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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Interplay Between Capsule Expression and Uracil Metabolism in

Sandra M Carvalho, Tomas G Kloosterman, Irfan Manzoor, José Caldas, Susana Vinga, Jan Martinussen, Lígia M Saraiva, Oscar P Kuipers, Ana R Neves

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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, 24 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Sandra M CarvalhoInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Tomas G KloostermanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Irfan ManzoorDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
José CaldasInstituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC-ID), Lisbon, Portugal.
Susana VingaIDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jan MartinussenDTU Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Lígia M SaraivaInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Oscar P KuipersDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Ana R NevesInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of Groningen · NLInstitute for Systems Engineering and Computers · PTTechnical University of Denmark · DKUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrimidine nucleotides play an important role in the biosynthesis of activated nucleotide sugars (NDP-sugars). NDP-sugars are the precursors of structural polysaccharides in bacteria, including capsule, which is a major virulence factor of the human pathogen

Indexed as

capsule biosynthesisgene expressionspontaneous mutationsStreptococcus pneumoniaeuracil metabolism

Identifiers

PMID29599757
PMCPMC5863508
OpenAlexW2792458227

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