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ReviewVirulence2014

Interplay between genetic regulation of phosphate homeostasis and bacterial virulence.

Samuel Mohammed Chekabab, Josée Harel, Charles M Dozois

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Review in Virulence, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 100 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 2 countries.

Samuel Mohammed Chekababa Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et Avicole (CRIPA); Université de Montréal; Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire ; Saint-Hyacinthe , QC Canada.
Josée Harel
Charles M Dozois
Cegep de Saint Hyacinthe · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial pathogens, including those of humans, animals, and plants, encounter phosphate (Pi)-limiting or Pi-rich environments in the host, depending on the site of infection. The environmental Pi-concentration results in modulation of expression of the Pho regulon that allows bacteria to regulate phosphate assimilation pathways accordingly. In many cases, modulation of Pho regulon expression also results in concomitant changes in virulence phenotypes. Under Pi-limiting conditions, bacteria use the transcriptional-response regulator PhoB to translate the Pi starvation signal sensed by the bacterium into gene activation or repression. This regulator is employed not only for the maintenance of bacterial Pi homeostasis but also to differentially regulate virulence. The Pho regulon is therefore not only a regulatory circuit of phosphate homeostasis but also plays an important adaptive role in stress response and bacterial virulence. Here we focus on recent findings regarding the mechanisms of gene regulation that underlie the virulence responses to Pi stress in Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas spp., and pathogenic E. coli.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialHomeostasisAnimalsBacteriaEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsHumansPhenotypePhosphatesPlantsPseudomonasRegulonSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsVibrio choleraeVirulenceEscherichia coli ProteinsPhoB protein, E coliPhosphatesTranscription Factorsbacterial pathogensEscherichia coli (E. coli)gene regulationPhoBPho regulonphosphate limitationPseudomonas spp.PstVibrio choleraevirulence

Identifiers

PMID25483775
PMCPMC4601331
OpenAlexW2077225298

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