Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28878019›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

The lipopolysaccharide transport (Lpt) machinery: A nonconventional transporter for lipopolysaccharide assembly at the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.

Paola Sperandeo, Alessandra M Martorana, Alessandra Polissi

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paola SperandeoFrom the Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan and.
Alessandra M Martoranathe Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Alessandra PolissiFrom the Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan and alessandra.polissi@unimi.it.
University of Milan · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative is a unique lipid bilayer containing LPS in its outer leaflet. Because of the presence of amphipathic LPS molecules, the OM behaves as an effective permeability barrier that makes Gram-negative bacteria inherently resistant to many antibiotics. This review focuses on LPS biogenesis and discusses recent advances that have contributed to our understanding of how this complex molecule is transported across the cellular envelope and is assembled at the OM outer leaflet. Clearly, this knowledge represents an important platform for the development of novel therapeutic options to manage Gram-negative infections.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsBiological TransportCarbohydrate ConformationCarrier ProteinsGram-Negative BacteriaLipopolysaccharidesProtein ConformationATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesMsbA protein, BacteriaABC transportergram-negative bacterialipopolysaccharide (LPS)LPS transportouter membraneprotein-protein interaction

Identifiers

PMID28878019
PMCPMC5672026
OpenAlexW2752841795

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