Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41347511›Full record

ArticleJournal of bacteriology2026

The gene encoding ornithine decarboxylase for putrescine biosynthesis is essential for the viability of

Shiqi Xu, Bibek G C, Alex Phan, Chenggang Wu

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. AI-2 production inJournal of bacteriology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shiqi XuDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Bibek G CDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5325-6400
Alex PhanDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Chenggang WuDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5700-7188

Funding

Regulation in Fusobacterium-mediated coaggregationR01DE030895 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI WU, CHENGGANG · 2021 to 2025
$1.7M
Study of essential genes in Fusobacterium nucleatumR21DE034542 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI WU, CHENGGANG · 2024 to 2024
$429k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030895NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE034542NIH HHS DE030895NIH HHS DE034542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IMPORTANCE:

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Bacterial ProteinsFusobacterium nucleatumMicrobial ViabilityOrnithine DecarboxylasePutrescineGene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacterial ProteinsOrnithine DecarboxylasePutrescineessential genesFusobacterium nucleatumornithine decarboxylasepolyamineputrescine

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PMID41347511
PMCPMC12826042

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