title: A novel gene that bears a DnaJ motif influences cyanobacterial cell division.
abstract: Transposon Tn5-692 mutagenizes Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 efficiently. The predicted product of the gene mutated in the Tn5-692-derived cell division mutant FTN2 has an N-terminal DnaJ domain, as have its cyanobacterial and plant orthologs. Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, when mutated in genes orthologous to ftn2 and ftn6, forms akinete-like cells.
authors.affiliation: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823-1312, USA.
authors.forename: Olga A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Koksharova
authors.forename: C Peter
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wolk
mesh_terms: D017033:Anabaena / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins