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ArticleNature plants2020

SMAX1-dependent seed germination bypasses GA signalling in Arabidopsis and Striga.

Michael Bunsick, Shigeo Toh, Cynthia Wong, Zhenhua Xu, George Ly, Christopher S P McErlean, Gianni Pescetto, Kawther Elfituri Nemrish, Priscilla Sung, Jack Daiyang Li and 2 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Michael BunsickDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shigeo TohDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6077-4556
Cynthia WongDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Zhenhua XuDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-0147
George LyDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher S P McErleanSchool of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Gianni PescettoDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kawther Elfituri NemrishDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Priscilla SungDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jack Daiyang LiDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Julie D ScholesDepartment of Plant and Animal Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8540-5319
Shelley LumbaDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. shelley.lumba@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-9292
University of Toronto · CAMeiji University · JPThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitic plant infestations dramatically reduce the yield of many major food crops of sub-Saharan Africa and pose a serious threat to food security on that continent

Indexed as

Signal TransductionArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGerminationGibberellinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsStrigaArabidopsis ProteinsGibberellinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsSMAX1 protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID32451447
OpenAlexW3026886725

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