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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2017

The Variable Internal Structure of the Mycoplasma penetrans Attachment Organelle Revealed by Biochemical and Microscopic Analyses: Implications for Attachment Organelle Mechanism and Evolution.

Steven L Distelhorst, Dominika A Jurkovic, Jian Shi, Grant J Jensen, Mitchell F Balish

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven L DistelhorstDepartment of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
Dominika A JurkovicDepartment of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
Jian ShiDivision of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Grant J JensenDivision of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Mitchell F BalishDepartment of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA balishmf@MiamiOH.edu.
Miami University · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Mycoplasma penetrans tip structure and functionR15AI073994 · NIAID · MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD · PI BALISH, MITCHELL F · 2008 to 2014
$841k
NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI073994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although mycoplasmas have small genomes, many of them, including the HIV-associated opportunist

Indexed as

Bacterial StructuresBiological EvolutionMass SpectrometryMycoplasma penetransMycoplasma pneumoniaeOrganellescytoskeletonelectron microscopyevolutionfractionationmass spectrometryMycoplasmatranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID28373274
PMCPMC5446615
OpenAlexW2604179415

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