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ReviewmBio2018

Errors during Gene Expression: Single-Cell Heterogeneity, Stress Resistance, and Microbe-Host Interactions.

Christopher R Evans, Yongqiang Fan, Kalyn Weiss, Jiqiang Ling

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Review in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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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

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. The impact of mistranslation on phenotypic variability and fitness.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2021
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  19. Metabolic stress promotes stop-codon readthrough and phenotypic heterogeneity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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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

4 authors.

Christopher R Evans *Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Yongqiang Fan *Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kalyn WeissDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jiqiang LingDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA jiqiang.ling@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

Physiological impact of reduced fidelity in protein synthesisR01GM115431 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI LING, JIQIANG · 2015 to 2019
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene expression has been considered a highly accurate process, and deviation from such fidelity has been shown previously to be detrimental for the cell. More recently, increasing evidence has supported the notion that the accuracy of gene expression is indeed flexibly variable. The levels of errors during gene expression differ from condition to condition and even from cell to cell within genetically identical populations grown under the same conditions. The different levels of errors resulting from inaccurate gene expression are now known to play key roles in regulating microbial stress responses and host interactions. This minireview summarizes the recent development in understanding the level, regulation, and physiological impact of errors during gene expression.

Indexed as

Biological Variation, PopulationGene ExpressionHost Microbial InteractionsStress, Physiologicalmistranslationphenotypic heterogeneityprotein synthesisstress response

Identifiers

PMID29970467
PMCPMC6030554

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