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ArticleScience advances2020

Marjia Afrin, Amit Kumar Gaurav, Xian Yang, Xuehua Pan, Yanxiang Zhao, Bibo Li

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A factor integrating transcription and repression of surface antigen genes in African trypanosomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Telomere maintenance in African trypanosomes.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023
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  10. Regulation of Antigenic Variation byPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marjia AfrinCenter for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, College of Sciences and Health Professions, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7730-7516
Amit Kumar GauravCenter for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, College of Sciences and Health Professions, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-6183
Xian YangDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Xuehua PanDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-7163-7581
Yanxiang ZhaoDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. b.li37@csuohio.edu yanxiang.zhao@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-9408-9979
Bibo LiCenter for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, College of Sciences and Health Professions, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA. b.li37@csuohio.edu yanxiang.zhao@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-5804-9876
Cleveland State University · USHong Kong Polytechnic University · HK

Funding

Mechanisms of RAP1 functions in monoallelic VSG expression in Trypanosoma bruceiR01AI066095 · NIAID · CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BIBO · 2007 to 2020
$5.2M
A Digital Laser Scanner Biomolecular Imaging System: Amersham Typhoon 5S10OD025252 · OD · CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BIBO · 2018 to 2018
$163k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI066095NIH HHS S10 OD025252
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Localization of Repressor Activator Protein 1 (RAP1) to the telomere is essential for its telomeric functions. RAP1 homologs either directly bind the duplex telomere DNA or interact with telomere-binding proteins. We find that

Indexed as

Membrane GlycoproteinsVariant Surface Glycoproteins, TrypanosomaDNAHumansProtozoan ProteinsTelomereDNAMembrane GlycoproteinsProtozoan ProteinsVariant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma

Identifiers

PMID32948591
PMCPMC7500927
OpenAlexW3087189137

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