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ArticleACS omega2020

Identification of a Pivotal Residue for Determining the Block Structure-Forming Properties of Alginate C-5 Epimerases.

Annalucia Stanisci, Anne Tøndervik, Margrethe Gaardløs, Anders Lervik, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk, Håvard Sletta, Finn L Aachmann

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Application of Biomedical Microspheres in Wound Healing.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Annalucia StanisciDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Anne TøndervikDepartment of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands veg 3 B, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Margrethe GaardløsDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Anders LervikDepartment of Chemistry, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Gudmund Skjåk-BrækDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Håvard SlettaDepartment of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands veg 3 B, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Finn L AachmannDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NOSINTEF · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginate is a linear copolymer composed of 1→4 linked β-d-mannuronic acid (M) and its epimer α-l-guluronic acid (G). The polysaccharide is first produced as homopolymeric mannuronan and subsequently, at the polymer level, C-5 epimerases convert M residues to G residues. The bacterium

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PMID32149266
PMCPMC7057702
OpenAlexW3008656309

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