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ArticleNature2021

Structural basis of GABA

Cangsong Shen, Chunyou Mao, Chanjuan Xu, Nan Jin, Huibing Zhang, Dan-Dan Shen, Qingya Shen, Xiaomei Wang, Tingjun Hou, Zhong Chen and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 104 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

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Cangsong Shen *ZJU-HUST Joint Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Chunyou Mao *Department of Biophysics and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-8592
Chanjuan Xu *ZJU-HUST Joint Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5640-1896
Nan Jin *ZJU-HUST Joint Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Huibing ZhangDepartment of Biophysics and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-0185
Dan-Dan ShenDepartment of Biophysics and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8757-4602
Qingya ShenDepartment of Biophysics and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-7116
Xiaomei WangZJU-HUST Joint Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Tingjun HouInnovation Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine of Zhejiang University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhong ChenKey Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-9357
Philippe RondardInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-2738
Jean-Philippe PinInstitut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, 34094, Montpellier, France. jean-philippe.pin@igf.cnrs.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1423-345X
Yan ZhangDepartment of Biophysics and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. zhang_yan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2189-0244
Jianfeng LiuZJU-HUST Joint Laboratory of Cellular Signaling, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. jfliu@mail.hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0284-8377
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRGuangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNZhejiang Lab · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have central roles in intercellular communication

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, GABA-BGTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, GABA-B

Identifiers

PMID33911284
PMCPMC8222003
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