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The backbone of the post-synaptic density originated in a unicellular ancestor of choanoflagellates and metazoans

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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Title
The backbone of the post-synaptic density originated in a unicellular ancestor of choanoflagellates and metazoans
Published in
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2010
DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-10-34
Pubmed ID
Authors

Alexandre Alié, Michaël Manuel

Abstract

Comparative genomics of the early diverging metazoan lineages and of their unicellular sister-groups opens new window to reconstructing the genetic changes which preceded or accompanied the evolution of multicellular body plans. A recent analysis found that the genome of the nerve-less sponges encodes the homologues of most vertebrate post-synaptic proteins. In vertebrate excitatory synapses, these proteins assemble to form the post-synaptic density, a complex molecular platform linking membrane receptors, components of their signalling pathways, and the cytoskeleton. Newly available genomes from Monosiga brevicollis (a member of Choanoflagellata, the closest unicellular relatives of animals) and Trichoplax adhaerens (a member of Placozoa: besides sponges, the only nerve-less metazoans) offer an opportunity to refine our understanding of post-synaptic protein evolution.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
United Kingdom 2 2%
Portugal 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 100 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 30%
Researcher 27 25%
Student > Master 10 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 6%
Student > Bachelor 6 5%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 13 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 60 55%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 20 18%
Neuroscience 8 7%
Social Sciences 2 2%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 14 13%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. 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 30 March 2021.
All research outputs
#1,811,943
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#438
of 3,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,229
of 172,977 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#5
of 40 outputs
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