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ArticlemBio2018

An Autocrine Proliferation Repressor Regulates

Yu Tang, Yuantai Wu, Sarah E Herlihy, Francisco J Brito-Aleman, Jose H Ting, Chris Janetopoulos, Richard H Gomer

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Article in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 22 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu TangDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Yuantai WuDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sarah E HerlihyDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Francisco J Brito-AlemanDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Jose H TingDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Chris JanetopoulosDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Richard H GomerDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA rgomer@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M University · USUniversity of the Sciences · US

Funding

Elucidation of a eukaryotic chemorepulsion mechanismR01GM118355 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI GOMER, RICHARD H · 2016 to 2019
$1.2M
An autocrine repressor of cell proliferationR01GM074990 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI GOMER, RICHARD H · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
Elucidation of a Dictyostelium chaloneR01GM102280 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI GOMER, RICHARD H · 2012 to 2015
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074990NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102280NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotic microbes, little is known about signals that inhibit the proliferation of the cells that secrete the signal, and little is known about signals (chemorepellents) that cause cells to move away from the source of the signal. Autocrine proliferation repressor protein A (AprA) is a protein secreted by the eukaryotic microbe

Indexed as

Autocrine CommunicationDictyosteliumGenetic TestingGrowth InhibitorsMutationReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledGrowth InhibitorsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledcell density sensingcell proliferationchemorepulsionDictyosteliumG-protein-coupled receptorsquorum sensing

Identifiers

PMID29440579
PMCPMC5821085
OpenAlexW2790839563

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