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ArticleeLife2018

The universally-conserved transcription factor RfaH is recruited to a hairpin structure of the non-template DNA strand.

Philipp K Zuber, Irina Artsimovitch, Monali NandyMazumdar, Zhaokun Liu, Yuri Nedialkov, Kristian Schweimer, Paul Rösch, Stefan H Knauer

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Philipp K ZuberLehrstuhl Biopolymere und Forschungszentrum für Bio-Makromoleküle, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Irina ArtsimovitchDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Monali NandyMazumdarDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Zhaokun LiuDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Yuri NedialkovDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Kristian SchweimerLehrstuhl Biopolymere und Forschungszentrum für Bio-Makromoleküle, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Paul RöschLehrstuhl Biopolymere und Forschungszentrum für Bio-Makromoleküle, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Stefan H KnauerLehrstuhl Biopolymere und Forschungszentrum für Bio-Makromoleküle, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4143-0694
University of Bayreuth · DEThe Ohio State University · USAmerican Pharmacists Association · US

Funding

Mechnanism of transcript elongation control by RfaHR01GM067153 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI IRINA ARTSIMOVITCH · 2003 to 2026
$8.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067153NIH HHS GM67153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RfaH, a transcription regulator of the universally conserved NusG/Spt5 family, utilizes a unique mode of recruitment to elongating RNA polymerase to activate virulence genes. RfaH function depends critically on an

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationBinding SitesDNA, BacterialDNA Mutational AnalysisEscherichia coli ProteinsModels, MolecularPeptide Elongation FactorsProtein BindingTrans-ActivatorsDNA, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsPeptide Elongation FactorsRfaH protein, E coliTrans-Activatorsbiochemistrychemical biologyconsensus pauseE. colimolecular biophysicsnon-template strand structureNusGRfaHstructural biologytranscriptiontranslation activation

Identifiers

PMID29741479
PMCPMC5995543
OpenAlexW2794189499

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