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ArticleMicrobial genomics2016

The electrically conductive pili of

Dawn E Holmes, Yan Dang, David J F Walker, Derek R Lovley

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Article in Microbial genomics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 147 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dawn E Holmes1​Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Yan Dang1​Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
David J F Walker1​Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Derek R Lovley1​Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of

Indexed as

Electromagnetic PhenomenaElectron TransportFerric CompoundsFimbriae, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsGeobacterPhylogenyFerric CompoundsFimbriae Proteinse-pilinevolutionextracellular electron transferGeobacterpositive selectiontype IVa PilA

Identifiers

PMID28348867
PMCPMC5320591
OpenAlexW2411328711

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