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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

PhoPR Contributes to Staphylococcus aureus Growth during Phosphate Starvation and Pathogenesis in an Environment-Specific Manner.

Jessica L Kelliher, Jana N Radin, Thomas E Kehl-Fie

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica L KelliherDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Jana N RadinDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Thomas E Kehl-FieDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA kehlfie@illinois.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Overcoming nutritional immunity: Staphylococcal adaptation to host-imposed manganese and zinc starvationR01AI118880 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI KEHL-FIE, THOMAS EVERETT · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to Mn and Zn starvation imposed by the hostK22AI104805 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI KEHL-FIE, THOMAS EVERETT · 2014 to 2015
$264k
NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI104805NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial pathogens must obtain all essential nutrients, including phosphate, from the host. To optimize phosphate acquisition in diverse and dynamic environments, such as mammalian tissues, many bacteria use the PhoPR two-component system. Despite the necessity of this system for virulence in several species, PhoPR has not been studied in the major human pathogen

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMice, Inbred C57BLPhosphatesStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusVirulenceBacterial ProteinsPhoP protein, BacteriaPhoR protein, BacteriaPhosphatesinfectioninfectious diseaseNptAPhoPRphosphate homeostasisPstSCABStaphylococcus aureustwo-component system

Identifiers

PMID30061377
PMCPMC6204748
OpenAlexW2883598552

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