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ArticlemBio2021

Targeting Polyphosphate Kinases in the Fight against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Kanchi Baijal, Michael Downey

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kanchi BaijalDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Michael DowneyDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT-174987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyphosphate (polyP) is a universally conserved molecule that plays critical roles in managing bacterial stress responses, in addition to biofilm formation and virulence. The enzymes that make polyphosphate molecules are called polyphosphate kinases (PPKs). Since these enzymes are not conserved in higher eukaryotes, PPKs make excellent therapeutic targets. In a recent paper in

Indexed as

PolyphosphatesPseudomonas aeruginosaBacteriaVirulencePolyphosphatesenzyme inhibitiongalleinpolyPpolyphosphatePPK1PPK2Pseudomonas

Identifiers

PMID34340551
PMCPMC8406150
OpenAlexW3189898401

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Registered trials

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