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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2019

Dismantling the bacterial virulence program.

Morgan A Alford, Daniel Pletzer, Robert E W Hancock

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Castaneroxy A From the Leaves ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2021
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  6. NtrBC Regulates Invasiveness and Virulence ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  7. Dismantling the bacterial virulence program.Microbial biotechnology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Morgan A AlfordCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4446-817X
Daniel PletzerCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5750-7505
Robert E W HancockCentre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5989-8503

Funding

CIHR FDN-154287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the face of rising antimicrobial resistance, there is an urgent need for the development of efficient and effective anti-infective compounds. Adaptive resistance, a reversible bacterial phenotype characterized by the ability to surmount antibiotic challenge without mutation, is triggered to cope in situ with several stressors and is very common clinically. Thus, it is important to target stress-response effectors that contribute to in vivo adaptations and associated lifestyles such as biofilm formation. Interfering with these proteins should provide a means of dismantling bacterial virulence for treating infectious diseases, in combination with conventional antibiotics.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaHost-Pathogen InteractionsStress, PhysiologicalVirulenceVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID30864265
PMCPMC6465231

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