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ArticleeLife2017

Developmental adaptations of trypanosome motility to the tsetse fly host environments unravel a multifaceted in vivo microswimmer system.

Sarah Schuster, Timothy Krüger, Ines Subota, Sina Thusek, Brice Rotureau, Andreas Beilhack, Markus Engstler

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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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

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sarah SchusterDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Timothy KrügerDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5544-1098
Ines SubotaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Sina ThusekDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Brice RotureauTrypanosome Transmission Group, Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur and INSERM U1201, Paris, France.
Andreas BeilhackDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Markus EngstlerDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocentre, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1436-5759

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The highly motile and versatile protozoan pathogen

Indexed as

Host-Parasite InteractionsLocomotionAnimalsAnimal StructuresMicroscopy, FluorescenceTrypanosoma brucei bruceiTsetse Fliesbiophysicsmicroswimmernonesleeping sicknessstructural biologyTrypanosomatsetse fly

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PMID28807106
PMCPMC5570225

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