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A novel allele of kaiA shortens the circadian period and strengthens interaction of oscillator components in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2009
Chen You, Kim Yong-Ick, Mackey Shannon R, Holtman C Kay, Liwang Andy, Golden Susan S
Abstract excerpt
The basic circadian oscillator of the unicellular fresh water cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, the model organism for cyanobacterial circadian clocks, consists of only three protein components: KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. These proteins, all of which are homomultimers, periodically interact to form large protein complexes with stoichiometries that depend on the phosphorylation state of KaiC. KaiA...
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