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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2017

Deficiency of RgpG Causes Major Defects in Cell Division and Biofilm Formation, and Deficiency of LytR-CpsA-Psr Family Proteins Leads to Accumulation of Cell Wall Antigens in Culture Medium by Streptococcus mutans.

Arpan De, Sumei Liao, Jacob P Bitoun, Randy Roth, Wandy L Beatty, Hui Wu, Zezhang T Wen

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arpan DeDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sumei LiaoCenter of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Jacob P BitounCenter of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Randy RothCenter of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Wandy L BeattyWashington University Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Hui WuDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Zezhang T WenDepartment of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA zwen@lsuhsc.edu.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USUniversity of Alabama · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

BrpA in Virulence Modulation of Streptococcus mutansR01DE019452 · NIDCR · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI ZEZHANG TOM WEN, Hui Wu · 2009 to 2026
$6.3M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019452
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

BiofilmsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCell DivisionCell WallCulture MediaGene Expression Regulation, BacterialStreptococcus mutansTranscription FactorsTransferasesAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCulture MediaTranscription FactorsTransferasesbiofilm formationBrpAcell divisioncell wall antigensdental cariesLCP proteinsPsrrhamnose-glucose polysaccharidesStreptococcus mutansTEM analysis

Identifiers

PMID28687645
PMCPMC5561293
OpenAlexW2730566018

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