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ArticleeLife2019

Homeostatic control of cell wall hydrolysis by the WalRK two-component signaling pathway in

Genevieve S Dobihal, Yannick R Brunet, Josué Flores-Kim, David Z Rudner

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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. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Genevieve S Dobihal *Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7589-1133
Yannick R Brunet *Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
Josué Flores-KimDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8282-6647
David Z RudnerDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0236-7143
Harvard University · US

Funding

Targeting bacterial cell wall biogenesis for the development of novel antimicrobU19AI109764 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BELTZ, GERALD A · 2014 to 2018
$25.2M
Chromosome Dynamics in Bacillus SubtillsR01GM086466 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI RUDNER, DAVID Z · 2009 to 2021
$4.2M
Cell Envelope Homeostasis in Bacillus subtilisR01GM127399 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI RUDNER, DAVID Z · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
Elucidating novel mechanisms controlling cell envelope biogenesis in Streptococcus PneumoniaeF32AI136431 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI FLORES-KIM, JOSUE · 2018 to 2020
$192k
NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI136431NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109764NIGMS NIH HHS GM086466NIGMS NIH HHS GM127399NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086466NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cells are encased in a peptidoglycan (PG) exoskeleton that protects them from osmotic lysis and specifies their distinct shapes. Cell wall hydrolases are required to enlarge this covalently closed macromolecule during growth, but how these autolytic enzymes are regulated remains poorly understood.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsCell WallEndopeptidasesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHydrolysisN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidasePeptidoglycanBacterial ProteinsEndopeptidasesN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidasePeptidoglycanYycF protein, BacteriaB. subtilisD,L-endopeptidasehomeostasisinfectious diseasemicrobiologypeptidoglycantwo-component signalingWalKWalR

Identifiers

PMID31808740
PMCPMC7299342
OpenAlexW2992083765

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