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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Actin Crosslinking Family Protein 7 Deficiency Does Not Impair Hearing in Young Mice.

Benjamin L Gilbert, Shaoyuan Zhu, Ahlam Salameh, Shenyu Sun, Kumar N Alagramam, Brian M McDermott

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin L GilbertDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Shaoyuan ZhuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Ahlam SalamehDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Shenyu SunDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Kumar N AlagramamDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Brian M McDermottDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Case Western Reserve University · USUniversity School · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To enable hearing, the sensory hair cell contains specialized subcellular structures at its apical region, including the actin-rich cuticular plate and circumferential band. ACF7 (actin crosslinking family protein 7), encoded by the gene

Indexed as

ABR (auditory brainstem response)ACF7cuticular platehair cellhearingMACF1microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1

Identifiers

PMID34917607
PMCPMC8670236
OpenAlexW3216948976

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