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ArticleOpen biology2023

The lipid linked oligosaccharide polymerase Wzy and its regulating co-polymerase, Wzz, from enterobacterial common antigen biosynthesis form a complex.

Miriam Weckener, Laura S Woodward, Bradley R Clarke, Huanting Liu, Philip N Ward, Audrey Le Bas, David Bhella, Chris Whitfield, James H Naismith

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Article in Open biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Miriam WeckenerStructural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1419-9378
Laura S WoodwardCentre Biomedical Sciences, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK.
Bradley R ClarkeDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Huanting LiuCentre Biomedical Sciences, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK.
Philip N WardStructural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2546-3426
Audrey Le BasStructural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1100-6833
David BhellaMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Sir Michael Stoker Building, Garscube Campus, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1Q, UK.
Chris WhitfieldDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
James H NaismithStructural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6744-5061
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Guelph · CAUniversity of St Andrews · GBMRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council MC_UU_00034/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/7Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 060208/Z/00/ZWellcome Trust 093305/Z/10/ZWellcome Trust 100209/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 20289/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) is a carbohydrate polymer that is associated with the cell envelope in the

Indexed as

BacteriaPolysaccharidesAntigens, BacterialCryoelectron MicroscopyLipidsMembrane ProteinsO AntigensOligosaccharidesAntigens, Bacterialenterobacterial common antigenLipidsMembrane ProteinsO AntigensOligosaccharidesPolysaccharideslipidoligosaccharidespolymeraseregulatingWzy

Identifiers

PMID36944376
PMCPMC10030265
OpenAlexW4328054256

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