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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2011

Adaptation to environmental stimuli within the host: two-component signal transduction systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Daniel J Bretl, Chrystalla Demetriadou, Thomas C Zahrt

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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74citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 199 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel J BretlCenter for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509, USA.
Chrystalla Demetriadou
Thomas C Zahrt
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

M.tuberculosis Genes Regulating Persistent InfectionR01AI051669 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI ZAHRT, THOMAS C. · 2001 to 2011
$3.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051669NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI-51669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic microorganisms encounter a variety of environmental stresses following infection of their respective hosts. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, is an unusual bacterial pathogen in that it is able to establish lifelong infections in individuals within granulomatous lesions that are formed following a productive immune response. Adaptation to this highly dynamic environment is thought to be mediated primarily through transcriptional reprogramming initiated in response to recognition of stimuli, including low-oxygen tension, nutrient depletion, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, altered pH, toxic lipid moieties, cell wall/cell membrane-perturbing agents, and other environmental cues. To survive continued exposure to these potentially adverse factors, M. tuberculosis encodes a variety of regulatory factors, including 11 complete two-component signal transduction systems (TCSSs) and several orphaned response regulators (RRs) and sensor kinases (SKs). This report reviews our current knowledge of the TCSSs present in M. tuberculosis. In particular, we discuss the biochemical and functional characteristics of individual RRs and SKs, the environmental stimuli regulating their activation, the regulons controlled by the various TCSSs, and the known or postulated role(s) of individual TCSSs in the context of M. tuberculosis physiology and/or pathogenesis.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalSignal TransductionHost-Pathogen InteractionsMycobacterium tuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID22126994
PMCPMC3232741
OpenAlexW2111380729

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