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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2018

The Treponema denticola PAS Domain-Containing Histidine Kinase Hpk2 Is a Heme Binding Sensor of Oxygen Levels.

Juni Sarkar, Daniel P Miller, Lee D Oliver, Richard T Marconi

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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 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immunoblot-based activity assay for heme-containing histidine kinases.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026
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  5. PAS domains in bacterial signal transduction.Current opinion in microbiology · 2021
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juni SarkarDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Daniel P MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Lee D OliverDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Richard T MarconiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA richard.marconi@vcuhealth.org.
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periodontal disease (PD) results from a shift in the composition of the microbial community of the subgingival crevice. As the bacterial population transitions from Gram-positive bacteria to predominantly Gram-negative anaerobes and spirochetes, dramatic changes occur in the physiological and immunological environment at diseased sites.

Indexed as

AerobiosisAmino Acid SequenceAnaerobiosisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHemeHistidineHistidine KinaseMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOxygenPeriodontal DiseasesPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein Structure, SecondaryTreponema denticolaBacterial ProteinsHemeHistidineHistidine KinaseOxygenPAS domain kinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAtcRHpk2oral spirochetesPAS domainperiodontal diseaseTreponema denticola

Identifiers

PMID29986942
PMCPMC6112003
OpenAlexW2831268920

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Registered trials

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