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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2009

DSB proteins and bacterial pathogenicity.

Begoña Heras, Stephen R Shouldice, Makrina Totsika, Martin J Scanlon, Mark A Schembri, Jennifer L Martin

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 162 papers.

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162citing papers in PubMed
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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

162 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Begoña HerasThe University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Queensland 4072, Australia. b.heras@imb.uq.edu.au
Stephen R Shouldice
Makrina Totsika
Martin J Scanlon
Mark A Schembri
Jennifer L Martin
University of Queensland · AUMonash University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

If DNA is the information of life, then proteins are the machines of life--but they must be assembled and correctly folded to function. A key step in the protein-folding pathway is the introduction of disulphide bonds between cysteine residues in a process called oxidative protein folding. Many bacteria use an oxidative protein-folding machinery to assemble proteins that are essential for cell integrity and to produce virulence factors. Although our current knowledge of this machinery stems largely from Escherichia coli K-12, this view must now be adjusted to encompass the wider range of disulphide catalytic systems present in bacteria.

Indexed as

BacteriaBacterial ProteinsComputational BiologyDisulfidesEscherichia coli K12Escherichia coli ProteinsMembrane ProteinsOxidation-ReductionPhylogenyProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesProtein FoldingProtein StabilityVirulenceBacterial ProteinsDisulfidesdsbA protein, E coliDsbB protein, BacteriaEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane ProteinsProtein Disulfide-Isomerases

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PMID19198617
OpenAlexW1516963632

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