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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2008

Molecular components of the adherens junction.

Carien M Niessen, Cara J Gottardi

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
129citing papers in PubMed
10.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

129 citing papers in PubMed, 272 citations in OpenAlex.

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69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carien M NiessenCenter for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, LFI, 05, Room 59, Joseph Stelzmannstrasse 9, D-50931 Cologne, Germany. carien.niessen@uni-koeln.de
Cara J Gottardi
Northwestern University · USUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Mechanism of nuclear signaling and cell-cell adhesion by cateninsR01GM076561 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GOTTARDI, CARA J · 2006 to 2015
$2.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adherens junctions serve to couple individual cells into various arrangements required for tissue structure and function. The central structural components of adherens junctions are transmembrane adhesion receptors, and their associated actin-binding/regulatory proteins. The molecular machineries that organize these adhesion receptor complexes into higher order junction structures, and the functional consequences of this junctional organization will be discussed.

Indexed as

Adherens JunctionsAnimalsCadherinsCateninsCell Adhesion MoleculesCell PolarityHumansMicrofilament ProteinsMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionModels, BiologicalMultiprotein ComplexesNectinsSignal TransductionafadinCadherinsCateninsCell Adhesion MoleculesMicrofilament ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesNectins

Identifiers

PMID18206110
PMCPMC2276178
OpenAlexW2060861138

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Registered trials

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