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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Transposon Sequencing of Brucella abortus Uncovers Essential Genes for Growth

Jean-François Sternon, Pierre Godessart, Rosa Gonçalves de Freitas, Mathilde Van der Henst, Katy Poncin, Nayla Francis, Kevin Willemart, Matthias Christen, Beat Christen, Jean-Jacques Letesson and 1 more

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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 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 73 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jean-François SternonResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Pierre GodessartResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Rosa Gonçalves de FreitasResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Mathilde Van der HenstResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Katy PoncinResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Nayla FrancisResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Kevin WillemartResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Matthias ChristenInstitute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-4562
Beat ChristenInstitute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jean-Jacques LetessonResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Xavier De BolleResearch Unit in Microorganisms Biology (URBM), Narilis, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium xavier.debolle@unamur.be.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-3043
University of Namur · BEETH Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsGenes, BacterialGenes, EssentialMutagenesis, InsertionalAnimalsBrucella abortusChromosome MappingCulture MediaMacrophagesMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMiceRAW 264.7 CellsSequence Analysis, DNAVirulence FactorsCulture MediaDNA Transposable ElementsVirulence FactorsBrucellaRAW264.7 macrophageTn-seq

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PMID29844240
PMCPMC6056880
OpenAlexW2806600957

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