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ArticleeLife2018

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Prahathees J Eswara, Robert S Brzozowski, Marissa G Viola, Gianni Graham, Catherine Spanoudis, Catherine Trebino, Jyoti Jha, Joseph I Aubee, Karl M Thompson, Jodi L Camberg and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Prahathees J EswaraLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-261X
Robert S BrzozowskiDepartment of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States.
Marissa G ViolaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, United States.
Gianni GrahamLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Catherine SpanoudisDepartment of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States.
Catherine TrebinoDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, United States.
Jyoti JhaLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
Joseph I AubeeDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, United States.
Karl M ThompsonDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, United States.
Jodi L CambergDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, United States.
Kumaran S RamamurthiLaboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2335-3568
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Rhode Island · USHoward University · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Subcellular protein localization in B. subtilisZIABC011211 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI RAMAMURTHI, KUMARAN · 2009 to 2025
$21.4M
PROTEOMICS CORE FACILITYG12MD007597 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI SOUTHERLAND, WILLIAM M. · 2012 to 2018
$14.8M
Mechanism of Cell Division in ProkaryotesR01GM118927 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI CAMBERG, JODI LYNN · 2017 to 2021
$1.4M
Self-assembly of 2D metallo-supramolecules as a novel class of antimicrobial biomaterials via forming transmembrane channelsR01GM128037 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI CAI, JIANFENG · 2018 to 2021
$1.1M
NsrR regulation of the small noncoding RNA RybB in Escherichia coliSC2GM105419 · NIGMS · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI THOMPSON, KARL M · 2013 to 2015
$452k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118927NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128037NIGMS NIH HHS SC2 GM105419NIH HHS G12MD007597NIH HHS Intramural Research ProgramNIH HHS R01GM118927NIH HHS R01GM128037NIH HHS SC2 GM105419NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007597University of South Florida Start-up grantU.S. Department of Agriculture 232838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Binary fission has been well studied in rod-shaped bacteria, but the mechanisms underlying cell division in spherical bacteria are poorly understood. Rod-shaped bacteria harbor regulatory proteins that place and remodel the division machinery during cytokinesis. In the spherical human pathogen

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCell DivisionCytoskeletal ProteinsGenes, EssentialGreen Fluorescent ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesGuanosine TriphosphateHumansHydrolysisMicroscopy, FluorescenceProtein BindingStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusTime-Lapse ImagingVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsFtsZ protein, BacteriaGreen Fluorescent ProteinsGTP PhosphohydrolasesGuanosine TriphosphateVirulence FactorsB. subtilisDivIVAEzrAinfectious diseasemicrobiologyMinCDEMin systemPBP1peptidoglycan

Identifiers

PMID30277210
PMCPMC6168285
OpenAlexW2895198460

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