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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2019

Glycosyltransferase-Mediated Biofilm Matrix Dynamics and Virulence of Streptococcus mutans.

Katherine Rainey, Suzanne M Michalek, Zezhang T Wen, Hui Wu

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine RaineyDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Suzanne M MichalekDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Zezhang T WenDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Hui WuDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA hwu@uab.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

BrpA in Virulence Modulation of Streptococcus mutansR01DE019452 · NIDCR · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI ZEZHANG TOM WEN, Hui Wu · 2009 to 2026
$6.3M
Glycosylation & Function of an Oral Streptococcal AdhesinR01DE017954 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WU, HUI · 2007 to 2022
$5.8M
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF CARIOGENIC BIOFILMSR01DE022350 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Christian Corey Melander, Hui Wu · 2012 to 2026
$4.3M
eDNA Secretion and eDNA-Cell Interactions in Biofilm FormationR21DE025348 · NIDCR · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI BRADY, L. JEANNINE, WEN, ZEZHANG TOM · 2016 to 2017
$419k
DETERMINATION OF THE ROLE OF Smu.833 IN THE FITNESS AND VIRULENCE OF CARIOGENIC STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANSF31DE025805 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI RAINEY, KATHERINE L. · 2015 to 2018
$165k
NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE025805NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017954NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019452NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022350NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE025348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsDental CariesDNA, BacterialExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Polymeric Substance MatrixFemaleGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, BacterialGlucansGlycosyltransferasesHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMaleMolecular WeightBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialGlucansGlycosyltransferasesbiofilmseDNAextracellular matrixglucansglycosyltransferasesStreptococcus mutans

Identifiers

PMID30578260
PMCPMC6384114
OpenAlexW2904180281

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