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ArticlemBio2017

Mechanisms of Surface Antigenic Variation in the Human Pathogenic Fungus

Emanuel Schmid-Siegert, Sophie Richard, Amanda Luraschi, Konrad Mühlethaler, Marco Pagni, Philippe M Hauser

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Article in mBio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emanuel Schmid-SiegertVital-IT Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sophie RichardInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Amanda LuraschiInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Konrad MühlethalerInstitut für Infektionskrankheiten, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Marco PagniVital-IT Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Philippe M HauserInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland Philippe.Hauser@chuv.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-2834-7922
University of Lausanne · CHSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial pathogens commonly escape the human immune system by varying surface proteins. We investigated the mechanisms used for that purpose by

Indexed as

Antigenic VariationAntigens, FungalBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDNA, FungalFungal ProteinsGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMosaicismNucleotide MotifsPneumocystis cariniiPneumonia, PneumocystisPseudogenesSequence Analysis, DNAAntigens, FungalDNA, FungalFungal ProteinsGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsMembrane Glycoproteinsadhesingene exchangemajor surface glycoproteinmosaicismPacBio sequencingPCPPneumocystis cariniiPneumocystis jiroveciisubtelomeretelomere exchange

Identifiers

PMID29114024
PMCPMC5676039
OpenAlexW2949176546

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