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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2018

DksA and ppGpp Regulate the σ

Mary E Girard, Saumya Gopalkrishnan, Elicia D Grace, Jennifer A Halliday, Richard L Gourse, Christophe Herman

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 59 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mary E Girard *Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Saumya Gopalkrishnan *Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Elicia D GraceDepartment of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jennifer A HallidayDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Richard L GourseDepartment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9675-5314
Christophe HermanDepartment of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA herman@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Mechanism, Activation, and Control of rRNA TranscriptionR37GM037048 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GOURSE, RICHARD L. · 2007 to 2016
$6.6M
MEDCHANISM, ACTIVATION, &CONTROL OF RRNA TRANSCRIPTIONR01GM037048 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GOURSE, RICHARD L. · 1986 to 2020
$5.9M
Molecular Noise, Transcription Errors and Heritable Phenotypic ChangeR01GM088653 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI HERMAN, CHRISTOPHE · 2010 to 2019
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM037048NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM088653NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM037048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

σ

Indexed as

Escherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialPromoter Regions, GeneticPyrophosphatasesRNA, Small UntranslatedSigma FactorStress, PhysiologicaldksA protein, E coliDsrA RNA, E coliEscherichia coli Proteinsguanosine-3',5'-bis(diphosphate) 3'-pyrophosphataseIraP protein, E coliPyrophosphatasesRNA, Small UntranslatedSigma FactorDksAEscherichia colippGppregulation of gene expressionsmall RNAstarvationstress response

Identifiers

PMID29061665
PMCPMC5738727
OpenAlexW2765286627

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Registered trials

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