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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2008

Planar cell polarity: A bridge too far?

Peter A Lawrence, Gary Struhl, José Casal

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2008. 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
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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

The trial behind it

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Planar cell polarity: keeping hairs straight is not so simple.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2010
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  9. Planar cell polarity signaling in the Drosophila eye.Current topics in developmental biology · 2010
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  11. Striving for excellence in peer review.Nature neuroscience · 2009
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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

3 authors.

Peter A LawrenceDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK. pal@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Gary Struhl
José Casal

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105184283Wellcome Trust 078889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms of planar cell polarity are being revealed by genetic analysis. Recent studies have provided new insights into interactions between three proteins involved in planar cell polarity: Flamingo, Frizzled and Van Gogh.

Indexed as

Cell PolarityAnimalsBody PatterningCell CommunicationDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, InsectMembrane ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18957252
PMCPMC2747023

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