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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Antibiotic Targets in Gonococcal Cell Wall Metabolism.

Krizia M Pérez Medina, Joseph P Dillard

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In one paragraph

Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krizia M Pérez MedinaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. kperezmedina@wisc.edu.
Joseph P DillardDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. jpdillard@wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

University of Michigan Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UM PREP)R25GM086262 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ALLEN, BENJAMIN · 2009 to 2024
$6.1M
Peptidoglycan metabolism and fragment releaseR01AI097157 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DILLARD, JOSEPH P · 2012 to 2022
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI097157NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM086262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The peptidoglycan cell wall that encloses the bacterial cell and provides structural support and protection is remodeled by multiple enzymes that synthesize and cleave the polymer during growth. This essential and dynamic structure has been targeted by multiple antibiotics to treat gonococcal infections. Up until now, antibiotics have been used against the biosynthetic machinery and the therapeutic potential of inhibiting enzymatic activities involved in peptidoglycan breakdown has not been explored. Given the major antibiotic resistance problems we currently face, it is crucial to identify other possible targets that are key to maintaining cell integrity and contribute to disease development. This article reviews peptidoglycan as an antibiotic target, how

Indexed as

lytic transglycosylaseNeisseria gonorrhoeaepeptidoglycan

Identifiers

PMID30037076
PMCPMC6164560
OpenAlexW2883352601

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Registered trials

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