Cheng-Cai Zhang

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Chengcai Zhang, Cheng‐cai Zhang
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93 papers · 3,959 citations · H-index 31

PAPERS

Investigation on cyanobacterial production of the proposed neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA)
20238 citationsauthor #8
A c-di-GMP binding effector controls cell size in a cyanobacterium
202317 citationsauthor #9
Control of Cell Size by c-di-GMP Requires a Two-Component Signaling System in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
20239 citationsauthor #5
Global translational control by the transcriptional repressor TrcR in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
20233 citationsauthor #5
A conserved protein inhibitor brings under check the activity of RNase E in cyanobacteria
20236 citationsauthor #6
A tRNA t6A modification system contributes to the sensitivity towards the toxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
20223 citationsauthor #2
Three-dimensional coordination of cell-division site positioning in a filamentous cyanobacterium
20226 citationsauthor #4
A proteolytic pathway coordinates cell division and heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
202216 citationsauthor #5
The Making of a Heterocyst in Cyanobacteria.
202262 citationsauthor #2
“Life is short, and art is long”: RNA degradation in cyanobacteria and model bacteria
202218 citationsauthor #3
RNA Interference by Cyanobacterial Feeding Demonstrates the SCSG1 Gene Is Essential for Ciliogenesis during Oral Apparatus Regeneration in Stentor
20217 citationsauthor #5
c-di-GMP Homeostasis Is Critical for Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
202111 citationsauthor #4
A CRISPR-Based Method for Constructing Conditional Mutations of Essential Genes in Cyanobacteria.
20211 citationsauthor #4
The developmental regulator PatD modulates assembly of the cell-division protein FtsZ in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
202111 citationsauthor #8
Functions of the Essential Gene mraY in Cellular Morphogenesis and Development of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
20218 citationsauthor #6
Functional Dissection of Genes Encoding DNA Polymerases Based on Conditional Mutants in the Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
202010 citationsauthor #5
HetF Protein Is a New Divisome Component in a Filamentous and Developmental Cyanobacterium
202014 citationsauthor #7
The Proposed Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-l-Alanine (BMAA) Is Taken up through Amino-Acid Transport Systems in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
20208 citationsauthor #8
Preventing Accidental Heterocyst Development in Cyanobacteria
20194 citationsauthor #2
patD, a Gene Regulated by NtcA, Is Involved in the Optimization of Heterocyst Frequency in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
201913 citationsauthor #8
Biosensors-Based In Vivo Quantification of 2-Oxoglutarate in Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria
201813 citationsauthor #3
Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolic Balance: Lessons from Cyanobacteria.
2018167 citationsauthor #1
Three Substrains of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Display Divergence in Genomic Sequences and hetC Function
201816 citationsauthor #5
Expanding the Potential of CRISPR-Cpf1-Based Genome Editing Technology in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120.
201890 citationsauthor #7
Diversity of Growth Patterns Probed in Live Cyanobacterial Cells Using a Fluorescent Analog of a Peptidoglycan Precursor
201828 citationsauthor #4
Protein Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Antimicrobial Drugs Against Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV.
20178 citationsauthor #3
Coordinating carbon and nitrogen metabolic signaling through the cyanobacterial global repressor NdhR
201777 citationsauthor #12
The Pkn22 Ser/Thr kinase in Nostoc PCC 7120: role of FurA and NtcA regulators and transcript profiling under nitrogen starvation and oxidative stress
20150 citationsauthor #9
Dynamics and Cell-Type Specificity of the DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Protein RecN in the Developmental Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
20157 citationsauthor #4
The Pkn22 Ser/Thr kinase in Nostoc PCC 7120: role of FurA and NtcA regulators and transcript profiling under nitrogen starvation and oxidative stress
201516 citationsauthor #9
Structural insights into HetR−PatS interaction involved in cyanobacterial pattern formation
201527 citationsauthor #17
RNase E forms a complex with polynucleotide phosphorylase in cyanobacteria via a cyanobacterial-specific nonapeptide in the noncatalytic region
201430 citationsauthor #6
Mimicking the 2-oxoglutaric acid signalling function using molecular probes: insights from structural and functional investigations.
20145 citationsauthor #9
Unravelling the cross-talk between iron starvation and oxidative stress responses highlights the key role of PerR (alr0957) in peroxide signalling in the cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 7120.
201431 citationsauthor #6
7120Anabaena sp. Strain PCC Heterocyst Development in the ppGpp Metabolism Is Involved in
20130 citationsauthor #1
Phenotypic variation caused by variation in the relative copy number of pDU1-based plasmids expressing the GAF domain of Pkn41 or Pkn42 in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
201326 citationsauthor #5
ATPase as a switch in PII signal transduction
20132 citationsauthor #1
Alr5068, a Low-Molecular-Weight protein tyrosine phosphatase, is involved in formation of the heterocysts polysaccharide layer in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
20131 citationsauthor #5
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Based on Interaction of PII and PipX Proteins Provides a Robust and Specific Biosensor for 2-Oxoglutarate, a Central Metabolite and a Signaling Molecule.
20132 citationsauthor #5
Structural requirements of 2-oxoglutaric acid analogues to mimic its signaling function.
201313 citationsauthor #11
Exploring the size limit of protein diffusion through the periplasm in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 using the 13 kDa iLOV fluorescent protein.
201320 citationsauthor #5
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer based on interaction of PII and PipX proteins provides a robust and specific biosensor for 2‐oxoglutarate, a central metabolite and a signalling molecule
201317 citationsauthor #5
ppGpp Metabolism Is Involved in Heterocyst Development in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
201321 citationsauthor #5
High resolution magic angle spinning NMR to investigate ligand-receptor binding events for mass-limited samples in liquids.
201210 citationsauthor #3
The inositol monophosphatase All2917 (IMPA1) is involved in osmotic adaptation in Anabaena sp. PCC7120.
20125 citationsauthor #4
2-difluoromethylene-4-methylenepentanoic acid, a paradoxical probe able to mimic the signaling role of 2-oxoglutaric acid in cyanobacteria.
201117 citationsauthor #9
Identification of the oriC region and its influence on heterocyst development in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.
20119 citationsauthor #4
Characterization of Two Critical Residues in the Effector-Binding Domain of NtcA in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
20116 citationsauthor #5
A eukaryotic-like sulfiredoxin involved in oxidative stress responses and in the reduction of the sulfinic form of 2-Cys peroxiredoxin in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120.
201128 citationsauthor #5
Crystal structure of the cyanobacterial signal transduction protein PII in complex with PipX.
201046 citationsauthor #5
NtcA Regulates patA Expression in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
201010 citationsauthor #6
Residue Histidine 669 Is Essential for the Catalytic Activity of Bacillus anthracis Lethal Factor
20104 citationsauthor #7
The alr2505 (osiS) gene from Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 encodes a cysteine desulfurase induced by oxidative stress
20106 citationsauthor #5
A Chimeric Protein That Functions as both an Anthrax Dual-Target Antitoxin and a Trivalent Vaccine
201013 citationsauthor #6
Structural basis for the allosteric control of the global transcription factor NtcA by the nitrogen starvation signal 2-oxoglutarate
2010119 citationsauthor #7
Mutual Regulation of ntcA and hetR during Heterocyst Differentiation Requires Two Similar PP2C-Type Protein Phosphatases, PrpJ1 and PrpJ2, in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
200910 citationsauthor #5
Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria.
2009737 citationsauthor #3
hetR and patS, two genes necessary for heterocyst pattern formation, are widespread in filamentous nonheterocyst-forming cyanobacteria.
200943 citationsauthor #3
Investigation of New Dominant-Negative Inhibitors of Anthrax Protective Antigen Mutants for Use in Therapy and Vaccination
200912 citationsauthor #6
Inactivation of spkD, encoding a Ser/Thr kinase, affects the pool of the TCA cycle metabolites in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
200828 citationsauthor #4
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Highly plastic genome of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 , a ubiquitous toxic freshwater cyanobacterium
2008212 citationsauthor #9
A large gene cluster encoding peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases is involved in production of siderophores and oxidative stress response in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.
200848 citationsauthor #6
Existence of periplasmic barriers preventing green fluorescent protein diffusion from cell to cell in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120
200828 citationsauthor #4
Importance of size-to-charge ratio in construction of stable and uniform nanoscale RNA/dendrimer complexes.
200783 citationsauthor #9
Two Genes Encoding Protein Kinases of the HstK Family Are Involved in Synthesis of the Minor Heterocyst-Specific Glycolipid in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
200738 citationsauthor #6
PrpJ, a PP2C‐type protein phosphatase located on the plasma membrane, is involved in heterocyst maturation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
200728 citationsauthor #4
PrxQ-A, a member of the peroxiredoxin Q family, plays a major role in defense against oxidative stress in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120.
200744 citationsauthor #4
Heterocyst differentiation and pattern formation in cyanobacteria: a chorus of signals
2006277 citationsauthor #1
Inhibition of Cell Division Suppresses Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
200660 citationsauthor #3
Protein Phosphorylation on Ser, Thr and Tyr Residues in Cyanobacteria
200649 citationsauthor #1
Expression of split dnaE genes and trans-splicing of DnaE intein in the developmental cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
200615 citationsauthor #6
Studying the signaling role of 2-oxoglutaric acid using analogs that mimic the ketone and ketal forms of 2-oxoglutaric acid.
200626 citationsauthor #7
Cooperative binding and self-assembling behavior of cationic low molecular-weight dendrons with RNA molecules.
200618 citationsauthor #8
Relationship among Several Key Cell Cycle Events in the Developmental Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
200631 citationsauthor #4
A Lithium-Sensitive and Sodium-Tolerant 3′-Phosphoadenosine-5′-Phosphatase Encoded by halA from the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis Is Closely Related to Its Counterparts from Yeasts and Plants
20069 citationsauthor #7
A Pair of Iron-Responsive Genes Encoding Protein Kinases with a Ser/Thr Kinase Domain and a His Kinase Domain Are Regulated by NtcA in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
200636 citationsauthor #6
Molecular Signal of Nitrogen Starvation, Insight from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
20051 citationsauthor #1
Nonmetabolizable analogue of 2-oxoglutarate elicits heterocyst differentiation under repressive conditions in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
2005142 citationsauthor #6
Iron Starvation Leads to Oxidative Stress in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
2005130 citationsauthor #5
Cell‐type specific modification of PII is involved in the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
200427 citationsauthor #5
An increase in the level of 2-oxoglutarate promotes heterocyst development in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.
200356 citationsauthor #5
pkn22 (alr2502) encoding a putative Ser/Thr kinase in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 is induced by both iron starvation and oxidative stress and regulates the expression of isiA
200361 citationsauthor #4
Genomic analysis of protein kinases, protein phosphatases and two-component regulatory systems of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120.
200265 citationsauthor #5
Modification of the PII Protein in Response to Nitrogen Availability in Filamentous Heterocystous Cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
20023 citationsauthor #3
Characterization of the icfG Gene Cluster Implicated in the Regulation of Carbon Metabolism in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803
20013 citationsauthor #4
Developmental Regulation of the Cell Division Protein FtsZ in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120, a Cyanobacterium Capable of Terminal Differentiation
200043 citationsauthor #4
Obligate phototrophy in cyanobacteria: more than a lack of sugar transport.
199849 citationsauthor #1
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Two Closely Linked Genes That Encode, Respectively, a Protein Phosphatase 1/2A/2B Homolog and a Protein Kinase Homolog in the CyanobacteriumAnabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
199847 citationsauthor #1
Survey, analysis and genetic organization of genes encoding eukaryotic-like signaling proteins on a cyanobacterial genome.
199878 citationsauthor #1
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Two Closely Linked Genes That Encode , Respectively , a Protein Phosphatase 1 / 2 A / 2 B Homolog and a Protein Kinase Homolog in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp . Strain PCC 7120
19986 citationsauthor #1
Bacterial signalling involving eukaryotic‐type protein kinases
1996181 citationsauthor #1
Analysis of genes encoding the cell division protein FtsZ and a glutathione synthetase homologue in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
199534 citationsauthor #1
Molecular and genetical analysis of the fructose‐glucose transport system in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803
198978 citationsauthor #1

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