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ArticleeLife2019

Heterogeneity in surface sensing suggests a division of labor in

Catherine R Armbruster, Calvin K Lee, Jessica Parker-Gilham, Jaime de Anda, Aiguo Xia, Kun Zhao, Keiji Murakami, Boo Shan Tseng, Lucas R Hoffman, Fan Jin and 3 more

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

95 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Catherine R Armbruster *Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0795-802X
Calvin K Lee *Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-0317
Jessica Parker-GilhamDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Jaime de AndaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Aiguo XiaHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Kun ZhaoKey Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Keiji MurakamiDepartment of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
Boo Shan TsengSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-0232
Lucas R HoffmanDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Fan JinHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2313-0388
Caroline S HarwoodDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Gerard Cl WongDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
Matthew R ParsekDepartment of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2932-7966

Funding

TRAINING IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RAIBLE, DAVID W · 1985 to 2020
$21.0M
The pel exopolysaccharide gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosaR01AI077628 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MATTHEW R. PARSEK, Daniel J Wozniak · 2009 to 2026
$7.1M
Pseudomonas aeruginosa sensing and responseR01GM056665 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HARWOOD, CAROLINE STONE · 1998 to 2011
$3.0M
The biofilm matrix of P. aeruginosaR01AI143916 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MACCOSS, MICHAEL, PARSEK, MATTHEW R. · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Surface sensing, memory, and motility control in biofilm formationR01AI143730 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI O'TOOLE, GEORGE A., WONG, GERARD C · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Patient-oriented microbiome and advanced culture approaches to identifying the microbial determinants of chronic pediatric diseaseK24HL141669 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Lucas R Hoffman · 2018 to 2026
$929k
Matrix-associated proteins in biofilm tolerance: Psl and ecotinK22AI121097 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI TSENG, BOO SHAN · 2016 to 2017
$268k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The second messenger signaling molecule cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) drives the transition between planktonic and biofilm growth in many bacterial species.

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsCell MembraneCyclic GMPGene Expression Regulation, BacterialPseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum SensingBacterial Proteinsbis(3',5')-cyclic diguanylic acidCyclic GMPbiofilmc-di-gmpinfectious diseasemicrobiologyPseudomonas aeruginosasurface sensingWsp system

Identifiers

PMID31180327
PMCPMC6615863

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