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ArticleNature microbiology2020

Mimicking the human environment in mice reveals that inhibiting biotin biosynthesis is effective against antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Lindsey A Carfrae, Craig R MacNair, Christopher M Brown, Caressa N Tsai, Brent S Weber, Soumaya Zlitni, Vishwas N Rao, Joshua Chun, Murray S Junop, Brian K Coombes and 1 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 44 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lindsey A CarfraeMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Craig R MacNairMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher M BrownMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Caressa N TsaiMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Brent S WeberMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Soumaya ZlitniMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Vishwas N RaoMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Joshua ChunMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Murray S JunopDepartment of Biochemistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Brian K CoombesMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Eric D BrownMichael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ebrown@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-8112
McMaster University · CAStanford University · USWestern University · CA

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201100022I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To revitalize the antibiotic pipeline, it is critical to identify and validate new antimicrobial targets

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsBacterial ProteinsBiotinDisease Models, AnimalDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMiceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsModels, MolecularMutationSpecies SpecificityStreptavidinTransaminasesAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBioA protein, bacteriaBiotinStreptavidinTransaminases

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PMID31659298
OpenAlexW2981742815

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