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Christoph Weise is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work particularly focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Ecology, and Physiology.

Their research spans various topics, with a concentration on areas such as Asthma and respiratory diseases, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, and Veterinary Equine Medical Research.

Recent publications by Christoph Weise include the following papers:

  • Plant Extracellular Vesicles and Nanovesicles: Focus on Secondary Metabolites, Proteins and Lipids with Perspectives on Their Potential and Sources (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Non-lethal exposure to H2O2 boosts bacterial survival and evolvability against oxidative stress (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • TMEM87a/Elkin1, a component of a novel mechanoelectrical transduction pathway, modulates melanoma adhesion and migration (2020, eLife)
  • Polyglycerol for Half-Life Extension of Proteins-Alternative to PEGylation? (2021, Biomacromolecules)
  • Purification of functional Plasmodium falciparum tubulin allows for the identification of parasite-specific microtubule inhibitors (2022, Current Biology)

Christoph Weise has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Toxins
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Benno Kuropka
  • Alexander Weng
  • Florian Bartenschlager
  • Murat Eravci
  • Lars Mundhenk

Best Publications

  • GxxxG motifs within the amyloid precursor protein transmembrane sequence are critical for the etiology of Aβ42

    Lisa-Marie Munter;Philipp Voigt;Anja Harmeier;Daniela Kaden

  • A Novel Complex of Nucleoporins, Which Includes Sec13p and a Sec13p Homolog, Is Essential for Normal Nuclear Pores

    Symeoni Siniossoglou;Christian Wimmer;Michael Rieger;Valerie Doye

  • A soluble form of TRAP (CD40 ligand) is rapidly released after T cell activation.

    D Graf;S Müller;U Korthäuer;C van Kooten

  • Methylation of histone H3 K4 mediates association of the Isw1p ATPase with chromatin.

    Helena Santos-Rosa;Robert Schneider;Bradley E. Bernstein;Nickoletta Karabetsou

  • Identification of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) as the natural ligand for the orphan somatostatin-like receptor 1 (SLC-1).

    Dietmar Bächner;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp;Christoph Weise;Friedrich Buck

  • A Bifunctional Enzyme Catalyzes the First Two Steps in N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Biosynthesis of Rat Liver MOLECULAR CLONING AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF UDP-N-ACETYL-GLUCOSAMINE 2-EPIMERASE/N-ACETYLMANNOSAMINE KINASE

    Roger Stäsche;Stephan Hinderlich;Christoph Weise;Karin Effertz

  • Reverse physiology in drosophila: identification of a novel allatostatin-like neuropeptide and its cognate receptor structurally related to the mammalian somatostatin/galanin/opioid receptor family.

    Necla Birgül;Christoph Weise;Hans‐Jürgen Kreienkamp;Dietmar Richter

  • Do Bridging Water Molecules Dictate the Structure of a Model Dipeptide in Aqueous Solution

    Chi-Duen Poon;Edward T. Samulski;Christoph F. Weise;James C. Weisshaar

  • Isolated Apolipophorin III from Galleria mellonella Stimulates the Immune Reactions of This Insect.

    Andreas Wiesner;Susanne Losen;Petr Kopáček;Christoph Weise

  • Synaptic scaffolding proteins in rat brain. Ankyrin repeats of the multidomain Shank protein family interact with the cytoskeletal protein alpha-fodrin.

    Tobias M. Böckers;Marie Germaine Mameza;Michael R. Kreutz;Jürgen Bockmann

  • Characterization of recombinant human nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferase (NMNAT), a nuclear enzyme essential for NAD synthesis.

    Manfred Schweiger;Klaus Hennig;Felicitas Lerner;Marc Niere

  • Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase by reversible ADP-ribosylation in mitochondria.

    Andrés Herrero‐Yraola;Siham M.A. Bakhit;Peter Franke;Christoph Weise

  • CREB-binding protein/p300 activates MyoD by acetylation.

    Anna Polesskaya;Arnaud Duquet;Irina Naguibneva;Christoph Weise

  • Identification and characterization of RNA guanine-quadruplex binding proteins

    Annekathrin von Hacht;Oliver Seifert;Marcus Menger;Tatjana Schütze

  • Plant Extracellular Vesicles and Nanovesicles: Focus on Secondary Metabolites, Proteins and Lipids with Perspectives on Their Potential and Sources.

    Eric Woith;Gea Guerriero;Jean-Francois Hausman;Jenny Renaut

  • The effect of starvation on acquisition of competence and post-metamorphic performance in the marine prosobranch gastropod Crepidula fornicata (L.)

    Jan A. Pechenik;Kimberly Hammer;Christopher Weise

  • Ligand-Gated Ion Channels.

    Ferdinand Hucho;Christoph Weise

  • Role of amyloid-beta glycine 33 in oligomerization, toxicity, and neuronal plasticity.

    Anja Harmeier;Christian Wozny;Christian Wozny;Benjamin R Rost;Lisa-Marie Munter

  • Anionic subsites of the acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica: affinity labelling with the cationic reagent N,N-dimethyl-2-phenyl-aziridinium.

    C. Weise;H. J. Kreienkamp;R. Raba;A. Pedak

  • Homophilic Interactions of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Ectodomain Are Regulated by the Loop Region and Affect β-Secretase Cleavage of APP

    Daniela Kaden;Lisa-Marie Munter;Mangesh Joshi;Carina Treiber

  • Chemoselective Staudinger-phosphite reaction of azides for the phosphorylation of proteins.

    Remigiusz Serwa;Ina Wilkening;Giuseppe Del Signore;Michaela Mühlberg

  • Mechanisms of Protein Oligomerization : Inhibitor of Functional Amyloids Templates α-Synuclein Fibrillation

    Istvan Horvath;Christoph F. Weise;Emma K. Andersson;Erik Chorell

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinand Hucho
Ferdinand Hucho Freie Universität Berlin
Gerd Multhaup
Gerd Multhaup McGill University
Markus C. Wahl
Markus C. Wahl Freie Universität Berlin
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede Chalmers University of Technology
Achim D. Gruber
Achim D. Gruber Freie Universität Berlin
Heinrich Neubauer
Heinrich Neubauer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Ralf Einspanier
Ralf Einspanier Freie Universität Berlin
Marcelo Calderón
Marcelo Calderón University of the Basque Country
Falk Melzer
Falk Melzer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin

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