Publications 2012
Kirchmaier BC, Poon KL, Schwerte T, Huisken J, Winkler C, Jungblut B, Stainier DY, Brand T. (2012): The Popeye domain containing 2 (popdc2) gene in zebrafish is required for heart and skeletal muscle developement Dev. Biol. 2012 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] 
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Publications 2011
Alsheimer M, Jahn D, Schramm S, Benavente R. (2011): Nuclear lamins in mammalian spermatogenesis. In S. Rousseaux and S. Khochbin (eds.), Epingentics and Human Reproduction. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany
Choi SW, Eckardt S, Ahmad R, Wolber W, McLaughlin JK, Sirén AL, Müller AM. (2011): Two paternal genomes are compatible with dopaminergic in vitro and in vivo differentiation. Int J Dev Biol. 2010;54(11-12):1755-62 Pubmed
Fiedler J, Jazbutyte V, Kirchmaier BC, Gupta SK, Lorenzen J, Hartmann D, Galuppo P, Kneitz S, Pena JT, Sohn-Lee C, Loyer X, Soutschek J, Brand T, Tuschl T, Heineke J, Martin U, Schulte-Merker S, Ertl G, Engelhardt S, Bauersachs J, Thum T. (2011): MicroRNA-24 regulates vascularity after myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2011 Aug 9;124(6):720-30. Epub 2011 Jul 25. Pubmed
Friedrich M, Gan Q, Ermolayev V, Harms GS. (2011): STED-SPIM: Stimulated Emission Depletion Improves Sheet Illumination Resolution. Biophys. J. 2011 Apr 20;100(8):L43-5. Pubmed
Göb E, Meyer-Natus E, Benavente R, Alsheimer M. (2011): Expression of individual mammalian Sun1 isoforms depends on the cell type. Commun. Integr. Biol. Jul;4(4):440-2. Pubmed
Kräußling Michael, Wagner T.U., Schartl M. (2011): Highly asynchronous and asymmetric cleavage divisions accompany early transcriptional activity in pre-blastula medaka embryos. PLoS One, 6(7): e21741, 2011 Pubmed
Lindner B, Dill H, Hirmer A, Brocher J, Lee GP, Mathavan S, Bolz HJ, Winkler C, Laggerbauer B, Fischer, U. (2011): Systemic splicing factor deficiency causes tissue-specific defects: a zebrafish model for retinitis pigmentosa. Hum.Mol.Gent. 20(2):368-77 Pubmed
Schramm S, Fraune J, Naumann R, Hernandez-Hernandez A, Höög C, Cooke HJ, Alsheimer M, Benavente R. (2011): A novel mouse synaptonemal complex protein is essential for loading of central element proteins, recombination and fertility. PLoS Genet. May;7(5):e1002088. Epub 2011 May 26 Pubmed
Publications 2010
Alsheimer M, Baier A, Schramm S, Schütz W, Benavente R. (2010): Synaptonemal complex protein SYCP3 exists in two isoforms showing different conservation in mammalian evolution. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 128(1-3):162-8. Epub 2010 Mar 25. Pubmed
Glinka M, Herrmann T, Funk N, Havlicek S, Rossoll W, Winkler C, Sendtner M. (2010): The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-R is necessary for axonal beta-actin mRNA translocation in spinal motor neurons. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 May 15;19(10):1951-66. Epub 2010 Feb 18. Pubmed
Göb E, Schmitt J, Benavente R, Alsheimer M. (2010): Mammalian sperm head formation involves different polarization of two novel LINC complexes. PLoS One 2010 Aug 10;5(8):e12072. Pubmed
Jahn D, Schramm S, Benavente R, Alsheimer M. (2010): Dynamic properties of meiosis-specific lamin C2 and its impact on nuclear envelope integrity. Nucleus 1:273-283. Nucleus
Obier N, Müller AM. (2010): Chromatin flow cytometry identifies changes in epigenetic cell states. Cell Tissues Organs. 2010;191(3):167-74. Epub 2009 Sep 18. Pubmed
Obier N, Uhlemann CF, Müller AM. (2010): Inhibition of histone deacetylases by Trichostatin A leads to a HoxB4 independent increase of hematopoietic progenitor/stem cell frequencies as a result of selective survival. Cytotherapy. 2010 Nov;12(7): 899-908 Pubmed
Schäffler K, Schulz K, Hirmer A, Wiesner J, Grimm M, Sickmann A, Fischer U. (2010): A stimulatory role for the La-related protein 4B in translation. RNA. 16:1488-99 Pubmed
Torlopp A, Schlueter J, Brand T. (2010): Role of fibroblast growth factor signaling during proepicardium formation in chick emryo. Dev Dyn. 2010 Sep;239(9):2393-403. Pubmed
Publications 2009
Adelfalk C, Janschek J, Revenkova E, Blei C, Liebe B, Göb E, Alsheimer M, Benavente R, de Boer E, Novak I, Höög C, Scherthan H, Jessberger R. (2009): Cohesin SMC1 beta protects telomeres in meiocytes. J. Cell Biol. 2009 Oct 19;187(2):185-99 Pubmed
Alsheimer M. (2009): The dance floor of meiosis: evolutionary conservation of nuclear envelope attachement and dynamics of meiotic telomeres. Genome Dyn. 2009;5: 81-93. Pubmed
Chari A, Paknia E, Fischer U. (2009): The role of RNP biogenesis in spinal muscular atrophy. Curr. Opin. Cell Biology. Jun;21(3):387-393 Pubmed
Friedrich M, Nozadze R, Gan Q, Zelman-Femiak M, Ermolayev V, Wagner TU, Harms GS. (2009): Detection of single quantum dots in model organisms with sheet illumination microscopy. Biochem Biopyhs Res Comun. 2009 Dec 18;390(3):722-7. Epub 2009 Oct 13. Pubmed
Klüver N, Herpin A, Braasch I, Drießle J, Schartl M. (2009): Regulatory Back-Up Circuit of Medaka Wt1 Co-Orthologs Ensures PGC Maintenance. 2009 Jan 1;325(1):179-88. Epub 2008 Nov 1. 
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Winkel K, Alsheimer M, Öllinger R, Benavente R. (2009): Protein SYCP2 provides a link between transverse filaments and lateral elements of mammalian synaptonemal complexes. Chromosoma 2009 Apr;118(2):259-67. Epub 2008 Nov 26 Pubmed
Publications 2008
Dinger TC, Eckardt S, Choi SW, Camarero G, Kurosaka S, Hornich V, McLaughlin KJ, Müller AM. (2008): Androgenetic embryonic stem cells form neural stem cells in vivo and in vitro. Stem Cells. 2008 Jun;26(6):1474-83. Epub 2008 Mar 27. Pubmed
Eckardt S, Dinger TC, Kurosaka S, Leu NA, Müller AM, McLaughlin KJ. (2008): In vivo and in vitro differentiation of uniparental embryonic stem cells into hematopoietic and neural cell types. Organogenesis 2008 Jan;4(1):33-41. Pubmed
Liedtke D, Winkler C. (2008): Midkine-b regulates cell specification at the neural plate border in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics. Dev. Dyn. 2008 Jan;237(1):62-74. Pubmed
Musharraf A, Markschies N, Teichmann K, Pankratz S, Landgraf K, Englert C, Imhof D. (200): Eyes absent proteins: characterization of substrate specificity and phosphatase activity of mutants associated with branchial, otic and renal anomalies. Chembiochem. 2008 Sep 22;9(14):2285-94. Pubmed
Ruau D, Ensenat-Waser R, Dinger TC, Vallabhapurapu DS, Rolletschek A, Hacker C, Hieronymus T, Wobus AM, Müller AM, Zenke M. (2008): Pluripotency-associated genes are reactivated by chromatin-modifying agents in neurosphere cells. Stem Cells 2008 Apr;26(4):920-6. Epub 2008 Jan 17. Pubmed
Stahl S, Gaetzner S, Voss K, Brackertz B, Schleider E, Sürücü O, Kunze E, Netzer C, Korenke C, Finckh U, Habek M, Elbracht M, Bertalanffy H, Sure U, Felbor U. (2008): Novel CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3 mutations in patients with cerebral cavernous malformations: in-frame-deletion in CCM2 prevents formation of a ternary CCM1/CCM2/CCM3 complex. Hum Mutat. 2008 May;29(5):709-17 Pubmed
Volkenstein D, Brors S, Hansen R, Mlynski R, Dinger TC, Müller AM, Dazert S. (2008): Investigation of neural stem cell-derived donor contribution in the inner ear following blastocyst injection. Laryngorhinootologie. 2008 Mar;87(3):168-73. Epub 2007 Nov 23. German. Pubmed
Publications 2007
Alsheimer M, Schmitt J, Benavente R (2007): Meiose - wenn Chromosomen zum Tanz bitten. BIOforum 06/2007:44-45.
Baier A, Alsheimer M, Benavente R. (2007): Synaptonemal complex protein SYCP3: Conserved polymerization properties among vertebrates. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1774, 595-602. 
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Baier A, Alsheimer M, Volff JN, Benavente R. (2007): Synaptonemal complex protein SYCP3 of the Rat: Evolutionary Conserved Domains and the Assembly of Higher Order Structures. Sex. Dev. 1, 161-168 PubMed
Diez H, Fischer A, Winkler A, Hu CJ, Hatzopoulos AK, Breier G, Gessler M. (2007): Hypoxia-mediated activation of Dll4-Notch-Hey2 signaling in endothelial progenitor cells and adoption of arterial cell fate. Exp Cell Res. 313:1-9. 
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Fischer A, Steidl C, Wagner TU, Lang E, Jakob PM, Friedl P, Knobeloch KP, Gessler M. (2007): Combined loss of Hey1 and HeyL causes congenital heart defects due to impaired epithelial to mesenchymal transformation. Circ Res. 2007 Mar 30;100(6):856-63. PubMed
Gaetzner S, Stahl S, Sürücü O, Schaafhausen A, Halliger-Keller B, Bertalanffy H, Sure U, Felbor U. CCM1 gene deletion identified by MLPA in cerebral cavernous malformation, Neurosurg. Rev. 2007 Apr;30(2):155-9; discussion 159-60. PubMed
Gilsbach R, Brede M, Beetz N, Moura E, Muthig V, Gerstner C, Barreto F, Neubauer S, Vieira-Coelho MA, Hein L. (2007): Heterozygous a2C-adrenoceptor-deficient mice develop heart failure after transverse aortic constriction. Cardiovasc. Res. 75, 728-73. PubMed
Herpin A, Rohr S, Riedel D, Klüver N, Raz E, Schartl M. (2007): Specification of primordial germ cells in medaka (Oryzias latipes) BMC Developmental Biology, 7:3. PubMed
Klattig J, Sierig R, Kruspe D, Makki MS, Englert C. (2007):WT1-mediated gene regulation in early urogenital ridge development. Sex Dev. 2007;1(4):238-54 PubMed
Klattig J, Sierig R, Kruspe D, Besenbeck B, Englert C. (2007): The Wilms tumor protein Wt1 is an activator of the anti-Müllerian hormone receptor gene Amhr2. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Jun;27(12):4355-64. PubMed
Klüver N, Pfennig F, Pala I, Storch K, Schlieder M, Froschauer A, Gutzeit HO, Schartl M. (2007): Differential expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (amh) and anti-Mullerian hormone receptor type II (amhrII) in the teleost medaka. Dev Dyn.; 236(1):271-81. PubMed
Knaus AE, Muthig V, Schickinger S, Moura E, Beetz N, Gilsbach R, Hein L. (2007) a2-adrenoceptor subtypes – unexpected functions for receptors and ligands derived from gene-targeted mouse models. Neurochem. Int. 51, 277-281. PubMed
Lillesaar C, Tannhäuser B, Stigloher C, Kremmer E, Bally-Cuif L. (2007): The serotonergic phenotype is acquired by converging genetic mechanisms within the zebrafish central nervous system Developmental Dynamics. 2007 Apr;236(4):1072-84; PubMed
Muthig V, Gilsbach R, Philipp M, Ivacevic T, Gessler M, Hein L. (2007): Upregulation of soluble VEGF receptor 1 contributes to angiogenesis defects in the placenta of a2B-adrenoceptor deficient mice. Circulation Research 101, 682-691. PubMed
Schäfer M. (2007): Floor plate and ventral spinal cord formation in zebrafish. Futura, 22, 265-269.
Schäfer M. (2007): Molekulare Mechanismen der Bodenplatten Entwicklung und neuronalen Musterbildung im Rückenmark des Zebrafisches. BioSpektrum 1/2007.
Schäfer M, Kinzel D, Winkler C. (2007): Discontinuous organization of the lateral floor plate in zebrafish. Dev. Biol, 301, 117-29. PubMed
Schmitt J, Benavente R, Hodzic D, Höög C, Stewart CL, Alsheimer M. (2007): Transmembrane protein Sun2 is involved in tethering meiotic telomeres to the nuclear envelope, PNAS 2007 May 1;104(18):7426-31. PubMed
Stahl S, Reinders Y, Asan E, Mothes W, Conzelmann E, Sickmann A, Felbor U. (2007): Proteomic analysis of cathepsin B and L-deficient mouse brain lysosomes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Oct;1774(10):1237-46. PubMed
Sürücü O, Sure U, Stahl S, Gaetzner S, Bertalanffy H, Felbor U. (2007): Neue CCM1-Mutation bei einem 2-Jährigen, Zerebrale und Kutane Manifestationen der familiären Kavernomatose. Monatsschr. Kinderheilkd.
To TT, Hahner S, Nica G, Rohr K, Hammerschmidt M, Winkler C, Allolio B. (2007): Pituitary-interrenal interaction in zebrafish interrenal organ development, Mol. Endocrin 2007 Feb;21(2):472-85. PubMed
Voss K, Stahl S, Schleider E, Ullrich S, Nickel J, Mueller TD, Felbor U. (2007): CCM3 interacts with CCM2 indicating common pathogenesis for cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurogenetics. 2007 Nov;8(4):249-56. Epub 2007 Jul 27. PubMed
Wagner TU. (2007): Bone morphogenetic protein signaling in stem cells - one signal, many consequences. FEBS J. 2007 Jun;274(12):2968-76. Epub 2007 May 22 PubMed
Publications 2006
Barrionuevo F, Bagheri-Fam S, Klattig J, Kist R, Taketo MM, Englert C, Scherer G. (2006): Homozygous Inactivation of Sox9 Causes Complete XY Sex Reversal in Mice. Biol Reprod; 74:195-201. PubMed
Berger I, Stahl S, Rychkova N, Felbor U. (2006): VEGF receptors on PC12 cells mediate transient activation of ERK1/2 and Akt: Comparison of nerve growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor, J. Neg. Res. BioMedicine 2006 Jun 1;5:8. PubMed
Camarero G, Tyrsin OY, Xiang C, Pfeiffer V, Pleiser S, Wiese S, Götz R, Rapp UR. (2006): Cortical migration defects in mice expressing A-RAF from the B-RAF locus. Mol Cell Biol. 26, 7103-7115. PubMed
Clugston RD, Klattig J, Englert C, Clagett-Dame M, Martinovic J, Benachi A and Greer JJ. (2006): Teratogen-Induced, Dietary and Genetic Models of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Share a Common Mechanism of Pathogenesis. American Journal of Pathology; 169 (5): 1541-1549. PubMed
Schäfer M, Winkler C. (2006): Neuronale Musterbildung im embryonalen Rückenmark – Midkine-a kontrolliert die Bildung der medialen Bodenplatte. BIOforum 2, 2-4
Schild-Prüfert K, Giegerich M, Schäfer M, Winkler C, Krohne G. (2006): Structural and functional characterization of the zebrafish lamin B receptor. European Journal of Cell Biology 85, 813-824. PubMed
Stahl S, Felbor U. (2006): Controversial molecular classification of human cerebrovascular malformations, Stroke 2006 Sep;37(9):2214; author reply 2215-6. PubMed
Stigloher C, Ninkovic J, Laplante M, Geling A, Tannhauser B, Topp S, Kikuta H, Becker TS, Houart C, Bally-Cuif L. (2006): Segregation of telencephalic and eye-field identities inside the zebrafish forebrain territory is controlled by Rx3. Development.133:2925-35. PubMed
Sürücü O, Sure U, Gaetzner S, Stahl S, Benes L, Bertalanffy H, Felbor U. (2006): Clinical impact of CCM mutation detection in familial cavernous angioma, Child’s Nerv. Syst. 2006, 22, 1461-1464. PubMed
Torlopp A, Breher SS, Schlüter J, Brand T. (2006): Comparative analysis of mRNA and protein expression of Popdc1 (Bves) during early development in the chick embryo. Dev Dyn. 235:691-700. PubMed
Veith AM, Schäfer M, Klüver N, Schmidt C, Schultheis C, Schartl M, Winkler C, Volff JN. (2006): Tissue-Specific Expression of dmrt Genes in Embryos and Adults of the Platyfish Xiphophorus maculates. Zebrafish, Vol. 3, No. 3: 325-337.
Veith AM, Klattig J, Dettai A, Schmidt C, Englert C, Volff JN. (2006) Male-biased expression of X-chromosomal DM domain-less Dmrt8 genes in the mouse. Genomics; 88: 185-195. PubMed
Publications 2005
Bollig F, Mehringer R, Perner B, Hartung C, Schäfer M, Schartl M, Volff JN, Winkler C, Englert C. (2005): Identification and comparative expression analysis of a second wt1 gene in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics 235, 554-561. PubMed
Fischer A, Klattig J, Kneitz B, Diez H, Maier M, Holtmann B, Englert C, Gessler M. (2005). Hey bHLH transcription factors are repressors of GATA4 and GATA6 and restrict expression of the GATA-target gene ANF in fetal hearts. Mol Cell Biol 25: 8960-8970. PubMed
Gaetzner S, Deckers ML, Stahl S, Löwig C, Olsen BR, Felbor U. (2005): Endostatin's heparan sulfate-binding site is essential for inhibition of angiogenesis and enhances in situ binding to capillary-like structures in bone explants. Matrix Biol. 2005 Jan;23(8):557-61.PubMed
Geisinger A, Alsheimer M, Baier A, Benavente R, Wettstein R. (2005): The mammalian gene pecanex 1 is differentially expressed during spermatogenesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1728, 34-4.3. PubMed
Klüver N, Kondo M, Herpin A, Mitani H, Schartl M. (2005): Divergent expression patterns of Sox9 duplicates in teleosts indicate a lineage specific subfunctionalization. Dev Genes Evol.;215(6):297-305. PubMed
Rychkova N, Stahl S, Gaetzner S, Felbor U. (2005): Non-heparin binding interactions of endostatin/collagen XVIII in murine development, Dev. Dyn. 2005 Feb;232(2):399-407. PubMed
Schäfer M, Kinzel D, Neuner C, Schartl M, Volff JN, Winkler C. (2005): Hedgehog and retinoid signalling confines nkx2.2b expression to the lateral floor plate of the zebrafish trunk. Mech Dev 122, 43-56. PubMed
Schäfer M, Rembold M, Wittbrodt J, Schartl M, Winkler C. (2005): Medial floor plate formation in zebrafish consists of two phases and requires trunk-derived Midkine-a. Genes & Development 19, 897-902. PubMed
Schäfer M, Winkler C. (2005): "Midkine" kontrolliert die frühe Entwicklung des Rückenmarks. UNI-INTERN, 34/2005; Bionity.COM Newsletter, 47/2005
Stahl S, Gaetzner S, Mueller TD, Felbor U. (2005): Endostatin phenylalanines 31 and 34 define a receptor binding site, Genes to Cells 2005 Sep;10(9):929-39. PubMed
Winkler C, Eggert C, Gradl D, Meister G, Giegerich M, Wedlich D, Laggerbauer B, Fischer U. (2005): Reduced U snRNP assembly causes motor axon degeneration in an animal model for spinal muscular atrophy. Genes and Development 19, 2320-30. PubMed
Publications 2004
Leimeister C, Schumacher N, Diez H, Gessler M. (2004): Cloning and expression analysis of the mouse stroma marker Snep encoding a novel nidogen domain protein. Dev Dyn. 230, 371-377. PubMed
Hansen IA, To TT, Wortmann S, Burmester T, Winkler C, Meyer SR, Neuner C, Fassnacht M, Allolio B. (2004): The pro-opiomelanocortin gene of the zebrafish (Danio rerio), Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 303, 1121-8. PubMed
