Aix-Marseille University (Université de la Méditerranée) and IBSM-CNRS
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Area of expertise: Primary and secondary metabolism; nitrogen and carbon metabolism, cyanobacterium, signal transduction
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Jang J, Shi L, Tan H, Janicki A, Zhang CC (2009) 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. J. Bacteriol. 191, 6059-6066.
• Zhang CC (2009) Let¡¯s stop playing with numbers. EMBO Rep. 10, 664-664.
• Latifi A, Ruiz M, Zhang CC (2009) Oxidative stress in cyanobacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 33, 258-278
• Zhang JY, Chen WL, Zhang CC (2009) hetR and patS, two genes necessary for heterocyst pattern formation, are widespread in filamentous nonheterocyst-forming cyanobacteria. Microbiology 155, 1418-1426.
• Jeanjean R, Talla E, Latifi A, Havaux M, Janicki A, Zhang CC (2008) 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. Environ. Microbiol. 10, 2574-2585.
• Laurent S, Jang J, Janicki A, Zhang CC, B¨¦du S (2008) Inactivation of spkD, encoding a Ser/Thr kinase, affects the pool of the TCA cycle metabolites in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Microbiology 154, 2161-2167
• Frangeul L, Quillardet P, Castets AM, Humbert JF, Matthijs HC, Cortez D, Tolonen A, Zhang CC, Gribaldo S, Kehr JC, Zilliges Y, Ziemert N, Becker S, Talla E, Latifi A, Billault A, Lepelletier A, Dittmann E, Bouchier C, de Marsac NT (2008) Highly plastic genome of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806, a ubiquitous toxic freshwater cyanobacterium. BMC Genomics 9, 274.
• Zhang LC, Chen YF, Chen WL, Zhang CC (2008) Existence of periplasmic barriers preventing green fluorescent protein diffusion from cell to cell in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Mol. Microbiol. 70, 814-823.
• Jang J, Wang L, Jeanjean R, Zhang CC (2007) PrpJ, a PP2C-type protein phosphatase located on the plasma membrane, is involved in heterocyst maturation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp PCC 7120. Mol. Microbiol. 64, 347-358.
• Latifi A, Ruiz M, Jeanjean R, Zhang CC (2006) PrxQ-A, a member of the peroxiredoxin Q family, plays a major role in defense against oxidative stress in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 42, 424-431.
• Shi L, Li JH, Cheng Y, Wang L, Chen WL, Zhang CC (2007) Two genes encoding protein kinases of the HstK family are involved in the synthesis of the minor heterocyst-specific glycolipid in the cyanobacterium Anabaenasp . strain PCC 7120. J. Bacteriol. 189, 5075-5081.
• Shen XC, Zhou J, Liu X, Wu J, Qu F, Zhang ZL, Pang DW, Qu¨¦l¨¦ver G, Zhang CC, Peng L (2007) Importance of size-to-charge ratio in construction of stable and uniform nanoscale RNA/dendrimer complexes. Org. Biomol. Chem. 5, 3674-3681.
• Chen H, Laurent S, B¨¦du S, Ziarelli F, Chen HL, Cheng Y, Zhang CC, Peng L (2006) Studying the signaling role of 2-oxoglutaric acid using analogs that mimic the ketone and ketal forms of 2-oxoglutaric acid. Chem. Biol. 13, 849-856.
• Sakr S, Thyssen M, Denis M, Zhang CC (2006) Relationship among several key cell cycle events in the developmental cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. J. Bacteriol. 188, 5958-5965.
• Cheng Y, Li JH, Shi L, Wang L, Latifi A, Zhang CC (2006) 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. J. Bacteriol. 188, 4822-4829.
• Wei XY, Sakr S, Li JH, Wang L, Chen WL, Zhang CC (2006) Trans-splicing of split DnaE intein in vitro and in vivo in the developmental cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Res. Microbiol. 157, 227-234.
• Sakr S, Jeanjean R, Zhang CC, Arcondeguy T (2006) Inhibition of cell division suppresses heterocyst development in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. J. Bacteriol. 188, 1396-1404.
• Zhou J, Wu J, Liu X, Qu F, Xiao M, Zhang Y, Charles L, Zhang CC, Peng L (2006) Cooperative binding and self-assembling behavior of cationic low molecular-weight dendrons with RNA molecules. Org. Biomol. Chem. 4, 581-585.
• Zhang JY, Zou J, Bao Q, Chen WL, Wang L, Yang H, Zhang CC (2006) 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. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72, 245-251.
• Zhang CC, Laurent S, Sakr S, Peng L, B¨¦du S (2006) Heterocyst differentiation and pattern formation in cyanobacteria: a chorus of signals. Mol. Microbiol. 59, 367-375.
• Zhang CC, Jang J, Sakr S, Wang L (2005) Protein phosphorylation on Ser, Thr and Tyr residues in cyanobacteria. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 9, 154-166.
• Latifi A, Jeanjean R, Lemeille S, Havaux M, Zhang CC (2005) Iron starvation leads to oxidative stress in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. J. Bacteriol. 187, 6596-6598.
• Laurent S, Chen H, B¨¦du S, Ziarelli F, Peng L, Zhang CC (2005) Nonmetabolizable analogue of 2-oxoglutarate elicits heterocyst differentiation under repressive conditions in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 9907-9912.
• Laurent S, Forchhammer K, Gonzalez L, Heulin T, Zhang CC, B¨¦du S (2004) Cell-type specific modification of PII is involved in the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120. FEBS Lett. 576, 261-265.
• Li JH, Laurent S, Konde V, B¨¦du S, Zhang CC (2003) An increase in the level of 2-oxoglutarate promotes heterocyst development in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Microbiology 149, 3257-3263.
• Xu WL, Jeanjean R, Liu YD, Zhang CC (2003) pkn22 (alr2052) 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. FEBS Lett. 553, 179-182.
• Wang L, Sun YP, Chen WL, Li JH, Zhang CC (2002) Genomic analysis of protein kinases, protein phosphatases and two-component regulatory systems of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 217, 155-165.