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ArticleNature2019

Cryo-EM structure of the human α1β3γ2 GABA

Duncan Laverty, Rooma Desai, Tomasz Uchański, Simonas Masiulis, Wojciech J Stec, Tomas Malinauskas, Jasenko Zivanov, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Keith W Miller and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
185citing papers in PubMed
18.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

185 citing papers in PubMed, 335 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Duncan LavertyMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK. dlaverty@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
Rooma DesaiDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tomasz UchańskiStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Simonas MasiulisMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Wojciech J StecDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Tomas MalinauskasDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jasenko ZivanovMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Els PardonStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Jan SteyaertStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Keith W MillerDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. kwmiller@mgh.harvard.edu.
A Radu AricescuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK. radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEHarvard University · USCentre for Human Genetics · GBMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Synthetic Chemistry CoreP01GM058448 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MILLER, KEITH W · 1999 to 2018
$33.6M
GENES ENCODING HUMAN B CELL DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENSK08CA001013 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI PEIPER, STEPHEN C · 1985 to 1989
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Cancer Research UK A14414Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/L009609/2Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/15Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013Medical Research Council MR/L009609/1NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM058448
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type A γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyAllosteric RegulationAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesElectric ConductivityHumansLipid BilayersModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationNanostructuresPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphateProtein IsoformsProtein Structure, QuaternaryReceptors, GABA-ALipid BilayersPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphateProtein IsoformsReceptors, GABA-A

Identifiers

PMID30602789
PMCPMC6364807
OpenAlexW2906072858

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