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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2005

Activation of a development-specific gene, dofA, by FruA, an essential transcription factor for development of Myxococcus xanthus.

Toshiyuki Ueki, Sumiko Inouye

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. TheJournal of bacteriology · 2017
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  6. Myxobacteria, polarity, and multicellular morphogenesis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2010
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  8. A combination of unusual transcription factors binds cooperatively to control Myxococcus xanthus developmental gene expression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toshiyuki UekiDepartment of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Sumiko Inouye
Johnson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

FruA is an essential transcription factor for Myxococcus xanthus development. The expression of tps and dofA genes is fruA dependent. In this study, we show by gel shift and footprint assays with the C-terminal DNA-binding domain of FruA and by a lacZ fusion assay that FruA may directly activate dofA expression during development.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBase Sequencebeta-GalactosidaseDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA FootprintingElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayGenes, ReporterMolecular Sequence DataMyxococcus xanthusPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription FactorsBacterial Proteinsbeta-GalactosidaseDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsFruA protein, Myxococcus xanthusTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID16321956
PMCPMC1317004
OpenAlexW2143846186

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