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ArticleNature microbiology2021

β-Barrel proteins tether the outer membrane in many Gram-negative bacteria.

Kelsi M Sandoz, Roger A Moore, Paul A Beare, Ankur V Patel, Robert E Smith, Marshall Bern, Hyea Hwang, Connor J Cooper, Suzette A Priola, Jerry M Parks and 3 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kelsi M SandozRocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA. kms476@cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6960-0560
Roger A Moore *Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Disease, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Paul A Beare *Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Ankur V Patel *Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8161-3455
Robert E Smith *Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Marshall BernProtein Metrics Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0342-9390
Hyea HwangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Connor J CooperBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-9948
Suzette A PriolaRocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Disease, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Jerry M ParksBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-9333
James C GumbartSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Stéphane MesnageDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. s.mesnage@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-4890
Robert A HeinzenRocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA. rheinzen@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-4619
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Sheffield · GBGeorgia Institute of Technology · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · US

Funding

Cellular and Developmental Biology of Coxiella burnetiiZIAAI000931 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI HEINZEN, ROBERT A · 2009 to 2023
$11.8M
Molecular Mechanisms of Prion Protein Amyloid FormationZIAAI001105 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI PRIOLA, SUZETTE ALISE · 2009 to 2025
$7.3M
Dynamic characterization of outer-membrane-protein biogenesis by the BAM and TAM complexesR01GM123169 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GUMBART, JAMES C. · 2017 to 2021
$1.4M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011151/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N00951/1Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000931Medical Research Council MR/S009272/1NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria have a cell envelope that comprises an outer membrane (OM), a peptidoglycan (PG) layer and an inner membrane (IM)

Indexed as

Agrobacterium tumefaciensBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCell CycleCell MembraneCell WallCoxiella burnetiiEscherichia coliLegionella pneumophilaLipoproteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationPeptidoglycanPeptidyl TransferasesProtein BindingBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsLipoproteinsPeptidoglycanPeptidyl Transferases

Identifiers

PMID33139883
PMCPMC7755725
OpenAlexW3097007875

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