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Overview

Michael Knop is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant work also in Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, fungal and yeast genetics research, biosensors and analytical detection, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and plant-microbe interactions and immunity.

Recent papers include:

  • A colorimetric RT-LAMP assay and LAMP-sequencing for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in clinical samples, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • CDK1 couples proliferation with protein synthesis, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Exploring whole-genome duplicate gene retention with complex genetic interaction analysis, 2020, Science
  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA Extraction Using Magnetic Beads for Rapid Large-Scale Testing by RT-qPCR and RT-LAMP, 2020, Viruses
  • CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted PCR tagging of mammalian genes, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Frequent co-authors in Michael Knop's research include:

  • Matthias Meurer
  • Daniel Kirrmaier
  • Ioannis Papaioannou
  • Konrad Herbst
  • Simon Anders

The scientist has published extensively in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Trials
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

Best Publications

  • A versatile toolbox for PCR-based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes.

    Carsten Janke;Maria M. Magiera;Nicole Rathfelder;Christof Taxis

  • Epitope tagging of yeast genes using a PCR‐based strategy: more tags and improved practical routines

    Michael Knop;Katja Siegers;Gislene Pereira;Wolfgang Zachariae

  • A colorimetric RT-LAMP assay and LAMP-sequencing for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in clinical samples.

    Viet Loan Dao Thi;Konrad Herbst;Kathleen Boerner;Matthias Meurer

  • Der1, a novel protein specifically required for endoplasmic reticulum degradation in yeast.

    M. Knop;A. Finger;T. Braun;K. Hellmuth

  • Directional tissue migration through a self-generated chemokine gradient

    Erika Donà;Joseph D. Barry;Guillaume Valentin;Guillaume Valentin;Charlotte Quirin

  • Spc98p and Spc97p of the yeast γ‐tubulin complex mediate binding to the spindle pole body via their interaction with Spc110p

    Michael Knop;Elmar Schiebel

  • A screen for genes required for meiosis and spore formation based on whole-genome expression

    Kirsten P. Rabitsch;Attila Tóth;Marta Gálová;Alexander Schleiffer

  • Tandem fluorescent protein timers for in vivo analysis of protein dynamics

    Anton Khmelinskii;Philipp J Keller;Anna Bartosik;Anna Bartosik;Matthias Meurer;Matthias Meurer

  • Spatial regulation of Fus3 MAP kinase activity through a reaction-diffusion mechanism in yeast pheromone signalling

    Celine I. Maeder;Mark A. Hink;Ali Kinkhabwala;Reinhard Mayr

  • Analysis of two mutated vacuolar proteins reveals a degradation pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum or a related compartment of yeast.

    Andreas Finger;Michael Knop;Dieter H. Wolf

  • The spindle pole body component Spc98p interacts with the gamma-tubulin-like Tub4p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the sites of microtubule attachment

    Silke Geissler;Gislene Pereira;Anne Spang;Michael Knop

  • Receptors determine the cellular localization of a gamma-tubulin complex and thereby the site of microtubule formation.

    Michael Knop;Elmar Schiebel

  • The spindle pole body component Spc97p interacts with the γ‐tubulin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and functions in microtubule organization and spindle pole body duplication

    Michael Knop;Gislene Pereira;Silke Geissler;Katrin Grein

  • System of centromeric, episomal, and integrative vectors based on drug resistance markers for Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Christof Taxis;Michael Knop

  • Protein quality control at the inner nuclear membrane

    Anton Khmelinskii;Ewa Blaszczak;Marina Pantazopoulou;Bernd Fischer

  • Yeast Cdk1 translocates to the plus end of cytoplasmic microtubules to regulate bud cortex interactions.

    Hiromi Maekawa;Takeo Usui;Michael Knop;Elmar Schiebel

  • One library to make them all: streamlining the creation of yeast libraries via a SWAp-Tag strategy

    Ido Yofe;Uri Weill;Matthias Meurer;Silvia Chuartzman

  • Quantitative fluorescence imaging of protein diffusion and interaction in living cells

    Jérémie Capoulade;Malte Wachsmuth;Lars Hufnagel;Michael Knop

  • N-Glycosylation affects endoplasmic reticulum degradation of a mutated derivative of carboxypeptidase yscY in yeast.

    Michael Knop;Nicole Hauser;Dieter H. Wolf

  • Spc29p is a component of the Spc110p subcomplex and is essential for spindle pole body duplication

    Sarah Elliott;Michael Knop;Gabriel Schlenstedt;Elmar Schiebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Elmar Schiebel
Elmar Schiebel Heidelberg University
Hans-Georg Kräusslich
Hans-Georg Kräusslich Heidelberg University
Paul Schnitzler
Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg
Bernd Bukau
Bernd Bukau Heidelberg University
Dieter H. Wolf
Dieter H. Wolf University of Stuttgart
Ernst H. K. Stelzer
Ernst H. K. Stelzer Goethe University Frankfurt
Wolfgang Huber
Wolfgang Huber European Bioinformatics Institute
Lars M. Steinmetz
Lars M. Steinmetz Stanford University
Vladimir Benes
Vladimir Benes European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Charles Boone
Charles Boone University of Toronto

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