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ArticleCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2018

AftD functions as an α1 → 5 arabinofuranosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall core.

Luke J Alderwick, Helen L Birch, Karin Krumbach, Michael Bott, Lothar Eggeling, Gurdyal S Besra

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Article in Cell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The mycomembrane proteins PorH and ProtX are inserted at polar growth zones and linked to the cell wall.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Luke J AlderwickSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Helen L BirchSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Karin KrumbachInstitute for Biotechnology 1, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich, Germany.
Michael BottInstitute for Biotechnology 1, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich, Germany.
Lothar EggelingInstitute for Biotechnology 1, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich, Germany.
Gurdyal S BesraSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Forschungszentrum Jülich · DEUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K012118/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arabinogalactan (AG) is an essential structural macromolecule present in the cell wall of

Indexed as

ArabinogalactanCell wallCorynebacterium glutamicumGlycosyltransferaseMycobacterium tuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID29998212
PMCPMC6034362
OpenAlexW2771726843

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