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ArticlemBio2020

Discovery of a New Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV Pilus Assembly Factor, TfpC.

Linda I Hu, Shaohui Yin, Egon A Ozer, Lee Sewell, Saima Rehman, James A Garnett, H Steven Seifert

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Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The NMR Exchange Format (NEF): Specification and Applications.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Type IV pilin regulation: a transcriptional overview.Critical reviews in microbiology · 2026
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  4. Restriction-modification systems are required forbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Linda I Hu *Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6959-3137
Shaohui Yin *Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Egon A OzerDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7131-3691
Lee SewellCentre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Saima RehmanCentre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
James A GarnettCentre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
H Steven SeifertDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA h-seifert@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8651-0375
Northwestern University · USKing's College London · GB

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LEONIDAS C. PLATANIAS · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Mechanisms of Gonococcal Pilin Antigenic/Phase VariationR37AI033493 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Hank S. SEIFERT · 2003 to 2026
$10.1M
British Heart Foundation IG/16/2/32273Medical Research Council MR/R017662/1NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033493Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 202767/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialFimbriae, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, BacterialNeisseria gonorrhoeaePhenotypeProtein DomainsVirulenceBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialNeisseria gonorrhoeaepilipilus assemblytype IV pili

Identifiers

PMID33109763
PMCPMC7593972
OpenAlexW3097591242

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Registered trials

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