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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Insights Into the Role of Extracellular DNA and Extracellular Proteins in Biofilm Formation of

Wei Li, Jing Jing Wang, Hui Qian, Ling Tan, Zhaohuan Zhang, Haiquan Liu, Yingjie Pan, Yong Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei LiCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Jing Jing WangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Hui QianCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Ling TanCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Zhaohuan ZhangCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Haiquan LiuCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Yingjie PanCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Yong ZhaoCollege of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Ocean University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) construct the three-dimensional (3-D) structure of biofilms, but their respective roles are still not clear. Therefore, this study aimed to illuminate the role of key chemical components [extracellular DNA (eDNA), extracellular proteins, and carbohydrates] of EPS in biofilm formation of

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biofilmeDNAEPSextracellular proteinsVibrio parahaemolyticus

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PMID32508761
PMCPMC7248202
OpenAlexW3026167664

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