Publications

2009

Hasenöhrl, D., Fabbretti, A., Londei, P., Gualerzi, C.O. and U. Bläsi (2009) Translation initiation complex formation in the crenarchaean Sulfolobus solfataricus. RNA, in press.

Manoharadas, S., A. Witte and U. Bläsi (2009) A chimeric enzybiotic specific for Staphylococcus aureus. J. Biotechnology 139(1):118-23.

2008

Vecerek, B., Rajkowitsch, L., Sonnleitner, E., Schroeder, R. and U. Bläsi (2008) The C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli Hfq is required for regulation. Nucleic Acids Research 36:133-143.

 

Hasenöhrl, D., Lombo, T., Londei, P. and U. Bläsi (2008) Translation initiation factor a/eIF2 a/eIF2(-γ) counteracts 5´- to 3´- mRNA decay in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 105:2146-2150.

Resch, A., Afonyushkin, T., McDowall, K.J., Bläsi, U. and V.R. Kaberdin (2008) Translational activation by the non-coding RNA DsrA involves alternative RNase III processing in the rpoS 5’-leader. RNA 14:454-459.

Rajkowitsch, L., Chen, D., Stampfl, S., Semrad, K., Waldsich, C., Mayer, O., B., Jantsch, M., Konrat, R., Bläsi, U. and R. Schroeder (2008) RNA chaperones, RNA annealers and RNA helicases. RNA Biology 4:118-130.

 

Sonnleitner, E., Sorger-Domenigg, T., Madej, M.J., Findeiß, S., Hackermüller, J., Hüttenhofer, A., Stadler, P., Moll, I. and U. Bläsi (2008) Detection of small non-coding RNAs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by RNomics and by structure-based bioinformatics tools. Microbiology 154: 3175-3187.

 

Stolboushkina, E.A., Nikonov, O.S., , Nikulin, A.D., Bläsi, U., Manstein, D.J., Federov, R.V., Garber, M.B. and Nikonov, S.V. (2008) High conformational flexibility of the α- and ß-subunits in the trimeric archaeal translation initiation factor 2 revealed by x-ray crystallography. J. Mol. Biol. 382: 680-691.

 

Maar, D., D. Liveris, J.K. Sussman, S.M. Ringquist, I. Moll, N. Heredia, A. Kil, U. Bläsi, I. Schwartz, and R.W. Simons (2008) A single mutation in the IF3 N-terminal domain perturbs the fidelity of translation initiation at three levels. J. Mol. Biol., in press

2007

Sorger-Domenigg, T., Sonnleitner, E., Kaberdin, V.R., and U. Bläsi (2007). Distinct and overlapping binding sites of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hfq and RsmA proteins on the non- coding RNA RsmY. Biochem. Biophy. Res. Comm. 352:769-773.

 

Agu, C.A., Klein, R. Lengler, J., Schilcher, F., Gregor, W., Peterbauer, T., Bläsi, U., Salmons, B., Günzburg, W.H. and C. Hohenadl (2007) Bacteriophage-encoded toxins: the lambda-holin protein causes caspase-independent non-apoptotic cell death of eukaryotic cells. Cell Microbiol. 9:1753-1765.

Večerek B., Moll, I. and Bläsi, U. (2007) Control of Fur synthesis by the non-coding RNA RyhB and iron-responsive decoding. EMBO J. 26:965-975.

Nikonov, O.S., Stolboushkina, E.A., Nikulin, A.D., Hasenöhrl, D., Bläsi, U., Manstein, D.J., Federov, R.V., Garber, M.B. and S.V. Nikonov (2007) New insights into the interaction of translation initiation factor 2 from archaea with guanine nucleotides and initiator tRNA.  J. Mol. Biol. 373:328-336.

2006

Sonnleitner, E., Schuster, M., Sorger-Domenigg, T., Greenberg, E.P., and U. Bläsi (2006) Hfq-dependent alterations of the transcriptome profile and effects on quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol. Microbiol. 59:1542-1558.

 

Hasenöhrl, D., Benelli, D., Barbazza, A., Londei, P., and U. Bläsi (2006) Sulfolobus solfataricus translation initiation factor I stimulates translation initiation complex formation. RNA 12:674-682.

 

S. Hagens, Habel, A., and U. Bläsi (2006) Augmentation of the antimicrobial efficacy of

antibiotics by filamentous phage. Microb. Drug Res. 12:164-168.

 

Kaberdin, V.R., and U. Bläsi (2006) Translation initiation and the fate of bacterial mRNAs.  FEMS Microb. Rev. 30:976-979.

Agu, C.A., Klein, R., Schwab, S., König-Schuster, M., Kodajoval, P., Ausserlechner, M., Binishofer, B., Bläsi, U., Salmons, B., Günzburg, W.H., and C. Hohenadl (2006) The cytotoxic activity of the bacteriophage l holin protein reduces tumor growth rates in mammary cancer cell xenograft models. J. Gene Medicine 8:229-241.