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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2019

Nucleoid-Associated Protein HU: A Lilliputian in Gene Regulation of Bacterial Virulence.

Pavla Stojkova, Petra Spidlova, Jiri Stulik

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 100 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pavla StojkovaDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czechia.
Petra SpidlovaDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czechia.
Jiri StulikDepartment of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czechia.
University of Defence · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleoid-associated proteins belong to a group of small but abundant proteins in bacterial cells. These transcription regulators are responsible for many important cellular processes and also are involved in pathogenesis of bacteria. The best-known nucleoid-associated proteins, such as HU, FIS, H-NS, and IHF, are often discussed. The most important findings in research concerning HU protein are described in this mini review. Its roles in DNA compaction, shape modulation, and negative supercoiling induction have been studied intensively. HU protein regulates bacteria survival, growth, SOS response, virulence genes expression, cell division, and many other cell processes. Elucidating the mechanism of HU protein action has been the subject of many research projects. This mini review provides a comprehensive overview of the HU protein.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsDNADNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalVirulenceBacterial ProteinsDNADNA, BacterialDNA-Binding Proteinshistone-like protein HU, bacteriaDNA-binding proteinHU proteinnucleoid-associated proteinpathogenesisvirulence

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PMID31134164
PMCPMC6523023
OpenAlexW2944479012

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