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Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Zoology, February 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (81st percentile)

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Title
Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein
Published in
Frontiers in Zoology, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1742-9994-11-12
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Authors

Birgit Lengerer, Robert Pjeta, Julia Wunderer, Marcelo Rodrigues, Roberto Arbore, Lukas Schärer, Eugene Berezikov, Michael W Hess, Kristian Pfaller, Bernhard Egger, Sabrina Obwegeser, Willi Salvenmoser, Peter Ladurner

Abstract

Free-living flatworms, in both marine and freshwater environments, are able to adhere to and release from a substrate several times within a second. This reversible adhesion relies on adhesive organs comprised of three cell types: an adhesive gland cell, a releasing gland cell, and an anchor cell, which is a modified epidermal cell responsible for structural support. However, nothing is currently known about the molecules that are involved in this adhesion process.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 90 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 22%
Student > Master 14 15%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 12 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 10 11%
Unknown 17 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 21%
Engineering 4 4%
Environmental Science 2 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 2%
Other 9 10%
Unknown 20 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2020.
All research outputs
#1,926,737
of 22,749,166 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Zoology
#122
of 650 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#24,861
of 313,177 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Zoology
#6
of 33 outputs
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