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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2018

Reduction of Spermidine Content Resulting from Inactivation of Two Arginine Decarboxylases Increases Biofilm Formation in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803.

Kota Kera, Tatsuya Nagayama, Kei Nanatani, Chika Saeki-Yamoto, Akira Tominaga, Satoshi Souma, Nozomi Miura, Kota Takeda, Syunsuke Kayamori, Eiji Ando and 3 more

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kota KeraDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Tatsuya NagayamaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Kei NanataniDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Chika Saeki-YamotoDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Akira TominagaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Satoshi SoumaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Nozomi MiuraDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Kota TakedaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Syunsuke KayamoriDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Eiji AndoClinical and Biotechnology B.U., Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan.
Kyohei HigashiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuei IgarashiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Nobuyuki UozumiDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan uozumi@biophy.che.tohoku.ac.jp.
Tohoku University · JPChiba University · JPShimadzu (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phototropic bacterium

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBiofilmsCarboxy-LyasesEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene SilencingSpermidineSynechocystisarginine decarboxylaseBacterial ProteinsCarboxy-LyasesSpermidinearginine decarboxylasebiofilmcyanobacteriapolyaminestress response

Identifiers

PMID29440257
PMCPMC5892111
OpenAlexW2789851556

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.