demonstrating that glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis is an essential process in T. gondii.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsDNA, ComplementaryDNA, ProtozoanEndoplasmic ReticulumGene SilencingGenes, ProtozoanGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, Phase-ContrastMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesDNA, ComplementaryDNA, ProtozoanGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesPhosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyasephosphatidylinositol glycan-class A proteinPhosphatidylinositolsRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID14555496
PMCPMC219362
OpenAlexW2138833807

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