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ArticleGenetics2020

Plasma Membrane Fusion Is Specifically Impacted by the Molecular Structure of Membrane Sterols During Vegetative Development of

Martin Weichert, Stephanie Herzog, Sarah-Anne Robson, Raphael Brandt, Bert-Ewald Priegnitz, Ulrike Brandt, Stefan Schulz, André Fleißner

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Article in Genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin Weichert *Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7484-9520
Stephanie Herzog *Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Sarah-Anne RobsonInstitut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Raphael BrandtInstitut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Bert-Ewald PriegnitzInstitut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Ulrike BrandtInstitut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Stefan SchulzInstitut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
André FleißnerInstitut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany a.fleissner@tu-bs.de.
Technische Universität Braunschweig · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-to-cell fusion is crucial for the development and propagation of most eukaryotic organisms. Despite this importance, the molecular mechanisms mediating this process are only poorly understood in biological systems. In particular, the step of plasma membrane merger and the contributing proteins and physicochemical factors remain mostly unknown. Earlier studies provided the first evidence of a role of membrane sterols in cell-to-cell fusion. By characterizing different ergosterol biosynthesis mutants of the fungus

Indexed as

Membrane FusionAcetyl-CoA C-AcetyltransferaseCell MembraneErgosterolFungal ProteinsHyphaeMutationNeurospora crassaAcetyl-CoA C-AcetyltransferaseErgosterolFungal Proteinscell fusionergosterolmatingNeurospora crassaplasma membrane fusion

Identifiers

PMID33046504
PMCPMC7768248
OpenAlexW3091905793

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