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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Arginine dephosphorylation propels spore germination in bacteria.

Bing Zhou, Maja Semanjski, Natalie Orlovetskie, Saurabh Bhattacharya, Sima Alon, Liron Argaman, Nayef Jarrous, Yan Zhang, Boris Macek, Lior Sinai and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 47 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Bing ZhouCollege of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, China Agricultural University, 10083 Beijing, China.
Maja SemanjskiProteome Center Tuebingen, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Natalie OrlovetskieDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Saurabh BhattacharyaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Sima AlonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Liron ArgamanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Nayef JarrousDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Yan ZhangCollege of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, China Agricultural University, 10083 Beijing, China.
Boris MacekProteome Center Tuebingen, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Lior SinaiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel; lior.sinai@mail.huji.ac.il sigalb@ekmd.huji.ac.il.
Sigal Ben-YehudaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel; lior.sinai@mail.huji.ac.il sigalb@ekmd.huji.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0001-7023-2163
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILUniversity of Tübingen · DEChina Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial spores can remain dormant for years but possess the remarkable ability to germinate, within minutes, once nutrients become available. However, it still remains elusive how such instant awakening of cellular machineries is achieved. Utilizing

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisArginineBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPhosphorylationProtein KinasesRibosomesSigma FactorSpores, BacterialArginineBacterial ProteinsMcsB protein, Bacillus subtilisPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein KinasesSigma Factorarginine phosphorylationBacillus subtilisgerminationspore dormancy

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PMID31221751
PMCPMC6628785
OpenAlexW2949071891

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