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ArticleeLife2018

Codon usage bias controls mRNA and protein abundance in trypanosomatids.

Laura Jeacock, Joana Faria, David Horn

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Laura JeacockWellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
Joana FariaWellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
David HornWellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5173-9284
University of Geneva · CH

Funding

Wellcome Trust 100320/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 203134/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein abundance differs from a few to millions of copies per cell.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularAnimalsCodonGene Expression RegulationHumansRNA, MessengerTranscriptomeTrypanosoma brucei bruceiCodonRNA, Messengerbruceievolutionary biologygenomicsinfectious diseaseLeishmaniamicrobiologypost-transcriptionsynonymoustranslationTrypanosoma

Identifiers

PMID29543155
PMCPMC5896881
OpenAlexW2790467596

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Registered trials

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