Light-induced alteration of c-di-GMP level controls motility of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-251

  Savakis, Philipp ^a   De Causmaecker, Sven ^a,b   Angerer, Veronika ^a   Ruppert, Ulrike ^b   Anders, Katrin ^a   Essen, Lars Oliver ^a   Wilde, Annegret ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC DI GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; CYSTEINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CPH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLUE LIGHT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIOCHROME; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; PHYTOCHROME; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84863578309     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08106.x     Document Type: Article

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