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ReviewAnaerobe2024

The small acid-soluble proteins of spore-forming organisms: similarities and differences in function.

Hailee N Nerber, Joseph A Sorg

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Review in Anaerobe, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Article
  4. Metal tolerance and recovery mechanisms of Priestia sp. Mn7 under pH 1.5.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hailee N NerberDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
Joseph A SorgDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States. Electronic address: jsorg@bio.tamu.edu.
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Clostridium difficile spore germinationR01AI116895 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI SORG, JOE · 2015 to 2024
$3.9M
Impact of the C. difficile small acid soluble proteins on spore physiologyR01AI172043 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI SORG, JOE · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116895NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The small acid-soluble proteins are found in all endospore-forming organisms and are a major component of spores. Through their DNA binding capabilities, the SASPs shield the DNA from outside insults (e.g., UV and genotoxic chemicals). The absence of the major SASPs results in spores with reduced viability when exposed to UV light and, in at least one case, the inability to complete sporulation. While the SASPs have been characterized for decades, some evidence suggests that using newer technologies to revisit the roles of the SASPs could reveal novel functions in spore regulation.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsSpores, BacterialBacteriaUltraviolet RaysBacterial ProteinsClostridium difficileClostridium perfringensDNA bindingResistanceSASPSpore

Identifiers

PMID38582142
PMCPMC11976030
OpenAlexW4393930548

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Registered trials

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