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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2023

A Family of Spore Lipoproteins Stabilizes the Germination Apparatus by Altering Inner Spore Membrane Fluidity in

Matthew J Flores, Kate Duricy, Shreya Choudhary, Michael Laue, David L Popham

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of levels of purity of spores of twoApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthew J FloresDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Kate DuricyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Shreya ChoudharyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Michael LaueAdvanced Light and Electron Microscopy (ZBS 4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
David L PophamDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2614-143X
Virginia Tech · USRobert Koch Institute · DE

Funding

VT Initiative for Maximizing Student DiversityR25GM072767 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI SMITH, EDWARD J · 2007 to 2021
$6.9M
Studies of Bacterial Endospore Germination - Adminstrative SupplementR01GM138630 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI POPHAM, DAVID L · 2020 to 2023
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138630NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM072767
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dormant bacterial spores undergo the process of germination to return to a vegetative state. In most species, germination involves the sensing of nutrient germinants, the release of various cations and a calcium-dipicolinic acid (DPA) complex, spore cortex degradation, and full rehydration of the spore core. These steps are mediated by membrane-associated proteins, and all these proteins have exposure on the outer surface of the membrane, a hydrated environment where they are potentially subject to damage during dormancy. A family of lipoproteins, including YlaJ, which is expressed from the

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Bacillus subtilisSpores, BacterialBacterial ProteinsHumansLipoproteinsMembrane FluidityMembrane ProteinsPersistent Vegetative StateBacterial ProteinsLipoproteinsMembrane Proteinsendosporelipoproteinmembranespores

Identifiers

PMID37338384
PMCPMC10601750
OpenAlexW4381248358

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