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ReviewVirulence2014

σ(ECF) factors of gram-positive bacteria: a focus on Bacillus subtilis and the CMNR group.

Bianca Mendes Souza, Thiago Luiz de Paula Castro, Rodrigo Dias de Oliveira Carvalho, Nubia Seyffert, Artur Silva, Anderson Miyoshi, Vasco Azevedo

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In one paragraph

Review in Virulence, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. TheGenes · 2020
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  12. Glucose Induces ECF Sigma Factor Genes,Frontiers in microbiology · 2016
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Bianca Mendes SouzaLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Thiago Luiz de Paula CastroLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Rodrigo Dias de Oliveira CarvalhoLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Nubia SeyffertLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Artur SilvaLaboratório de Polimorfismo de DNA; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Genética; Universidade Federal do Pará; Belém, PA Brazil.
Anderson MiyoshiLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Vasco AzevedoLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil.
Instituto de Ciencias Tecnológicas · CLUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRCentro de Genética Clínica · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The survival of bacteria to different environmental conditions depends on the activation of adaptive mechanisms, which are intricately driven through gene regulation. Because transcriptional initiation is considered to be the major step in the control of bacterial genes, we discuss the characteristics and roles of the sigma factors, addressing (1) their structural, functional and phylogenetic classification; (2) how their activity is regulated; and (3) the promoters recognized by these factors. Finally, we focus on a specific group of alternative sigma factors, the so-called σ(ECF) factors, in Bacillus subtilis and some of the main species that comprise the CMNR group, providing information on the roles they play in the microorganisms' physiology and indicating some of the genes whose transcription they regulate.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialStress, PhysiologicalTranscription, GeneticGram-Positive BacteriaModels, BiologicalSigma FactorSigma FactorBacillus subtilisCorynebacteriumECFMycobacteriumsigma factorstress responsetranscription regulation

Identifiers

PMID24921931
PMCPMC4105308
OpenAlexW2313148105

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