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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Pyomelanin Synthesis in

Chantal Fernandes, Marta Mota, Lillian Barros, Maria Inês Dias, Isabel C F R Ferreira, Ana P Piedade, Arturo Casadevall, Teresa Gonçalves

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Deciphering the Role of PIG1 and DHN-Melanin inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  20. Melanin of fungi: from classification to application.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chantal FernandesCNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Marta MotaCNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Lillian BarrosMountain Research Center (CIMO), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
Maria Inês DiasMountain Research Center (CIMO), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
Isabel C F R FerreiraMountain Research Center (CIMO), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
Ana P PiedadeCentre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Arturo CasadevallDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Teresa GonçalvesCNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança · PTUniversity of Coimbra · PTCentro de Neurociências e Biologia CelularJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Synergy of Host Defense Mechanisms in the LungR01HL059842 · NHLBI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1997 to 2023
$7.4M
Biology of Fungal MelaninR01AI052733 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2003 to 2019
$6.6M
PROTECTIVE ANTIBODIES FOR CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONSR01AI033774 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1994 to 2014
$5.6M
Molecular Characterization of C. neoformans AntibodiesR37AI033142 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2007 to 2016
$3.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059842NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033774NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052733NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genus

Indexed as

Alternaria alternatachitinDHN-melaninL-phenylalanineL-tyrosinemelaninpyomelanin

Identifiers

PMID34512569
PMCPMC8430343
OpenAlexW3198113244

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