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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2017

The Pneumococcal Type 1 Pilus Genes Are Thermoregulated and Are Repressed by a Member of the Snf2 Protein Family.

Alan Basset, Muriel Herd, Raecliffe Daly, Simon L Dove, Richard Malley

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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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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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  6. The prevalence of pilus islets inAccess microbiology · 2021
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  8. TheInfection and immunity · 2019
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alan BassetDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Muriel HerdDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Raecliffe DalyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Simon L DoveDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Richard MalleyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA richard.malley@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Pneumococcal immunization through a novel mechanismR01AI067737 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MALLEY, RICHARD · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
S. pneumoniae pilus regulation and host responseR56AI104975 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MALLEY, RICHARD · 2014 to 2014
$649k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067737NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI104975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Fimbriae, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, RegulatorStreptococcus pneumoniaeTemperatureTranscription FactorsFimbriae ProteinsTranscription Factorscoagulase-negative staphylococcal regulatorsgene expressionpiluspneumococcusthermosensitivity

Identifiers

PMID28507246
PMCPMC5512219
OpenAlexW2616145362

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Registered trials

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