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ArticlemBio2024

Pathogenic bacteria experience pervasive RNA polymerase backtracking during infection.

Kaitlyn R Browning, Houra Merrikh

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Article in mBio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. AnMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kaitlyn R BrowningDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3064-0506
Houra MerrikhDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9956-9640
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007028 · NIEHS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI F PETER Guengerich, Fiona Edith Harrison · 1985 to 2026
$15.7M
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance development in bacterial pathogensR01AI127422 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MERRIKH, HOURA · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127422NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceEukaryotic hosts have defense mechanisms that may disrupt molecular transactions along the pathogen's chromosome through excessive DNA damage. Given that DNA damage stalls RNA polymerase (RNAP) thereby increasing mutagenesis, investigating how host defense mechanisms impact the movement of the transcription machinery on the pathogen chromosome is crucial. Using a new methodology we developed, we elucidated the dynamics of RNAP movement and association with the chromosome in the pathogenic bacterium

Indexed as

DNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesTranscription, GeneticBacteriaEscherichia coliVirulenceDNA-Directed RNA Polymeraseshost-pathogen interactionsPIC-seqRNAP backtrackingSalmonella enterica

Identifiers

PMID38095872
PMCPMC10790778
OpenAlexW4389728043

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