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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Role of Sca2 and RickA in the Dissemination of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum.

Emma K Harris, Krit Jirakanwisal, Victoria I Verhoeve, Chanida Fongsaran, Chanakan Suwanbongkot, Matthew D Welch, Kevin R Macaluso

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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 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 36 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emma K HarrisVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Krit JirakanwisalVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Victoria I VerhoeveVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Chanida FongsaranVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Chanakan SuwanbongkotVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Matthew D WelchDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Kevin R MacalusoVector-Borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA kmacal2@lsu.edu.
Louisiana State University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Rickettsia mobilization of the cytoskeleton during invasion, motility, and spreadR01AI109044 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WELCH, MATTHEW D · 2014 to 2025
$5.6M
Molecular basis for spotted fever group Rickettsia vector competence in ticksR01AI077784 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI MACALUSO, KEVIN R. · 2009 to 2019
$3.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077784NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI109044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium

Indexed as

AnimalsArachnid VectorsAtaxin-2Bacterial ProteinsCell LineGene Expression Regulation, BacterialIxodidaeRickettsiaAtaxin-2Bacterial ProteinsRickA protein, Rickettsiaactin-based motilityAmblyomma maculatumRickARickettsia parkeriSca2

Identifiers

PMID29581194
PMCPMC5964526
OpenAlexW2794572367

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Registered trials

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