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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2017

Crystal structures of a GABA

Duncan Laverty, Philip Thomas, Martin Field, Ole J Andersen, Matthew G Gold, Philip C Biggin, Marc Gielen, Trevor G Smart

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
117citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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57 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Duncan LavertyDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
Philip ThomasDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
Martin FieldDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
Ole J AndersenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Matthew G GoldDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.
Philip C BigginDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Marc GielenDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0941-4325
Trevor G SmartDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-5375
University College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K005537/1Wellcome Trust 104194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

γ-Aminobutyric acid receptors (GABA

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayMiceModels, MolecularNeurotransmitter AgentsProtein ConformationReceptors, GABA-ARecombinant ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsReceptors, GABA-ARecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28967882
PMCPMC6853794
OpenAlexW2756488677

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