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ReviewSub-cellular biochemistry2008

Microneme proteins in apicomplexans.

Vern B Carruthers, Fiona M Tomley

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Review in Sub-cellular biochemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers.

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123citing 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

123 citing papers in PubMed.

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63 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.

Vern B CarruthersDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. vcarruth@umich.edu
Fiona M Tomley

Funding

MICRONEME FUNCTION IN TOXOPLASMAR01AI046675 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CARRUTHERS, VERNON BRUCE · 2000 to 2021
$6.5M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/I/00001141NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI046675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microneme secretion supports several key cellular processes including gliding motility, active cell invasion and migration through cells, biological barriers, and tissues. The modular design of microneme proteins enables these molecules to assist each other in folding and passage through the quality control system, accurately target to the micronemes, oligimerizing with other parasite proteins, and engaging a variety of host receptors for migration and cell invasion. Structural and biochemical analyses of MIC domains is providing new perspectives on how adhesion is regulated and the potentially distinct roles MICs might play in long or short range interactions during parasite attachment and entry. New access to complete genome sequences and ongoing advances in genetic manipulation should provide fertile ground for refining current models and defining exciting new roles for MICs in apicomplexan biology.

Indexed as

AnimalsApicomplexaCryptosporidiumEimeriaModels, BiologicalProtein Structure, TertiaryProteomicsProtozoan ProteinsToxoplasmaProtozoan Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18512339
PMCPMC2847500

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