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ArticleCanadian journal of microbiology2016

Exploitation of a "hockey-puck" phenotype to identify pilus and biofilm regulators in Serratia marcescens through genetic analysis.

Robert M Q Shanks, Nicholas A Stella, Kimberly M Brothers, Denise M Polaski

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Article in Canadian journal of microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Repurposing of antidiabetics as Serratia marcescens virulence inhibitors.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Robert M Q ShanksThe Charles T. Campbell Laboratory, UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
Nicholas A StellaThe Charles T. Campbell Laboratory, UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
Kimberly M BrothersThe Charles T. Campbell Laboratory, UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
Denise M PolaskiThe Charles T. Campbell Laboratory, UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Marlene Behrmann · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
Novel virulence and exoenzyme regulatorsR01AI085570 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHANKS, ROBERT M · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Impediment of corneal cell migration by a bacterial factorF32EY024785 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BROTHERS, KIMBERLY M · 2015 to 2016
$112k
NEI NIH HHS EY024785-01A1NEI NIH HHS EY08098NEI NIH HHS F32 EY024785NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NIAID NIH HHS AI085570NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pili are essential adhesive determinants for many bacterial pathogens. A suppressor mutation screen that takes advantage of a pilus-mediated self-aggregative "hockey-puck" colony phenotype was designed to identify novel regulators of type I pili in Serratia marcescens. Mutations that decreased pilus biosynthesis mapped to the fimABCD operon; to the genes alaT, fkpA, and oxyR; upstream of the flagellar master regulator operon flhDC; and to an uncharacterized gene encoding a predicted DUF1401 domain. Biofilm formation and pilus-dependent agglutination assays were used to characterize the relative importance of the identified genes in pilus biosynthesis. Additional mutagenic or complementation analysis was used to verify the role of candidate genes in pilus biosynthesis. Presented data support a model that CRP negatively regulates pilus biosynthesis through increased expression of flhDC and decreased expression of oxyR. Further studies are warranted to determine the mechanism by which these genes mediate pilus biosynthesis or function.

Indexed as

BiofilmsBacterial AdhesionFimbriae, BacterialOperonPhenotypeSerratia marcescensadhérenceadhesionaggregationagrégationattacheattachmentbiofilmfimbriafimbriaemutantpilipilus

Identifiers

PMID26640000
PMCPMC4739789
OpenAlexW2166723751

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