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ArticleVirulence2020

The outer-membrane protein MafA of Neisseria meningitidis constitutes a novel protein secretion pathway specific for the fratricide protein MafB.

Jesús Arenas, Laura Catón, Tom van den Hoeven, Vincent de Maat, Juan Cruz Herrero, Jan Tommassen

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Article in Virulence, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jesús ArenasSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8134-0693
Laura CatónSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.
Tom van den HoevenSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.
Vincent de MaatSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.
Juan Cruz HerreroSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.
Jan TommassenSection Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University , Utrecht, Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MafB proteins are toxins secreted by

Indexed as

Secretory PathwayBacterial Outer MembraneBiological TransportEscherichia coliMafB Transcription FactorMaf Transcription Factors, LargeNeisseria meningitidisMafB Transcription FactorMaf Transcription Factors, LargeInterbacterial competitionMafAMafBNeisseriaprotein secretionsecretometoxin

Identifiers

PMID33315509
PMCPMC7738311
OpenAlexW3111784940

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