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ArticleeLife2022

An essential periplasmic protein coordinates lipid trafficking and is required for asymmetric polar growth in mycobacteria.

Kuldeepkumar R Gupta, Celena M Gwin, Kathryn C Rahlwes, Kyle J Biegas, Chunyan Wang, Jin Ho Park, Jun Liu, Benjamin M Swarts, Yasu S Morita, E Hesper Rego

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kuldeepkumar R Gupta *Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7625-4224
Celena M Gwin *Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8928-7970
Kathryn C RahlwesDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States.
Kyle J BiegasDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, United States.
Chunyan WangDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.
Jin Ho ParkDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.
Jun LiuDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3108-6735
Benjamin M SwartsDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, United States.
Yasu S MoritaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States.
E Hesper RegoDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2973-8354
Yale University · USCentral Michigan University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Boston · US

Funding

Structure-Function Relationships in the Spirochetal Flagellar MotorR01AI087946 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, JUN · 2010 to 2025
$6.6M
Structural basis of phage infection and DNA ejectionR01GM110243 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, JUN, MOLINEUX, IAN J · 2014 to 2024
$3.1M
"The molecular mechanisms of asymmetric cell division in mycobacteria."R01AI148255 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI REGO, ELIZABETH HESPER · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087946NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148255NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacteria, including the human pathogen

Indexed as

Mycobacterium tuberculosisPeriplasmic ProteinsCell MembraneHumansMycolic AcidsPeriplasmMycolic AcidsPeriplasmic Proteinscell divisiondrug targetsinfectious diseasemicrobiologymycobacteriaphenotypic heterogeneitypolar growth

Identifiers

PMID36346214
PMCPMC9678360
OpenAlexW4308549040

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