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ArticlemBio2017

The Dual Activity Responsible for the Elongation and Branching of β-(1,3)-Glucan in the Fungal Cell Wall.

Vishukumar Aimanianda, Catherine Simenel, Cecile Garnaud, Cecile Clavaud, Rui Tada, Lise Barbin, Isabelle Mouyna, Christoph Heddergott, Laura Popolo, Yoshikazu Ohya and 2 more

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Article in mBio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
24.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 123 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Vishukumar AimaniandaUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France vkumar@pasteur.fr jplatge@pasteur.fr.
Catherine SimenelUnité de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Cecile GarnaudUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Cecile ClavaudUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Rui TadaUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Lise BarbinUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Isabelle MouynaUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Christoph HeddergottUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Laura PopoloDipartmento di Bioscienze, Universita'degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Yoshikazu OhyaDepartment of Integrated Biosciences and Molecular Biology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Muriel DelepierreUnité de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Jean-Paul LatgeUnité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France vkumar@pasteur.fr jplatge@pasteur.fr.
Institut Pasteur · FRThe University of Tokyo · JPUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-(1,3)-Glucan, the major fungal cell wall component, ramifies through β-(1,6)-glycosidic linkages, which facilitates its binding with other cell wall components contributing to proper cell wall assembly. Using

Indexed as

Aspergillus fumigatusbeta-GlucansCell WallGene DeletionGenetic TestingGlucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-GlucosidaseMembrane GlycoproteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinsbeta-1,3-glucanbeta-1,6-glucanbeta-GlucansBGL2 protein, S cerevisiaeGAS1 protein, S cerevisiaeGlucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-GlucosidaseMembrane GlycoproteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsAspergillus fumigatusbeta-glucancell wallremodelingSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Identifiers

PMID28634239
PMCPMC5478894
OpenAlexW2642015672

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