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ArticlemSphere2020

Molecular Mechanisms of Phosphate Stress Activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing Systems.

Xianfa Meng, Stephen Dela Ahator, Lian-Hui Zhang

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Article in mSphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Analysing theFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  14. The role of cyano-phycocyanin as a quorum sensing inhibitor to attenuateFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xianfa MengGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Stephen Dela AhatorGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Lian-Hui ZhangGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China Lhzhang01@scau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4298-7988
South China Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hierarchical quorum sensing (QS) systems of

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacterial ProteinsPhosphatesPseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum SensingStress, PhysiologicalBacterial ProteinsPhosphatesAHLcell-cell communicationPhoBphosphate depletionquorum quenching

Identifiers

PMID32188749
PMCPMC7082139
OpenAlexW3011397444

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