Serine/threonine protein kinase SpkA in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is a regulator of expression of three putative pilA operons, formation of thick pili, and cell motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7696-7699

  Panichkin, Vladimir B ^a,b,c   Arakawa Kobayashi, Satoko ^a,d   Kanaseki, Toku ^a   Suzuki, Iwane ^a,e   Los, Dmitry A ^c   Shestakov, Sergey V ^b   Murata, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE SPKA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PILA1 GENE; PILA10 GENE; PILA11 GENE; PILA2 GENE; PILA5 GENE; PILA6 GENE; PILA9 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOVEMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PILA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 33750454475     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00838-06     Document Type: Article

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