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ArticleBiology open2017

WASP-Arp2/3-dependent actin polymerization influences fusogen localization during cell-cell fusion in

Yan Zhang, Yihong Yang, Zhiwen Zhu, Guangshuo Ou

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Article in Biology open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. How Do Cancer Cells Fuse and Why?Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Vacuolar HeLife · 2024
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Intrinsic signalling factors associated with cancer cell-cell fusion.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2023
    Review
  6. Functions of Arp2/3 Complex in the Dynamics of Epithelial Tissues.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Game of Tissues: How the Epidermis ThronesJournal of developmental biology · 2020
    Review
  10. How cells fuse.The Journal of cell biology · 2019
    Review
  11. 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

4 authors.

Yan ZhangTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yihong YangTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zhiwen ZhuTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Guangshuo OuTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China guangshuoou@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-7824

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-cell fusion is essential for development and physiology. Actin polymerization was implicated in the

Indexed as

Actin polymerizationArp2/3Caenorhabditis elegansCell-cell fusionFusogen

Identifiers

PMID28760733
PMCPMC5612239

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