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ArticleNature2020

Functionally uncoupled transcription-translation in Bacillus subtilis.

Grace E Johnson, Jean-Benoît Lalanne, Michelle L Peters, Gene-Wei Li

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
120citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

120 citing papers in PubMed, 175 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.

Grace E Johnson *Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-3358
Jean-Benoît Lalanne *Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-0669
Michelle L PetersDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-2523
Gene-Wei LiDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. gwli@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-8511
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Evolution and Regulation of Bacterial Proteome CompositionR35GM124732 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Gene-Wei Li · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124732NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tight coupling of transcription and translation is considered a defining feature of bacterial gene expression

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialProtein BiosynthesisTranscription, Genetic5' Untranslated RegionsBacillus subtilisDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesPhylogenyRho FactorRibosomesRiboswitchRNA, BacterialRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messenger5' Untranslated RegionsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRho FactorRiboswitchRNA, BacterialRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID32848247
PMCPMC7483943
OpenAlexW3080219868

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