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ArticlemSphere2021

Identification of a Novel Regulator of Clostridioides difficile Cortex Formation.

Megan H Touchette, Hector Benito de la Puebla, Carolina Alves Feliciano, Benjamin Tanenbaum, Monica Schenone, Steven A Carr, Aimee Shen

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Article in mSphere, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Clostridioides difficile Sporulation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Emerging microbes & infections · 2022
    Review
  6. Article
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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan H Touchette *Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Hector Benito de la Puebla *Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carolina Alves FelicianoDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Benjamin TanenbaumBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Monica SchenoneBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Steven A CarrBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Aimee ShenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tufts University · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

Cell Division in ClostridioidesdifficileR37AI122232 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Aimee Shen · 2026 to 2026
$509k
NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI122232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile is a leading cause of health care-associated infections worldwide. These infections are transmitted by C. difficile's metabolically dormant, aerotolerant spore form. Functional spore formation depends on the assembly of two protective layers, a thick layer of modified peptidoglycan known as the cortex layer and a multilayered proteinaceous meshwork known as the coat. We previously identified two spore morphogenetic proteins, SpoIVA and SipL, that are essential for recruiting coat proteins to the developing forespore and making functional spores. While SpoIVA and SipL directly interact, the identities of the proteins they recruit to the forespore remained unknown. Here, we used mass spectrometry-based affinity proteomics to identify proteins that interact with the SpoIVA-SipL complex. These analyses identified the

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCell WallClostridioides difficileGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMass SpectrometryPeptidoglycanProteomicsSpores, BacterialBacterial ProteinsPeptidoglycanClostridioides difficilecoatcortexspore assemblysporulation

Identifiers

PMID34047655
PMCPMC8265636
OpenAlexW3135216220

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