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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2019

Cell Shape and Population Migration Are Distinct Steps of

Kristin Little, Jacob Austerman, Jenny Zheng, Karine A Gibbs

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 37 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristin LittleDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Jacob AustermanDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Jenny ZhengDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Karine A GibbsDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA kagibbs@mcb.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1246-6401
Harvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Swarming on rigid surfaces requires movement of cells as individuals and as a group of cells. For the bacterium

Indexed as

AgarBiomechanical PhenomenaLipopolysaccharidesMovementPhenotypeProteus mirabilisSingle-Cell AnalysisSurface PropertiesAgarLipopolysaccharidescell elongationcell shapelipopolysaccharide (LPS)motilityouter membranepopulation behaviorsurface sensingswarmingswarm motility

Identifiers

PMID30858303
PMCPMC6509654
OpenAlexW2921241888

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Registered trials

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