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ArticleMicroorganisms2017

Melanisation of Aspergillus terreus-Is Butyrolactone I Involved in the Regulation of Both DOPA and DHN Types of Pigments in Submerged Culture?

Elina K Palonen, Sheetal Raina, Annika Brandt, Jussi Meriluoto, Tajalli Keshavarz, Juhani T Soini

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Article in Microorganisms, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dismantling darkness: interdisciplinary perspectives on melanin degradation.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026
    Review
  2. Whole-Genome Sequencing of PathogenicJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2018
    Article
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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elina K PalonenBiochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6, Åbo FI-20520, Finland. elina.palonen@abo.fi.
Sheetal RainaDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London W1W 6UW, UK. rainas2@googlemail.com.
Annika BrandtBiochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6, Åbo FI-20520, Finland. annika.brandt@abo.fi.
Jussi MeriluotoBiochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6, Åbo FI-20520, Finland. jussi.meriluoto@abo.fi.
Tajalli KeshavarzDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London W1W 6UW, UK. t.keshavarz@westminster.ac.uk.
Juhani T SoiniFaculty of Life Sciences and Business, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Lemminkäinengatan 30, Åbo FI-20520, Finland. juhani.soini@turkuamk.fi.
Åbo Akademi University · FIUniversity of Westminster · GBTurku University of Applied Sciences · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pigments and melanins of fungal spores have been investigated for decades, revealing important roles in the survival of the fungus in hostile environments. The key genes and the encoded enzymes for pigment and melanin biosynthesis have recently been found in Ascomycota, including

Indexed as

Aspergillus terreusbutyrolactone Ifilamentous fungigene expressionmelaninNR-PKS clusterpigmenttranscriptome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID28471414
PMCPMC5488093
OpenAlexW2611351971

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