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ReviewRNA biology2014

Riboregulation in plant-associated α-proteobacteria.

Anke Becker, Aaron Overlöper, Jan-Philip Schlüter, Jan Reinkensmeier, Marta Robledo, Robert Giegerich, Franz Narberhaus, Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg

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Review in RNA biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Anke BeckerLOEWE Centre for Synthetic Microbiology and Faculty of Biology; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Marburg, Germany.
Aaron OverlöperMicrobial Biology; Ruhr University Bochum; Bochum, Germany.
Jan-Philip SchlüterLOEWE Centre for Synthetic Microbiology and Faculty of Biology; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Marburg, Germany.
Jan ReinkensmeierCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec); Bielefeld University; Bielefeld, Germany.
Marta RobledoLOEWE Centre for Synthetic Microbiology and Faculty of Biology; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Marburg, Germany.
Robert GiegerichCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec); Bielefeld University; Bielefeld, Germany.
Franz NarberhausMicrobial Biology; Ruhr University Bochum; Bochum, Germany.
Elena Evguenieva-HackenbergInstitute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology; University of Gießen; Gießen, Germany.
Bielefeld University · DELoewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology · DERuhr University Bochum · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DEUniversity of Giessen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The symbiotic α-rhizobia Sinorhizobium meliloti, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Rhizobium etli and the related plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens are important model organisms for studying plant-microbe interactions. These metabolically versatile soil bacteria are characterized by complex lifestyles and large genomes. Here we summarize the recent knowledge on their small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) including conservation, function, and interaction of the sRNAs with the RNA chaperone Hfq. In each of these organisms, an inventory of hundreds of cis- and trans-encoded sRNAs with regulatory potential was uncovered by high-throughput approaches and used for the construction of 39 sRNA family models. Genome-wide analyses of hfq mutants and co-immunoprecipitation with tagged Hfq revealed a major impact of the RNA chaperone on the physiology of plant-associated α-proteobacteria including symbiosis and virulence. Highly conserved members of the SmelC411 family are the AbcR sRNAs, which predominantly regulate ABC transport systems. AbcR1 of A. tumefaciens controls the uptake of the plant-generated signaling molecule GABA and is a central regulator of nutrient uptake systems. It has similar functions in S. meliloti and the human pathogen Brucella abortus. As RNA degradation is an important process in RNA-based gene regulation, a short overview on ribonucleases in plant-associated α-proteobacteria concludes this review.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAlphaproteobacteriaBase PairingMultigene FamilyPlantsRNA, AntisenseRNA, BacterialRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA StabilityTranscriptomeRNA, AntisenseRNA, BacterialRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Untranslatedantisense RNAnon-coding RNARhizobialesribolysisriboregulationRNA-binding proteinRNA-seqsRNAα-proteobacteria

Identifiers

PMID25003187
PMCPMC4152362
OpenAlexW2084379120

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