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ArticleThe EMBO journal2021

Structural mechanism for modulation of functional amyloid and biofilm formation by Staphylococcal Bap protein switch.

Junfeng Ma, Xiang Cheng, Zhonghe Xu, Yikan Zhang, Jaione Valle, Shilong Fan, Xiaobing Zuo, Iñigo Lasa, Xianyang Fang

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Junfeng MaBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6235-3472
Xiang ChengBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhonghe XuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yikan ZhangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jaione ValleLaboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra-Departamento de Salud, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain.
Shilong FanBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xiaobing ZuoX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.
Iñigo LasaLaboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra-Departamento de Salud, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain.
Xianyang FangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9432-9736
Beijing Advanced Sciences and Innovation Center · CNUniversidad Publica de Navarra · ESArgonne National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Staphylococcal Bap proteins sense environmental signals (such as pH, [Ca

Indexed as

AmyloidBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsCalciumCell AggregationStaphylococcus aureusAmyloidBacterial ProteinsCalciumbiofilm associated proteincalcium-binding proteinfunctional amyloidliquid-liquid phase separationorder-disorder conformational switches

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PMID34046916
PMCPMC8280801
OpenAlexW3165450705

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