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ArticlemBio2021

Gene Erosion Can Lead to Gain-of-Function Alleles That Contribute to Bacterial Fitness.

Julien Mortier, Elisa Gayán, Ronald Van Eyken, Oscar Enrique Torres Montaguth, Ladan Khodaparast, Laleh Khodaparast, Bert Houben, Sebastien Carpentier, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz and 1 more

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julien Mortier *KU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Leuven, Belgium.
Elisa Gayán *KU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Leuven, Belgium.
Ronald Van EykenKU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Leuven, Belgium.
Oscar Enrique Torres MontaguthKU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Leuven, Belgium.
Ladan KhodaparastKU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Laleh KhodaparastKU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Bert HoubenKU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Sebastien CarpentierKU Leuven, SYBIOMA: Facility for Systems Biology Mass Spectrometry, Leuven, Belgium.
Frederic RousseauKU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Joost SchymkowitzKU Leuven, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Abram AertsenKU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite our extensive knowledge of the genetic regulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs), the evolutionary routes that allow bacteria to adaptively tune their HSP levels and corresponding proteostatic robustness have been explored less. In this report, directed evolution experiments using the Escherichia coli model system unexpectedly revealed that seemingly random single mutations in its

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AllelesGain of Function MutationGenetic FitnessDirected Molecular EvolutionEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat-Shock ResponseMutationHeat-Shock Proteinsevolutiongeneticsheat resistanceprotein aggregates

Identifiers

PMID34225482
PMCPMC8406189
OpenAlexW3181699190

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