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ArticlePloS one2010

Transcriptional profiles of Treponema denticola in response to environmental conditions.

Ian McHardy, Caroline Keegan, Jee-Hyun Sim, Wenyuan Shi, Renate Lux

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Dioxygen and nitric oxide scavenging by Treponema denticola flavodiiron protein: a mechanistic paradigm for catalysis.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian McHardyDepartment of Microbiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Caroline Keegan
Jee-Hyun Sim
Wenyuan Shi
Renate Lux
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

NIDCR NIH HHS T32 #5T32DE007298-12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The periodontal pathogen T. denticola resides in a stressful environment rife with challenges, the human oral cavity. Knowledge of the stress response capabilities of this invasive spirochete is currently very limited. Whole genome expression profiles in response to different suspected stresses including heat shock, osmotic downshift, oxygen and blood exposure were examined. Most of the genes predicted to encode conserved heat shock proteins (HSPs) were found to be induced under heat and oxygen stress. Several of these HSPs also seem to be important for survival in hypotonic solutions and blood. In addition to HSPs, differential regulation of many genes encoding metabolic proteins, hypothetical proteins, transcriptional regulators and transporters was observed in patterns that could betoken functional associations. In summary, stress responses in T. denticola exhibit many similarities to the corresponding stress responses in other organisms but also employ unique components including the induction of hypothetical proteins.

Indexed as

Gene Expression ProfilingTranscription, GeneticBase SequenceDNA PrimersHumansNucleic Acid HybridizationOsmosisTreponema denticolaUp-RegulationDNA Primers

Identifiers

PMID21048920
PMCPMC2965109
OpenAlexW2085889605

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