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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Current Developments in Native Nanometric Discoidal Membrane Bilayer Formed by Amphipathic Polymers.

Mansoore Esmaili, Mohamed A Eldeeb, Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mansoore EsmailiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5197-7255
Mohamed A EldeebDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9671-9340
Ali Akbar Moosavi-MovahediInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran 1417614411, Iran.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Tehran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike cytosolic proteins, membrane proteins (MPs) are embedded within the plasma membrane and the lipid bilayer of intracellular organelles. MPs serve in various cellular processes and account for over 65% of the current drug targets. The development of membrane mimetic systems such as bicelles, short synthetic polymers or amphipols, and membrane scaffold proteins (MSP)-based nanodiscs has facilitated the accommodation of synthetic lipids to stabilize MPs, yet the preparation of these membrane mimetics remains detergent-dependent. Bio-inspired synthetic polymers present an invaluable tool for excision and liberation of superstructures of MPs and their surrounding annular lipid bilayer in the nanometric discoidal assemblies. In this article, we discuss the significance of self-assembling process in design of biomimetic systems, review development of multiple series of amphipathic polymers and the significance of these polymeric "belts" in biomedical research in particular in unraveling the structures, dynamics and functions of several high-value membrane protein targets.

Indexed as

amphipathicheteropolymerslipid bilayermembrane proteinsself-assemblysynthetic biology

Identifiers

PMID34361157
PMCPMC8308186
OpenAlexW3179294233

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