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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Leaderless secreted peptide signaling molecule alters global gene expression and increases virulence of a human bacterial pathogen.

Hackwon Do, Nishanth Makthal, Arica R VanderWal, Mandy Rettel, Mikhail M Savitski, Nikolai Peschek, Kai Papenfort, Randall J Olsen, James M Musser, Muthiah Kumaraswami

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Streptococcal peptides and their roles in host-microbe interactions.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hackwon DoCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030.
Nishanth MakthalCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030.
Arica R VanderWalCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030.
Mandy RettelGenome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Mikhail M SavitskiGenome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Nikolai PeschekMunich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Department of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
Kai PapenfortMunich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Department of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
Randall J OlsenCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030.
James M MusserCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030.
Muthiah KumaraswamiCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030; mkumaraswami@houstonmethodist.org.ORCID 0000-0002-9959-5598
Houston Methodist · USCenter for Integrated Protein Science Munich · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DE

Funding

Molecular Mechanism of Virulence Regulation in Streptococcus PyogenesR01AI162748 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI KUMARASWAMI, MUTHIAH · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
Molecular mechanism of virulence regulation in Streptococcus pyogenesR01AI109096 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI KUMARASWAMI, MUTHIAH · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI109096NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful pathogens use complex signaling mechanisms to monitor their environment and reprogram global gene expression during specific stages of infection. Group A

Indexed as

VirulenceAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceExotoxinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMicePeptide FragmentsSequence HomologyStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesBacterial Proteinserythrogenic toxinExotoxinsPeptide FragmentsRopB protein, Rhizobium leguminosarumleaderless peptidequorum sensingSpeBStreptococcus pyogenesvirulence regulation

Identifiers

PMID28923955
PMCPMC5635878
OpenAlexW2754796511

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