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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2006

The ARP2/3 complex: an actin nucleator comes of age.

Erin D Goley, Matthew D Welch

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 580 papers.

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580citing papers in PubMed
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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

580 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Erin D GoleyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Matthew D Welch

Funding

FUNCTION &REGULATION OF THE HUMAN ARP2/3 COMPLEXR01GM059609 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WELCH, MATTHEW D · 1999 to 2017
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular functions of the actin cytoskeleton require precise regulation of both the initiation of actin polymerization and the organization of the resulting filaments. The actin-related protein-2/3 (ARP2/3) complex is a central player in this regulation. A decade of study has begun to shed light on the molecular mechanisms by which this powerful machine controls the polymerization, organization and recycling of actin-filament networks, both in vitro and in the living cell.

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Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsAnimalsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesModels, BiologicalActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActins

Identifiers

PMID16990851

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