Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21353627›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2011

Regulatory circuits controlling enterococcal conjugation: lessons for functional genomics.

Gary M Dunny, Christopher M Johnson

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  4. Multiple Layered Control of the Conjugation Process of theFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021
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  5. Enterococcal Genetics.Microbiology spectrum · 2019
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  13. Regulated proteolysis in bacterial development.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2014
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  15. Social behavior and decision making in bacterial conjugation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gary M DunnyDepartment of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. dunny001@umn.edu
Christopher M Johnson
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

GENETIC FUNCTIONS OF CONJUGATIVE STREPTOCOCCAL R FACTORR01GM049530 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 1992 to 2014
$3.6M
Biofilms and Enterococcus faecalis BiologyR01AI058134 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2005 to 2015
$3.6M
Biofilms and Enterococcus faecalis BiologyR56AI058134 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2010 to 2010
$389k
NIAID NIH HHS AI58134NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI058134NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI058134NIGMS NIH HHS GM49530NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM049530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regulatory system controlling pheromone-induced plasmid transfer in Enterococcus faecalis is the most thoroughly studied genetic system of this species. Transcription initiation from the target promoter is controlled by a pheromone receptor/repressor protein whose activity is determined by its interaction with two peptide signaling molecules that compete for the same binding site, but have opposing effects on the activity of the receptor protein. For the system to function as a sensitive and robust biological switch, several additional levels of post-transcriptional regulation are also required. Expression of important functions encoded within the enterococcal core genome may also be controlled by multilayered regulatory circuitry. The pheromone system may serve as a useful paradigm to guide comprehensive functional genomic analysis of E. faecalis.

Indexed as

Conjugation, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisGene Transfer, HorizontalPheromonesPlasmidsSignal TransductionPheromones

Identifiers

PMID21353627
PMCPMC3144862
OpenAlexW2045144335

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Registered trials

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