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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Moving toward the Inclusion of Epigenomics in Bacterial Genome Evolution: Perspectives and Challenges.

Iacopo Passeri, Francesca Vaccaro, Alessio Mengoni, Camilla Fagorzi

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iacopo PasseriDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3109-847X
Francesca VaccaroDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7635-1286
Alessio MengoniDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1265-8251
Camilla FagorziDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9996-8868
University of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The universality of DNA methylation as an epigenetic regulatory mechanism belongs to all biological kingdoms. However, while eukaryotic systems have been the primary focus of DNA methylation studies, the molecular mechanisms in prokaryotes are less known. Nevertheless, DNA methylation in prokaryotes plays a pivotal role in many cellular processes such as defense systems against exogenous DNA, cell cycle dynamics, and gene expression, including virulence. Thanks to single-molecule DNA sequencing technologies, genome-wide identification of methylated DNA is becoming feasible on a large scale, providing the possibility to investigate more deeply the presence, variability, and roles of DNA methylation. Here, we present an overview of the multifaceted roles of DNA methylation in prokaryotes and suggest research directions and tools which can enable us to better understand the contribution of DNA methylation to prokaryotic genome evolution and adaptation. In particular, we emphasize the need to understand the presence and role of transgenerational inheritance, as well as the impact of epigenomic signatures on adaptation and genome evolution. Research directions and the importance of novel computational tools are underlined.

Indexed as

BacteriaEpigenomicsEvolution, MolecularGenome, BacterialDNA MethylationEpigenesis, Geneticbacterial epigenomicsbacterial genome evolutionprokaryotic DNA methylation

Identifiers

PMID38674013
PMCPMC11050019
OpenAlexW4394892233

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