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ArticleThe Plant cell2017

Polyprenols Are Synthesized by a Plastidial

Tariq A Akhtar, Przemysław Surowiecki, Hanna Siekierska, Magdalena Kania, Kristen Van Gelder, Kevin A Rea, Lilia K A Virta, Maritza Vatta, Katarzyna Gawarecka, Jacek Wojcik and 4 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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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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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tariq A AkhtarDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada takhtar@uoguelph.ca surmacz@ibb.waw.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-681X
Przemysław SurowieckiInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Hanna SiekierskaInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Magdalena KaniaInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
Kristen Van GelderDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
Kevin A ReaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-1855
Lilia K A VirtaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
Maritza VattaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
Katarzyna GawareckaInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-9814
Jacek WojcikInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Witold DanikiewiczInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0484-2689
Daniel BuszewiczInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Ewa SwiezewskaInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-8948
Liliana SurmaczInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland takhtar@uoguelph.ca surmacz@ibb.waw.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-1608
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PLUniversity of Guelph · CAInstitute of Organic Chemistry · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants accumulate a family of hydrophobic polymers known as polyprenols, yet how they are synthesized, where they reside in the cell, and what role they serve is largely unknown. Using

Indexed as

ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsDimethylallyltranstransferaseGenetic Complementation TestPhotosynthesisPlant LeavesPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlastidsPolyisoprenyl PhosphatesRecombinant ProteinsRNA InterferenceSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSubstrate SpecificityThylakoidsTransferasesArabidopsis Proteinscis-prenyl transferaseDimethylallyltranstransferasegeranylgeranyl pyrophosphatePolyisoprenyl PhosphatesRecombinant ProteinsRER2 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTransferases

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PMID28655749
PMCPMC5559739
OpenAlexW2728711563

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