Original articles

Kirstein J., Dougan D.A., Gerth U., Hecker M. & Turgay K. (2007) The tyrosine kinase McsB is a regulated adaptor protein for ClpCP. EMBO J. 26(8): 2061-2070.

Kirstein J., Schlothauer T., Dougan D.A., Lilie H., Tischendorf G., Mogk A., Bukau B., Turgay K. (2006) Adaptor protein controlled oligomerization activates the AAA+ protein ClpC. EMBO J. 25(7): 1481-91.

Andersson F.I., Blakytny R., Kirstein J., Turgay K., Bukau B., Mogk A., Clarke A.K. (2006) Cyanobacterial ClpC/HSP100 protein displays intrinsic chaperone activity. J. Biol. Chem. 281(9): 5468-75.

Kirstein J., Zuhlke D., Gerth U., Turgay K., Hecker M. (2005) A tyrosine kinase and its activator control the activity of the CtsR heat shock repressor in B. subtilis. EMBO J. 24(19): 3435-45.

Gerth U., Kirstein J., Mostertz J., Waldminghaus T., Miethke M., Kock H., Hecker M. (2004) Fine-tuning in regulation of Clp protein content in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 186(1): 179-91.

Rollenhagen C., Antelmann H., Kirstein J., Delumeau O., Hecker M., Yudkin M.D. (2003) Binding of sigma(A) and sigma(B) to core RNA polymerase after environmental stress in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol.  185(1):35-40.

Review article

Kirstein J., Turgay K. (2005) A new tyrosine phosphorylation mechanism involved in signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 9(3-4): 182-8.