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ArticleTrends in microbiology2023

Restriction-methylation systems regulate transformation in Acinetobacter baumannii.

Alfonso Soler-Bistué

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Article in Trends in microbiology, 2023. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 59% 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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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Variations in plasmid transfer inMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
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  2. Large DNA fragment ISEc9-mediated transposition during natural transformation allows interspecies dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alfonso Soler-BistuéInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas 'Dr Rodolfo A. Ugalde', IIB-IIBIO, Universidad Nacional de San Martín-CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: asoler@iib.unsam.edu.ar.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii is a major concern. Natural transformation remains understudied as a horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanism for the spread of resistance genes. Recent work (Vesel et al.) reveals a profound impact of the state of donor DNA methylation with strong implications for HGT of resistance determinants in this worrisome pathogen.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsGene Transfer, HorizontalMethylationMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcinetobacter baumanniiDNA methylationhorizontal gene transfernatural competence for transformationtransformation

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PMID37495486
OpenAlexW4385188692

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