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ArticlePloS one2015

Transcriptional Profile of Bacillus subtilis sigF-Mutant during Vegetative Growth.

Wout Overkamp, Oscar P Kuipers

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wout OverkampDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, The Netherlands.
Oscar P KuipersDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, The Netherlands.
Cancer Genomics Centre · NLUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sigma factor F is the first forespore specific transcription factor in Bacillus subtilis and controls genes required for the early stages of prespore development. The role of sigF is well studied under conditions that induce sporulation. Here, the impact of sigF disruption on the transcriptome of exponentially growing cultures is studied by micro-array analysis. Under these conditions that typically don't induce sporulation, the transcriptome showed minor signs of sporulation initiation. The number of genes differentially expressed and the magnitude of expression were, as expected, quite small in comparison with sporulation conditions. The genes mildly down-regulated were mostly involved in anabolism and the genes mildly up-regulated, in particular fatty acid degradation genes, were mostly involved in catabolism. This is probably related to the arrest at sporulation stage II occurring in the sigF mutant, because continuation of growth from the formed disporic sporangia may require additional energy. The obtained knowledge is relevant for various experiments, such as industrial fermentation, prolonged experimental evolution or zero-growth studies, where sporulation is an undesirable trait that should be avoided, e.g by a sigF mutation.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticSigma FactorSpores, BacterialBacterial ProteinsFliA protein, BacteriaSigma Factor

Identifiers

PMID26506528
PMCPMC4624776
OpenAlexW1882542787

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