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ArticlemBio2019

Peptidoglycan Remodeling Enables Escherichia coli To Survive Severe Outer Membrane Assembly Defect.

Niccolò Morè, Alessandra M Martorana, Jacob Biboy, Christian Otten, Matthias Winkle, Carlos K Gurnani Serrano, Alejandro Montón Silva, Lisa Atkinson, Hamish Yau, Eefjan Breukink and 3 more

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Article in mBio, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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104citing papers in PubMed
17.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

104 citing papers in PubMed, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Niccolò MorèDipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra M Martorana *Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Jacob Biboy *The Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Christian OttenThe Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Matthias WinkleThe Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Carlos K Gurnani SerranoDipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Alejandro Montón SilvaBacterial Cell Biology & Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lisa AtkinsonThe Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Hamish YauThe Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Eefjan BreukinkMembrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tanneke den BlaauwenBacterial Cell Biology & Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Waldemar VollmerThe Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom w.vollmer@ncl.ac.uk alessandra.polissi@unimi.it.
Alessandra PolissiDipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy w.vollmer@ncl.ac.uk alessandra.polissi@unimi.it.
Newcastle University · GBUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Amsterdam · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N501840/1Wellcome Trust 101824/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria have a tripartite cell envelope with the cytoplasmic membrane (CM), a stress-bearing peptidoglycan (PG) layer, and the asymmetric outer membrane (OM) containing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the outer leaflet. Cells must tightly coordinate the growth of their complex envelope to maintain cellular integrity and OM permeability barrier function. The biogenesis of PG and LPS relies on specialized macromolecular complexes that span the entire envelope. In this work, we show that

Indexed as

Microbial ViabilityBacteriolysisBiological TransportCell MembraneCell WallEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesPenicillin-Binding ProteinsPeptidoglycanPeptidoglycan GlycosyltransferasePeptidyl TransferasesSerine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala CarboxypeptidaseDacC protein, E coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLipopolysaccharidespenicillin-binding protein 1B, E coliPenicillin-Binding ProteinsPeptidoglycanPeptidoglycan GlycosyltransferasePeptidyl TransferasesSerine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala CarboxypeptidaseYcbB protein, E colicell envelopeEscherichia colilipopolysaccharidepeptidoglycanstress response

Identifiers

PMID30723128
PMCPMC6428754
OpenAlexW2911510427

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