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ArticleNature microbiology2017

Interspecies quorum sensing in co-infections can manipulate trypanosome transmission potential.

Eleanor Silvester, Julie Young, Alasdair Ivens, Keith R Matthews

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cell-cell communication in African trypanosomes.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023
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  19. Developmental competence and antigen switch frequency can be uncoupled inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eleanor SilvesterCentre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK.
Julie YoungCentre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK.
Alasdair IvensCentre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK.
Keith R MatthewsCentre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK. keith.matthews@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0309-9184
Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quorum sensing (QS) is commonly used in microbial communities and some unicellular parasites to coordinate group behaviours

Indexed as

Quorum SensingAnimalsCell DifferentiationCoinfectionGenes, RegulatorHumansLoss of Function MutationMiceSignal TransductionTrypanosoma brucei bruceiTrypanosoma congolenseTrypanosoma vivaxTrypanosomiasis, African

Identifiers

PMID28871083
PMCPMC5660621
OpenAlexW2750876973

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