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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

The Borrelia burgdorferi Glycosaminoglycan Binding Protein Bgp in the B31 Strain Is Not Essential for Infectivity despite Facilitating Adherence and Tissue Colonization.

Samantha Schlachter, Janakiram Seshu, Tao Lin, Steven Norris, Nikhat Parveen

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Lyme Disease Pathogenesis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2021
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  13. Protozoan ParasiteFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha SchlachterDepartment of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Janakiram SeshuSouth Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics and Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Tao LinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, Texas, USA.
Steven NorrisDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2501-8034
Nikhat ParveenDepartment of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA Parveeni@njms.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USTexas Center for Infectious Disease · US

Funding

Borrelia burgdorferi-glycosaminoglycan interactions and Lyme disease pathogenesisR01AI089921 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PARVEEN, NIKHAT · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lyme disease-causing organism

Indexed as

Adhesins, BacterialAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiCarrier ProteinsCell LineDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Knockout TechniquesGenetic Complementation TestIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLyme DiseaseMice, Inbred C3HVirulenceVirulence FactorsAdhesins, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBgp protein, Borrelia burgdorferiCarrier ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsVirulence FactorsadhesinB. burgdorferiBgpglycosaminoglycaninfectivityLyme diseaseqPCR

Identifiers

PMID29158428
PMCPMC5778368
OpenAlexW2770535579

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