2006

  1. Schmidt-Kastner, R., Haberkamp, M., Schmitz, C., Hankeln, T. and Burmester, T. (2006) Neuroglobin mRNA expression after transient global brain ischemia and prolonged hypoxia in cell culture. Brain Res. (in press)

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  1. Roesner, A., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2006) Hypoxia induces a complex response of globin expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Exp. Biol. 209, 2129-2137

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  1. Hankeln, T., Klawitter, S., Krämer, M., and Burmester, T. (2006) Molecular characterisation of hemoglobin from the honeybee Apis mellifera. J. Insect Physiol. 52 (in press).

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  1. Hundahl, A., Fago, A., Dewilde, S., Moens, L., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., and Weber, R. E. (2006) Oxygen binding properties of non-mammalian nerve globins. FEBS J. 273, 1323–1329

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  1. Dewilde, S., Ebner, B., Vinck, E., Gilany, K., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., Kreiling, J., Reinisch, C., Vanfleteren, J., Kiger, L., Marden, M.C, Hundahl, C., Fago, A., Van Doorslaer, S., and Moens, L. (2006) The nerve hemoglobin of the bivalve mollusc Spisula solidissima: Molecular cloning, ligand binding studies and phylogenetic analysis. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 5364-5372

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  1. Burmester, T., Storf, J., Hasenjäger, A., Klawitter, S., and Hankeln, T. (2006) The hemoglobin genes of Drosophila. FEBS J. 273, 468-480

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  1. Fuchs, C., Burmester, T., and Hankeln, T. (2006) The amphibian globin gene repertoire as revealed by the Xenopus genome sequence. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 112, 296-306

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2005

  1. Fuchs, C., Luckhardt, A., Gerlach, F., Burmester, T., and Hankeln, T. (2005) Duplicated cytoglobin genes in teleost fishes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 337, 216–223

    2.

  1. Hamdane, D., Kiger, L., Hui Bon Ho, G., Dewilde, S., Uzan, J., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., and Marden, M.C. (2005) High pressure enhances hexacoordination in neuroglobin and other globins. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 36809-36814

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  1. Hagner-Holler, S., Kusche, K., Hembach, A., and Burmester, T. (2005) Biochemical and molecular characterisation of hemocyanin from the amphipod Gammarus roeseli: Complex pattern of hemocyanin subunit evolution in Crustacea. J. Comp. Physiol. B 175, 445–452

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  1. de Sanctis, D., Dewilde, S., Vonrhein, C., Pesce, A., Moens, L., Ascenzi, P., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., Ponassi, M., Nardini, M., and Bolognesi, M. (2005) Bis-histidyl heme hexacoordination, a key structural property in Drosophila melanogaster hemoglobin. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 27222-27229

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  1. Bentmann, A., Schmidt, M., Reuss, S., Wolfrum, U., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2005) Distribution in vascular and avascular mammalian retinae links neuroglobin to cellular respiration. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 20660 - 20665

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  1. Hamdane, D., Kiger, L., Dewilde, S., Uzan, J., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., and Marden, M.C. (2005) Hyper-thermal stability of neuroglobin and cytoglobin. FEBS J. 272, 2076-2084
  1. Burmester, T. (2005) A welcome shortage of breath. Nature 433, 471-472
  1. Hankeln, T., Ebner, B., Fuchs, C. Gerlach, F., Haberkamp, M., Laufs, T., Roesner, A., Schmidt, M., Weich, B., Wystub, S., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., Reuss, S., Bolognesi, M., De Sanctis, D., Marden, M.C., Kiger, L., Dewilde, S., Moens, L., Nevo, E., Avivi, A., Weber, R. E.,  Fago, A. and Burmester, T. (2005) Neuroglobin and cytoglobin in search of their role in the vertebrate globin family. J. Inorg. Biochem. 99, 110-119 
  1. Schmidt, M., Laufs, T., Reuss, S., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2005) Divergent distribution of cytoglobin and neuroglobin in the murine eye. Neurosci. Lett. 374, 207–211
  1. Mendoza, V., Klein, D., Ichii, H., Ribeiro, M.M., Ricordi, C., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., and Pastori, R.L. (2005) Protection of islets in culture by delivery of oxygen binding neuroglobin via protein transduction Transplant. Proc. 37, 237-240
  1. Roesner, A., Fuchs, C., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2005) A globin gene of ancient evolutionary origin in lower vertebrates: Evidence for two distinct globin families in animals. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22, 12-20
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2004
  1. Burmester, T., Haberkamp, M., Mitz, S., Roesner, A., Schmidt, M., Ebner, B., Fuchs, C. Gerlach, F., and Hankeln, T. (2004) Neuroglobin and cytoglobin: Genes, proteins and evolution. IUBMB Life 56, 671-679
  1. Hankeln, T., Wystub, S., Laufs, T., Schmidt, M., Gerlach, F., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., Reuss, S., and Burmester, T. (2004) The cellular and subcellular localisation of neuroglobin and cytoglobin: A clue to their function? IUBMB Life 56, 703-707
  1. Kiger, L., Uzan, J., Dewilde, S., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., Hamdane, D., Baudin-Creuza, V., and Marden, M. C. (2004) Neuroglobin ligand binding kinetics. IUBMB Life 56, 709-719
  1. Pesce, A., de Sanctis, D., Nardini, M., Dewilde, S., Moens, L., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., Ascenzi, P., and Bolognesi, M. (2004) Reversible hexa- to penta-coordination of the heme Fe atom modulates ligand binding properties of neuroglobin and cytoglobin. IUBMB Life 56, 657-664
  1. Kugelstadt, D., Haberkamp, M., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2004) Neuroglobin, cytoglobin and a novel, eye-specific globin from chicken. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 325, 719-725
  1. Ascenzi, P., Bocedi, A., de Sanctis, D., Pesce, A., Bolognesi, M., Marden, M. C., Dewilde, S., Moens, L., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2004) Neuroglobin and cytoglobin: two new entries in the hemoglobin superfamily. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Education 32, 305-313.
  1. Uzan, J., Dewilde, S., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., Hamdane, D., Marden, M.C., and Kiger, L. (2004) Neuroglobin and other hexacoordinated hemoglobins show a weak temperature dependence of oxygen binding. Biophys. J. 87, 1196-1204
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  1. Fuchs, C., Heib, V., Kiger, L., Haberkamp, M., Roesner, A., Schmidt, M., Hamdane, D., Marden, M. C., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2004) Zebrafish reveals different and conserved features of vertebrate neuroglobin gene structure, expression pattern and ligand binding. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 24116-24122
  1. Laufs, T., Wystub, S., Reuss, S., Burmester, T., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., and Hankeln, T. (2004) Neuron-specific expression of neuroglobin. Neurosci. Lett. 362, 83-86
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  1. Sanctis, D., Dewilde, S., Pesce, A., Moens, L., Ascenzi, P., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T. and Bolognesi, M. (2004) Mapping protein matrix cavities in human cytoglobin through Xe atom binding: a crystallographic investigation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 316, 1217-1221
  1. Burmester, T. and Hankeln, T. (2004) Neuroglobin: A respiratory protein of the nervous system. News Physiol. Sci. 19, 110-113
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  1. Wystub, S., Ebner, B. Fuchs, C., Weich, B., Burmester, T., and Hankeln, T. (2004) Interspecies comparison of neuroglobin, cytoglobin and myoglobin: sequence evolution and candidate regulatory elements. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 105, 65-78
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  1. Schmidt, M., Gerlach, F., Avivi, A., Laufs, T., Wystub, S., Simpson, J. C., Nevo, E., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., Reuss, S., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2004) Cytoglobin is a respiratory protein expressed in connective tissue and neurons that is up-regulated by hypoxia. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 8063 - 8069
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  1. de Sanctis, D., Dewilde, S., Pesce, A., Moens, L., Ascenzi, P., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., and Bolognesi, M. (2004) Crystal structure of cytoglobin: the fourth globin type discovered in man displays heme hexa-coordination. J. Mol. Biol. 336, 917-927
  1. Hagner-Holler, S., Schoen, A., Erker, W., Marden, J. H., Rupprecht, R., Decker, H., and Burmester, T. (2004) A respiratory hemocyanin from an insect. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 871-874
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  1. Burmester, T. (2004) Evolutionary history and diversity of arthropod hemocyanins. Micron 35, 121-122
  1. Pesce, A., Dewilde, S., Nardini, M., Moens, L., Ascenzi, P., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., and Bolognesi, M. (2004) The human brain hexacoordinated neuroglobin three-dimensional structure. Micron 35, 63-65
  1. Hamdane, D., Kiger, L., Dewilde, S., Green, B. N., Pesce, A., Uzan, J., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T. Bolognesi, M., Moens, L., and Marden, M. C. (2004) Coupling of the heme and an internal disulfide bond in human neuroglobin. Micron 35, 59-62
  1. Immesberger, I. and Burmester, T. (2004) Phenoloxidase-like proteins of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis and the origin of the arthropod hemocyanin superfamily. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 174, 169-180

2003

  1. Hamdane, D., Kiger, L., Dewilde, S., Green, B. N., Pesce, A., Uzan, J., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T. Bolognesi, M., Moens, L., and Marden, M. C. (2003) The redox state of the cell regulates the ligand binding affinity of human neuroglobin and cytoglobin. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 51713-51721
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  1. Averdam, A., Markl, J., and Burmester, T. (2003) Subunit sequences of the 4x6-mer hemocyanin from the golden orb-web spider Nephila inaurata: Intramolecular evolution of the chelicerate hemocyanin subunits. Eur. J. Biochem. 270, 3432-3439
  1. Pesce, A., Dewilde, S., Nardini, M., Moens, L. Ascenzi, P., Hankeln, T., Burmester, T., and Bolognesi, M. (2003) Human brain neuroglobin structure reveals a distinct mode of controlling oxygen affinity. Structure 11, 1087-1095
  1. de Sanctis, D., Dewilde, S., Pesce, A., Ascenzi, P., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., and Bolognesi, M. (2003) New insight into the hemoglobin superfamily: preliminary crystallographic characterization of human cytoglobin. Acta Crystal. D 59, 1285-1287
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  1. Kusche, K., Hembach, A., Hagner-Holler, S., Gebauer, W., and Burmester, T. (2003) Complete subunit sequences, structure and evolution of the 6x6-mer hemocyanin from the common house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata. Eur. J. Biochem. 270, 2860-2868
    2.
  1. Ebner, B., Burmester, T., and Hankeln, T. (2003) Globin genes are present in Ciona intestinalis. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20, 1526-1536
  1. Wystub, S., Laufs, T., Schmidt, M., Burmester, T., Maas, U., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., Hankeln, T., and Reuss, S. (2003) Localisation of neuroglobin protein in the mouse brain. Neurosci. Lett. 346, 114-116
  1. Kusche, K., Hembach, A., Milke, C., and Burmester, T. (2003) Molecular characterisation and evolution of the hemocyanin from the European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 173, 319–325
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  1. Hansen, I.A., To, T.T., Wortmann, S., Burmester, T., Winkler, C., Meyer, S.R., Neuner, C., Fassnacht, M., and Allolioa, B. (2003) The proopiomelanocortin gene of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303, 1121-1128
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  1. Schmidt, M., Gießl, A., Laufs, T., Hankeln, T., Wolfrum, U., and Burmester, T. (2003) How does the eye breathe? Evidence for neuroglobin-mediated oxygen supply in the mammalian retina. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 1932–1935
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  1. Nagamanju, P., Hansen, I., Burmester, T., Meyer, S., Scheller, K., and Dutta-Gupta, A. (2003) Complete sequence, expression and evolution of two members of the hexamerin protein family during the larval development of the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 33, 73-80
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  1. Meissner, U., Stohr, M., Kusche, K., Burmester, T., Stark, H., Harris, J. R., Orlova, E., and Markl, J. (2003) Quaternary structure of the European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) 1x6-mer hemocyanin from cryoEM and amino acid sequence data. J. Mol. Biol. 325, 99-109
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2002

  1. Pesce, A., Bolognesi, M., Ascenzi, P., Bocedi, A., Dewilde, S., Moens, L., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2002) Neuroglobin and cytoglobin: Fresh blood for the vertebrate globin family. EMBO Rep. 3, 1146-1151
  1. Reuss, S., Saaler-Reinhardt, S., Weich, B., Wystub, S., Reuss, M., Burmester, T., and Hankeln, T. (2002) Expression analysis of neuroglobin mRNA in rodent tissues. Neuroscience 115, 645-656
    2.
  1. Pesce, A., Nardini, M., Dewilde, S., Ascenzi, P., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Moens, L., and Bolognesi, M. (2002) Human neuroglobin: crystals and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis. Acta Crystal. D 58, 1848-1850
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  1. Kusche, K., Ruhberg, H., and Burmester, T. (2002) A hemocyanin from the Onychophora and the emergence of respiratory proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 10545-10548
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  1. Hankeln, T., Jaenicke, V., Kiger, L., Dewilde, S., Ungerechts, G., Schmidt, M., Urban, J., Marden, M., Moens, L., and Burmester, T. (2002) Characterization of Drosophila hemoglobin: Evidence for hemoglobin-mediated respiration in insects. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 29012-29017
  1. Ballweber, P., Markl, J., and Burmester, T. (2002) Complete hemocyanin-subunit sequences of the hunting spider Cupiennius salei: Recent hemocyanin-remodelling in entelegyne spiders. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 14451-14457
    2.
  1. Burmester, T. (2002) Origin and evolution of arthropod hemocyanins and related proteins. J. Comp. Physiol. B 172, 95-117
    2.
  1. Burmester, T., Ebner, B., Weich, B., and Hankeln, T. (2002) Cytoglobin: a novel globin type ubiquitously expressed in vertebrate tissues. Mol. Biol. Evol. 19, 416-421
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  1. Kusche, K. and Burmester, T. (2002) The hemocyanin superfamily of the Arthropoda. In: Proceedings of the XIIth International Conference on Invertebrate Dioxygen Binding Proteins - IO2BiP 2000 (Lallier, F. H., Zal, F., Toulmond, A., eds), Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff -France (ISBN 2-9518029-0-0)

2001

  1. Awenius, C., Hankeln, T., and Burmester, T. (2001) Neuroglobins from the zebrafish Danio rerio and the pufferfish Tetraodon nigroviridis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 287, 418-421
  1. Kusche, K. and Burmester, T. (2001) Molecular cloning and evolution of lobster hemocyanin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 282, 887-892
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  1. Kusche, K. and Burmester, T. (2001) Diplopod hemocyanin sequence and the phylogenetic position of the Myriapoda. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18, 1566-1573 
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  1. Dewilde, S., Kiger, L., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., Baudin-Creuza, V., Aerts, T., Marden, M.C., Caubergs, R., and Moens, L. (2001) Biochemical characterization and ligand-binding properties of neuroglobin, a novel member of the globin family. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 38949-38955 
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  1. Couture, M., Burmester, T., Hankeln, T., and Rousseau, D. L. (2001) The heme environment of mouse neuroglobin: Evidence for the presence of two conformation of the heme pocket. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 36377-36382 
  1. Burmester, T. (2001) Molecular evolution of the arthropod hemocyanin superfamily. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18, 184-195
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2000

  1. Burmester, T. (2000) Hämocyanine und Globine – Proteinfamilien im evolutiven Wandel. Habilitationsschrift. Fachbereich Biologie der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
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  1. Voit, R., Feldmaier-Fuchs, G., Schweikardt, T., Decker, H., and Burmester, T. (2000) Complete sequence of the 24mer hemocyanin of the tarantula Eurypelma californicum: structure and intramolecular evolution of the subunits. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 39339-39344
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  1. Burmester, T., Weich, B., Reinhardt, S., and Hankeln, T. (2000) A vertebrate globin expressed in the brain. Nature 407, 520-523
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  1. Martinez, T., Burmester, T., Veenstra, J., and Wheeler, D. (2000) Sequence and evolution of a hexamerin from the ant Camponotus festinatus. Insect Mol. Biol. 9, 427-431
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  1. Burmester, T., Mink, M., Pál, M., Laszlóffy, Z., Lepesant, J.A., and Maròy, P. (2000) A genetic and molecular analysis in the 70CD region of the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 246, 157-167

1999

  1. Jaenicke, E., Decker, H., Gebauer, W., Markl, J., and Burmester, T. (1999) Identification, structure and properties of hemocyanins from diplopod Myriapoda. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 29071-29074
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  1. Burmester, T. and Hankeln, T. (1999) A globin gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16, 1809-1811
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  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1999) Ligands and receptors: common theme in insect storage protein transport. Naturwissenschaften 84, 468-474
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  1. Burmester, T. (1999) Evolution and function of the insect hexamerins. Eur. J. Entomol. 96, 213-225
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  1. Burmester, T. (1999) Identification, molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of a non-respiratory pseudo-hemocyanin of Homarus americanus. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 13217-13222
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  1. Burmester, T., Antoniewski, C., and Lepesant, J.A. (1999) Ecdysone-regulation of synthesis and processing of fat body protein 1, the larval serum protein receptor of Drosophila melanogaster. Eur. J. Biochem. 262, 49-55

1998

  1. Danty, E., Arnold, G., Burmester, T., Huet, J.-C., Huet, D., Pernollet, J.-C., and Masson, C. (1998) Identification and developmental profiles of hexamerins in antenna and hemolymph of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 28, 387-397
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  1. Burmester, T., Massey, H. C. Jr., Zakharkin, S. O., and Beneš, H. (1998) The evolution of hexamerins and the phylogeny of insects. J. Mol. Evol. 47, 93-108
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  1. Burmester, T., Kölling, C., Schroer, B., and Scheller, K. (1998) Complete sequence, expression, and evolution of the hexamerin LSP-2 of Calliphora vicina. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 28, 11-22

1997

  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1997) Developmentally controlled cleavage of the Calliphora arylphorin receptor and posttranslational action of the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. Eur. J. Biochem. 247, 695-702
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  1. Mousseron-Grall, S., Keyzlarová-Lepesant, J., Burmester, T., Chihara, C., Pictet, R., Barray, M., Delain, E. and Lepesant, J.A. (1997) Sequence, structure, and evolution of the ecdysone-inducible Lsp-2 gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Eur. J. Biochem. 245, 191-198
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  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1997) Conservation of hexamerin endocytosis in Diptera. Eur. J. Biochem. 244, 713-720

1996

  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1996) Common origin of arthropod tyrosinase, arthropod hemocyanin, insect hexamerin and dipteran arylphorin receptor. J. Mol. Evol. 42, 713-728

1995

  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1995) Complete cDNA-sequence of the receptor responsible for arylphorin uptake by the larval fat body of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 25, 981-989
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  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1995) Ecdysterone-mediated uptake of arylphorin by larval fat bodies of Calliphora vicina: involvement and developmental regulation of arylphorin binding proteins. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 25, 799-806
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  1. Burmester, T., Matzner, U. and Scheller, K. (1995) Effect of 20-hydroxy-ecdysone on synthesis and uptake of arylphorin by the larval fat body of Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Eur. J. Entomol. 92, 217-227

1994

  1. Burmester, T. (1994) Charakterisierung des Arylphorinrezeptors von Calliphora vicina. Dissertation, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
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1992

  1. Markl, J., Burmester, T., Decker, H., Savel-Niemann, A., Harris, J.R., Süling, M., Naumann, U. and Scheller, K. (1992) Quaternary and subunit structure of Calliphora arylphorin as deduced from electron microscopy, electrophoresis, and sequence similarities with arthropod hemocyanin. J. Comp. Physiol. B 162, 665-680

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  1. Burmester, T. and Scheller, K. (1992) Identification of binding proteins involved in the stage-specific uptake of arylphorin by the fat body cells of Calliphora vicina.Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 22, 211-220