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ArticlemBio2018

Mobile-Genetic-Element-Encoded Hypertolerance to Copper Protects Staphylococcus aureus from Killing by Host Phagocytes.

Marta Zapotoczna, Gustavo P Riboldi, Ahmed M Moustafa, Elizabeth Dickson, Apurva Narechania, Julie A Morrissey, Paul J Planet, Matthew T G Holden, Kevin J Waldron, Joan A Geoghegan

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Article in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 53 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Marta ZapotocznaDepartment of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland zapotocm@tcd.ie geoghegj@tcd.ie.
Gustavo P RiboldiInstitute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Ahmed M MoustafaPediatric Infectious Disease Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Pediatric Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elizabeth DicksonScottish MRSA Reference Service, Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratories, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Apurva NarechaniaAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA.
Julie A MorrisseyDepartment of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Paul J PlanetPediatric Infectious Disease Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Pediatric Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Matthew T G HoldenSchool of Medicine, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4958-2166
Kevin J WaldronInstitute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Joan A GeogheganDepartment of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland zapotocm@tcd.ie geoghegj@tcd.ie.ORCID 0000-0002-3788-0668
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USNewcastle University · GBTrinity College Dublin · IEAmerican Museum of Natural History · USUniversity of Leicester · GBUniversity of St Andrews · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office SIRN/10Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098375/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogens are exposed to toxic levels of copper during infection, and copper tolerance may be a general virulence mechanism used by bacteria to resist host defenses. In support of this, inactivation of copper exporter genes has been found to reduce the virulence of bacterial pathogens

Indexed as

Drug ToleranceInterspersed Repetitive SequencesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiological Transport, ActiveCopperMembrane Transport ProteinsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMiceMicrobial ViabilityOperonOxidation-ReductionOxidoreductasesPhagocytesPlasmidsRAW 264.7 CellsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCopperMembrane Transport ProteinsOxidoreductasescopper tolerancemacrophagesmetalsmobile genetic elementsMRSAmulticopper oxidaseP-type ATPaseStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID30327441
PMCPMC6191537
OpenAlexW2949959349

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