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ArticleeLife2025

Control of pili synthesis and putrescine homeostasis in

Iti Mehta, Jacob B Hogins, Sydney R Hall, Gabrielle Vragel, Sankalya Ambagaspitiye, Philippe E Zimmern, Larry Reitzer

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Article in eLife, 2025. 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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Host-derived nitrate fuels indole production byScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
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  3. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 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

7 authors.

Iti Mehta *Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.
Jacob B Hogins *Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6041-7332
Sydney R HallDepartment of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.
Gabrielle VragelDepartment of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.
Sankalya AmbagaspitiyeDepartment of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.
Philippe E ZimmernDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.
Larry ReitzerDepartment of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4406-6090

Funding

Cain Foundation The Felecia and John Cain Distinguished Chair in Women's Health, in Honor of Philippe Zimmern, M.D.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyamines are biologically ubiquitous cations that bind to nucleic acids, ribosomes, and phospholipids and, thereby, modulate numerous processes, including surface motility in

Indexed as

Escherichia coliFimbriae, BacterialHomeostasisPutrescineEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsPutrescineE. coligene regulationgeneticsgenomicsinfectious diseasemicrobiologypilipolyaminesputrescine homeostasissurface motilitytranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID40178519
PMCPMC11968103

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