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ArticleExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions2020

A bioluminescent reporter for the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii.

Chris R Davis, Carl H Johnson, J Brian Robertson

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Article in Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microbial conversion of biodiesel waste for carotenoid production.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  3. Journal of bacteriology · 2025
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  4. Improving the genetic system forFrontiers in microbiology · 2023
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  5. Progress and Challenges in Archaeal Genetic Manipulation.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  8. Open biology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chris R DavisDepartment of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA.
Carl H JohnsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Brian RobertsonDepartment of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA. james.robertson@mtsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-635X
Middle Tennessee State University · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Circadian Programs in BacteriaR37GM067152 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, CARL HIRSCHIE · 2015 to 2024
$4.1M
Regulation and Significance of Sustained Circadian OscillationsR01GM107434 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, CARL HIRSCHIE · 2013 to 2024
$4.0M
Circadian Programs in BacteriaR01GM067152 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, CARL HIRSCHIE · 2003 to 2014
$3.9M
Coupling Optogenetics with Novel Luminescence Reporters of Neural ActivityR21MH116150 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, CARL HIRSCHIE · 2018 to 2019
$432k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067152NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107434NIGMS NIH HHS R21 MH116150NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM067152NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH116150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haloarchaea have evolved to thrive in hypersaline environments. Haloferax volcanii is of particular interest due to its genetic tractability; however, few in vivo reporters exist for halophiles. Haloarchaeal proteins evolved characteristics that promote proper folding and function at high salt concentrations, but many mesophilic reporter proteins lack these characteristics. Mesophilic proteins that acquire salt-stabilizing mutations, however, can lead to proper function in haloarchaea. Using laboratory-directed evolution, we developed and demonstrated an in vivo luciferase that functions in the hypersaline cytosol of H. volcanii.

Indexed as

Haloferax volcaniiLuminescent ProteinsSalinityGenes, ReporterLuminescent ProteinsBioluminescenceHalophileLuciferaseReporter

Identifiers

PMID32749548
PMCPMC7462420
OpenAlexW3047005611

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