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ReviewToxins2014

Oligopeptides as biomarkers of cyanobacterial subpopulations. Toward an understanding of their biological role.

Ramsy Agha, Antonio Quesada

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In one paragraph

Review in Toxins, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 56 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.

Ramsy AghaDepartamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Darwin, 2, Madrid 28049, Spain. ramsyagha@gmail.com.
Antonio QuesadaDepartamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Darwin, 2, Madrid 28049, Spain. antonio.quesada@uam.es.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacterial oligopeptides comprise a wide range of bioactive and/or toxic compounds. While current research is strongly focused on exploring new oligopeptide variants and their bioactive properties, the biological role of these compounds remains elusive. Oligopeptides production abilities show a remarkably patchy distribution among conspecific strains. This observation has prompted alternative approaches to unveil their adaptive value, based on the use of cellular oligopeptide compositions as biomarkers of intraspecific subpopulations or chemotypes in freshwater cyanobacteria. Studies addressing the diversity, distribution, and dynamics of chemotypes in natural systems have provided important insights into the structure and ecology of cyanobacterial populations and the adaptive value of oligopeptides. This review presents an overview of the fundamentals of this emerging approach and its most relevant findings, and discusses our current understanding of the role of oligopeptides in the ecology of cyanobacteria.

Indexed as

Adaptation, BiologicalBiodiversityModels, BiologicalBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsBacterial Typing TechniquesBiological EvolutionBiomarkersCyanobacteriaFresh WaterMolecular StructureOligopeptidesPeptides, CyclicSecondary MetabolismSpecies SpecificitySpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsBiomarkersOligopeptidesPeptides, Cyclic

Identifiers

PMID24960202
PMCPMC4073138
OpenAlexW1975705702

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