Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16885321›Full record

ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2006

Random insertion of a TetR-inducing peptide tag into Escherichia coli proteins allows analysis of protein levels by induction of reporter gene expression.

Maximilian Schlicht, Christian Berens, Janko Daam, Wolfgang Hillen

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A Multi-Tetracycline Responsive Induction System for Gene Expression inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  3. Status quo of tet regulation in bacteria.Microbial biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maximilian SchlichtLehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Christian Berens
Janko Daam
Wolfgang Hillen
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The insertion element InsTipalpha was constructed to generate protein expression data. It randomly fuses the TetR-inducing peptide Tip to the affected reading frame. Fusion protein expression is quantified by Tet-regulated reporter gene expression. The expression patterns of tagged Escherichia coli genes fully agree with published data from transcriptional fusions or microarrays, validating the Tip tag approach.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, ReporterDNA Transposable ElementsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMutationPeptidesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTetracycline ResistanceTranscription, GeneticDNA Transposable ElementsEscherichia coli ProteinsPeptidesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTetR(B) protein, E coli

Identifiers

PMID16885321
PMCPMC1538708
OpenAlexW2107966574

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Registered trials

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