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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2022

Organomercurial Lyase (MerB)-Mediated Demethylation Decreases Bacterial Methylmercury Resistance in the Absence of Mercuric Reductase (MerA).

Ian N Krout, Thomas Scrimale, Daria Vorojeikina, Eric S Boyd, Matthew D Rand

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ian N KroutDepartment of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4711-8757
Thomas ScrimaleDepartment of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Daria VorojeikinaDepartment of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Eric S BoydDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State Universitygrid.41891.35, Bozeman, Montana, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4436-5856
Matthew D RandDepartment of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
University of Rochester · USMontana State University · US

Funding

VISUAL INDICES OF NEUROTOXICITYP30ES001247 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Sally W Thurston · 1985 to 2026
$42.8M
Microbial mechanisms of methylmercury metabolism in humansR01ES030940 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI RAND, MATTHEW D · 2019 to 2021
$1.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES001247NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030940NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) T32 207026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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LyasesMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsDemethylationHumansOxidoreductasesalkylmercury lyaseLyasesmercuric reductaseMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsOxidoreductasesdemethylationinorganic mercuryMerAMerBmercury speciationmethylmercuryresistance

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PMID35138926
PMCPMC8939331
OpenAlexW4210840117

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