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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2020

Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria.

Citlalli Mejía-Almonte, Stephen J W Busby, Joseph T Wade, Jacques van Helden, Adam P Arkin, Gary D Stormo, Karen Eilbeck, Bernhard O Palsson, James E Galagan, Julio Collado-Vides

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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98citing 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

98 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. The EcoCyc database (2025).EcoSal Plus · 2025
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  18. Virulence Regulation inMicroorganisms · 2025
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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

10 authors.

Citlalli Mejía-AlmontePrograma de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Cuernavaca, México.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-5591
Stephen J W BusbySchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-1758
Joseph T WadeDivision of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-3160
Jacques van HeldenAix-Marseille University, INSERM UMR S 1090, Theory and Approaches of Genome Complexity (TAGC), Marseille, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8799-8584
Adam P ArkinDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-2931
Gary D StormoDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Karen EilbeckDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Bernhard O PalssonDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2357-6785
James E GalaganDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-3291
Julio Collado-VidesPrograma de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Cuernavaca, México. colladojulio@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-7664

Funding

The EcoCyc Model Organism Database for Escherichia coli [SRI Proposal ECU 14-631]U24GM077678 · NIGMS · SRI INTERNATIONAL · PI KARP, PETER D · 2006 to 2018
$12.3M
The EcoCyc Model Organism Database for Escherichia coliR01GM077678 · NIGMS · SRI INTERNATIONAL · PI KARP, PETER D · 2019 to 2022
$4.6M
HIGH THROUGHPUT LITERATURE CURATION OF GENETIC REGULATION IN BACTERIAL MODELSR01GM110597 · NIGMS · CENTER FOR GENOMIC SCIENCES · PI COLLADO-VIDES, JULIO · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
A Comprehensive Resource for Escherichia coli Genomic Data and ToolsR01GM131643 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI COLLADO-VIDES, JULIO · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077678NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110597NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM131643NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM077678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite enormous progress in understanding the fundamentals of bacterial gene regulation, our knowledge remains limited when compared with the number of bacterial genomes and regulatory systems to be discovered. Derived from a small number of initial studies, classic definitions for concepts of gene regulation have evolved as the number of characterized promoters has increased. Together with discoveries made using new technologies, this knowledge has led to revised generalizations and principles. In this Expert Recommendation, we suggest precise, updated definitions that support a logical, consistent conceptual framework of bacterial gene regulation, focusing on transcription initiation. The resulting concepts can be formalized by ontologies for computational modelling, laying the foundation for improved bioinformatics tools, knowledge-based resources and scientific communication. Thus, this work will help researchers construct better predictive models, with different formalisms, that will be useful in engineering, synthetic biology, microbiology and genetics.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialTranscription Initiation, GeneticBacteriaOperonPromoter Regions, GeneticRegulonTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID32665585
PMCPMC7990032

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