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ArticleNature2020

C. elegans interprets bacterial non-coding RNAs to learn pathogenic avoidance.

Rachel Kaletsky, Rebecca S Moore, Geoffrey D Vrla, Lance R Parsons, Zemer Gitai, Coleen T Murphy

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

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129citing papers in PubMed
10.5field-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

129 citing papers in PubMed, 270 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel Kaletsky *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-9154
Rebecca S Moore *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Geoffrey D VrlaDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Lance R ParsonsLSI Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8521-714X
Zemer GitaiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-6178
Coleen T MurphyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. ctmurphy@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-984X
Princeton University · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007388 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CRISTEA, ILEANA M. · 1985 to 2022
$27.4M
Mechano-microbiology: how physical forces control bacterial-host interactionsDP1AI124669 · NIAID · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GITAI, ZEMER · 2015 to 2019
$4.0M
Toward the Tissue-ome: A Map of the C. elegans Cell-specific TranscriptomeDP1GM119167 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, COLEEN TARA · 2015 to 2019
$4.0M
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Age-Related Cognitive Decline in C. elegansR01AG034446 · NIA · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, COLEEN TARA · 2009 to 2019
$3.1M
NIAID NIH HHS DP1 AI124669NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034446NIGMS NIH HHS DP1 GM119167NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caenorhabditis elegans must distinguish pathogens from nutritious food sources among the many bacteria to which it is exposed in its environment

Indexed as

Avoidance LearningAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFemaleMembrane ProteinsMutationNeuronsPseudomonas aeruginosaRibonuclease IIIRNA, BacterialRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingRNA, UntranslatedSpecies SpecificityTransforming Growth Factor betaCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDAF-7 protein, C elegansdcr-1 protein, C elegansmaco-1 protein, C elegansMembrane ProteinsRibonuclease IIIRNA, BacterialRNA, Small InterferingRNA, UntranslatedTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID32908307
PMCPMC8547118
OpenAlexW3084234242

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