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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Exploring the Influence of Signal Molecules on Marine Biofilms Development.

Ruojun Wang, Wei Ding, Lexin Long, Yi Lan, Haoya Tong, Subhasish Saha, Yue Him Wong, Jin Sun, Yongxin Li, Weipeng Zhang and 1 more

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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 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruojun WangDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Wei DingCollege of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Lexin LongDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Yi LanDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Haoya TongDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Subhasish SahaDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Yue Him WongInstitute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Jin SunDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Yongxin LiDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Weipeng ZhangCollege of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
Pei-Yuan QianDepartment of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKOcean University of China · CNShenzhen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbes respond to environmental stimuli through complicated signal transduction systems. In microbial biofilms, because of complex multiple species interactions, signals transduction systems are of an even higher complexity. Here, we performed a signal-molecule-treatment experiment to study the role of different signal molecules, including N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C12-HSL),

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