Publications

Gray-Owen, S. D.; Lorenzen, D. R.; Haude, A.; Meyer, T. F.; Dehio, C.: Differential Opa specificities for CD66 receptors influence tissue interactions and cellular response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Molecular Microbiology 26 (5), pp. 971 - 980 (1997)

Grassmé, H.; Gulbins, E.; Brenner, B.; Ferlinz, K.; Sandhoff, K.; Harzer, K.; Lang, F.; Meyer, T. F.: Acidic sphingomyelinase mediates entry of N-gonorrhoeae into nonphagocytic cells. Cell 91 (5), pp. 605 - 615 (1997)

Mellies, J.; Jose, J.; Meyer, T. F.: The Neisseria gonorrhoeae gene aniA encodes an inducible nitrite reductase. Molecular & General Genetics 256 (5), pp. 525 - 532 (1997)

Knepper, B.; Heuer, I.; Meyer, T. F.; van Putten, J. P.M.: Differential response of human monocytes to Neisseria gonorrhoeae variants expressing pili and opacity proteins. Infection and Immunity 65 (10), pp. 4122 - 4129 (1997)

Boxberger, H.-J.; Sessler, M. J.; Grausam, M. C.; Becker, H.-D.; Meyer, T. F.: Isolation and culturing of highly polarized primary epithelial cells from normal human stomach (antrum) as spheroid-like vesicles. Methods in Cell Science 19 (3), pp. 169 - 178 (1997)

Gómez-Duarte, O. G.; Dehio, M.; Guzman, C. A.; Chhatwal, G. S.; Dehio, C.; Meyer, T. F.: Binding of vitronectin to Opa-expressing Neisseria gonorrhoeae mediates invasion of HeLa cells. Infection and Immunity 65 (9), pp. 3857 - 3866 (1997)

Mosleh, I. M.; Boxberger, H.-J.; Sessler, M. J.; Meyer, T. F.: Experimental infection of native human ureteral tissue with Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Adhesion, invasion, intracellular fate, exocytosis, and passage through a stratified epithelium. Infection and Immunity 65 (8), pp. 3391 - 3398 (1997)

Naumann, M.; Wessler, S.; Bartsch, C.; Wieland, B.; Meyer, T. F.: Neisseria gonorrhoeae epithelial cell interaction leads to the activation of the transcription factors nuclear factor kappa B and activator protein 1 and the induction of inflammatory cytokines. Journal of Experimental Medicine 186 (2), pp. 247 - 258 (1997)

Boxberger, H.-J.; Meyer, T. F.; Grausam, M. C.; Reich, K.; Becker, H.-D.; Sessler, M. J.: Isolating and maintaining highly polarized primary epithelial cells from normal human duodenum for growth as spheroid-like vesicles. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal 33 (7), pp. 536 - 545 (1997)

Mellies, J.; Rudel, T.; Meyer, T. F.: Transcriptional regulation of pilC2 in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: response to oxygen availability and evidence for growth-phase regulation in Escherichia coli. Molecular & General Genetics 255 (3), pp. 285 - 293 (1997)

Gray-Owen, S. D.; Dehio, C.; Haude, A.; Grunert, F.; Meyer, T. F.: CD66 carcinoembryonic antigens mediate interactions between Opa-expressing Neisseria gonorrhoeae and human polymorphonuclear phagocytes. EMBO Journal 16 (12), pp. 3435 - 3445 (1997)

Fussenegger, M.; Rudel, T.; Barten, R.; Ryll, R.; Meyer, T. F.: Transformation competence and type-4 pilus biogenesis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae - A review. Gene 192 (1), pp. 125 - 134 (1997)

Manning, P. A.; Meyer, T. F.: Type-4 pili: biogenesis, adhesins, protein export and DNA import Schlob Ringberg, Rottach-Egern, Germany 26–29 November 1995: Preface. Gene 192 (1), p. 1 (1997)

Haas, R.; Meyer, T. F.: Vaccine development against Helicobacter pylori infections. Biologicals 25 (2), pp. 175 - 177 (1997)

Barten, R.; Meyer, T. F.: Neisseria gonorrhoeae reverse transcriptase activity does not mediate pilin gene conversion. Molecular Microbiology 24 (3), pp. 667 - 669 (1997)

Hauck, C. R.; Lorenzen, D.; Saas, J.; Meyer, T. F.: An in vitro differentiated human cell line as a model system to study the interaction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with phagocytic cells. Infection and Immunity 65 (5), pp. 1863 - 1869 (1997)

Rozsa, F. W.; Meyer, T. F.; Fussenegger, M.: Inversion of Moraxella lacunata type 4 pilin gene sequences by a Neisseria gonorrhoeae site-specific recombinase. Journal of Bacteriology 179 (7), pp. 2382 - 2388 (1997)

Hauck, C. R.; Meyer, T. F.: The lysosomal/phagosomal membrane protein h-lamp-1 is a target of the IgA1 protease of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. FEBS Letters 405 (1), pp. 86 - 90 (1997)

Ryll, R. R.; Rudel, T.; Scheuerpflug, I.; Barten, R.; Meyer, T. F.: PilC of Neisseria meningitidis is involved in class II pilus formation and restores pilus assembly, natural transformation competence and adherence to epithelial cells in PilC-deficient gonococci. Molecular Microbiology 23 (5), pp. 879 - 892 (1997)

Maurer, J.; Jose, J.; Meyer, T. F.: Autodisplay: One-component system for efficient surface display and release of soluble recombinant proteins from Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 179 (3), pp. 794 - 804 (1997)