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ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2020

Trade-offs between gene expression, growth and phenotypic diversity in microbial populations.

Juhyun Kim, Alexander Darlington, Manuel Salvador, José Utrilla, José I Jiménez

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Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Juhyun KimFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
Alexander DarlingtonSchool of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Manuel SalvadorFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
José UtrillaCentre for Genomic Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelos, Av. Universidad s/n Col. Chamilpa 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
José I JiménezFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.jimenez@surrey.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M009769/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cells have a limited number of resources that can be allocated for gene expression. The intracellular competition for these resources has an impact on the cell physiology. Bacteria have evolved mechanisms to optimize resource allocation in a variety of scenarios, showing a trade-off between the resources used to maximise growth (e.g. ribosome synthesis) and the rest of cellular functions. Limitations in gene expression also play a role in generating phenotypic diversity, which is advantageous in fluctuating environments, at the expenses of decreasing growth rates. Our current understanding of these trade-offs can be exploited for biotechnological applications benefiting from the selective manipulation of the allocation of resources.

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BacteriaGene Expression

Identifiers

PMID31580950
PMCPMC7208540

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