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ArticlemBio2018

Forward Genetic Dissection of Biofilm Development by Fusobacterium nucleatum: Novel Functions of Cell Division Proteins FtsX and EnvC.

Chenggang Wu, Abu Amar Mohamed Al Mamun, Truc Thanh Luong, Bo Hu, Jianhua Gu, Ju Huck Lee, Melissa D'Amore, Asis Das, Hung Ton-That

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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 41 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chenggang WuDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA chenggang.wu@uth.tmc.edu adas@uchc.edu ton-that.hung@uth.tmc.edu.
Abu Amar Mohamed Al MamunDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
Truc Thanh LuongDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
Bo HuDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jianhua GuHouston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ju Huck LeeKorean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea.
Melissa D'AmoreDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
Asis DasDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA chenggang.wu@uth.tmc.edu adas@uchc.edu ton-that.hung@uth.tmc.edu.
Hung Ton-ThatDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA chenggang.wu@uth.tmc.edu adas@uchc.edu ton-that.hung@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

Molecular Assembly on the Cell Surface of ActinomycesR01DE017382 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Hung Ton-That · 2008 to 2026
$6.7M
Virulence determinants of Fusobacterium nucleatumR01DE026758 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI TON-THAT, HUNG · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Molecular mechanisms of polymicrobial interactions in Fusobacterium nucleatumR21DE026574 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI WU, CHENGGANG · 2017 to 2018
$424k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017382NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026758NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE026574
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBiofilmsDNA Transposable ElementsFusobacterium nucleatumGene DeletionMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMutagenesis, InsertionalProtein Interaction MapsBacterial ProteinsDNA Transposable Elementsallelic exchangebiofilmscell divisioncoaggregationelectron microscopyEnvCfilamentationFtsXFusobacterium nucleatumouter membrane

Identifiers

PMID29691334
PMCPMC5915739

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