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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2020

SwsB and SafA Are Required for CwlJ-Dependent Spore Germination in

Jeremy D Amon, Akhilesh K Yadav, Fernando H Ramirez-Guadiana, Alexander J Meeske, Felipe Cava, David Z Rudner

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Sporulation at reduced water activity impairs germination kinetics ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025
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  8. Nutrient L-Alanine-Induced Germination ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jeremy D AmonDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Akhilesh K YadavLaboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Fernando H Ramirez-GuadianaDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alexander J MeeskeDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Felipe CavaLaboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
David Z RudnerDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA david_rudner@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0236-7143
Harvard University · USIndian Institute of Toxicology Research · INUmeå University · SE

Funding

Cell Envelope Homeostasis in Bacillus subtilisR01GM127399 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI RUDNER, DAVID Z · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
Molecular Mechanisms of Spore GerminationF32GM130003 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI AMON, JEREMY DAVID · 2018 to 2021
$223k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM130003NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialSpores, BacterialBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsHydrolasesBacterial ProteinsCwlJ protein, Bacillus subtilisHydrolasesSafA protein, Bacillus subtiliscortex lytic enzymesdeacetylasegerminationsporulation

Identifiers

PMID31871031
PMCPMC7043669
OpenAlexW2995685011

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Registered trials

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