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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2023

Control of Cell Size by c-di-GMP Requires a Two-Component Signaling System in the Cyanobacterium

Qin-Xue Sun, Min Huang, Ju-Yuan Zhang, Xiaoli Zeng, Cheng-Cai Zhang

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. c-di-GMP-Dependent Regulation of Motility bybioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  9. A c-di-GMP binding effector controls cell size in a cyanobacterium.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qin-Xue SunState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Min HuangState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Ju-Yuan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoli ZengState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7616-0535
Cheng-Cai ZhangState Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-8194-2889
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNWuhan University of Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each bacterial species possesses a specific cell size and morphology, which constitute important and recognizable physical traits. How bacteria maintain their particular cell size and morphology remains an essential question in microbiology. Cyanobacteria are oxygen-evolving photosynthetic prokaryotes. Although monophyletic, these organisms are highly diverse in their cell morphology and cell size. How these physical traits of cyanobacteria are controlled is poorly understood. Here, we report the identification of a two-component signaling system, composed of a histidine kinase CdgK and a response regulator CdgS, involved in cell size regulation in the filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium

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AnabaenaCyanobacteriaBacterial ProteinsCell SizeCyclic GMPEcosystemEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialOxygenSignal TransductionBacterial Proteinsbis(3',5')-cyclic diguanylic acidCyclic GMPOxygenc-di-GMPcell morphologycell sizecyanobacteriasignal transduction

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PMID36625639
PMCPMC9927289
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