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ReviewJournal of bacteriology2016

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transcription Machinery: Ready To Respond to Host Attacks.

Kelly Flentie, Ashley L Garner, Christina L Stallings

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Review in Journal of bacteriology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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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

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  16. Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

3 authors.

Kelly FlentieDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Ashley L GarnerDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Christina L StallingsDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA stallings@wusm.wustl.edu.

Funding

WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
INVESTIGATING NOVEL MECHANISMS OF TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION REGULATION IN MYCOBACTERIAR01GM107544 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GALBURT, ERIC A, STALLINGS, CHRISTINA LEIGH · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
Targeting a New Essential Virulence Mechanism in Drug-Resistant MycobacteriaR33AI111696 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI STALLINGS, CHRISTINA LEIGH · 2016 to 2018
$1.4M
Targeting a New Essential Virulence Mechanism in Drug-Resistant MycobacteriaR21AI111696 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI STALLINGS, CHRISTINA LEIGH · 2014 to 2015
$426k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NIAID NIH HHS AI111696-01NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI111696NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI111696NIGMS NIH HHS GM007067NIGMS NIH HHS GM107544NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107544NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulating responses to stress is critical for all bacteria, whether they are environmental, commensal, or pathogenic species. For pathogenic bacteria, successful colonization and survival in the host are dependent on adaptation to diverse conditions imposed by the host tissue architecture and the immune response. Once the bacterium senses a hostile environment, it must enact a change in physiology that contributes to the organism's survival strategy. Inappropriate responses have consequences; hence, the execution of the appropriate response is essential for survival of the bacterium in its niche. Stress responses are most often regulated at the level of gene expression and, more specifically, transcription. This minireview focuses on mechanisms of regulating transcription initiation that are required by Mycobacterium tuberculosis to respond to the arsenal of defenses imposed by the host during infection. In particular, we highlight how certain features of M. tuberculosis physiology allow this pathogen to respond swiftly and effectively to host defenses. By enacting highly integrated and coordinated gene expression changes in response to stress,M. tuberculosis is prepared for battle against the host defense and able to persist within the human population.

Indexed as

Transcription Initiation, GeneticAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMicrobial ViabilityMycobacterium tuberculosisRegulatory Elements, TranscriptionalStress, PhysiologicalTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID26883824
PMCPMC4836228

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