Bettina Kempf

Philipps University of Marburg — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(16), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(7), Enzyme Structure and Function(6), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms(4), Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases(3)

Publications23 total

Plant-derived compatible solutes proline betaine and betonicine confer enhanced osmotic and temperature stress tolerance to Bacillus subtilis
Microbiology·2014· 49 cited
Desmoglein 2 Is Less Important than Desmoglein 3 for Keratinocyte Cohesion
PLoS ONE·2013· 61 citedOpen Access
Peptide-mediated desmoglein 3 crosslinking prevents pemphigus vulgaris autoantibody-induced skin blistering
Journal of Clinical Investigation·2013· 97 citedOpen Access
Tandem peptide blocks pemphigus vulgaris skin blistering in vivo and identifies a desmoglein receptor function leading to p38MAPK modulation
The FASEB Journal·2012
Genetic Control of Osmoadaptive Glycine Betaine Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis through the Choline-Sensing and Glycine Betaine-Responsive GbsR Repressor
Journal of Bacteriology·2012· 62 citedOpen Access
A genetic analysis of PAX3-FKHR, the oncogene of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
PubMed·1999· 14 cited
Two evolutionarily closely related ABC transporters mediate the uptake of choline for synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in Bacillus subtilis
Molecular Microbiology·1999· 155 citedOpen Access
Stress responses ofBacillus subtilis to high osmolarity environments: Uptake and synthesis of osmoprotectants
Journal of Biosciences·1998· 23 cited
Uptake and synthesis of compatible solutes as microbial stress responses to high-osmolality environments
Archives of Microbiology·1998· 1.1k cited
Regulation of the <i>Escherichia coli</i> water channel gene <i>aqpZ</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1998· 88 citedOpen Access
Lipoprotein from the osmoregulated ABC transport system OpuA of Bacillus subtilis: purification of the glycine betaine binding protein and characterization of a functional lipidless mutant
Journal of Bacteriology·1997· 60 cited
The aquaporin‐Z water channel gene of Escherichia coli: Structure, organization and phylogeny
Biology of the Cell·1997· 19 cited
Osmostress response in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>: characterization of a proline uptake system (OpuE) regulated by high osmolarity and the alternative transcription factor sigma B
Molecular Microbiology·1997· 139 citedOpen Access
Structure and osmotic regulation of the aqpZ water channel gene in E. coli. (Invited Lecture)
CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro)·1997
The aqpZ water channel gene of E. coli: organization and osmotic regulation. (Invited Lecture)
CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro)·1997
Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of OpuD
Journal of Bacteriology·1996· 257 citedOpen Access
Synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of the gbsAB genes
Journal of Bacteriology·1996· 174 citedOpen Access
A novel amidohydrolase gene from Bacillus subtilis cloning: DNA-sequence analysis and map position of amhX
FEMS Microbiology Letters·1996
A novel amidohydrolase gene from<i>Bacillus subtilis</i>cloning: DNA-sequence analysis and map position of<i>amhX</i>
FEMS Microbiology Letters·1996· 13 citedOpen Access
The osmoprotectant proline betaine is a major substrate for the binding-protein-dependent transport system ProU of Escherichia coli K-12
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1995· 146 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Erhard Bremer(18), Jens Boch(4), Susanne Kneip(4), Giuseppe Calamita(4), Mélanie Bonhivers(4), Peter Agre(4), Rainer M. Kappes(3), Volker Spindler(3), Jens Waschke(3), William R. Bishai(3), Kenneth E. Rudd(3), Jutta Gade(2), Eva Hartlieb(2), Tamara Hoffmann(2), Jan M. Lucht(1), Petra Dersch(1), Roland Schmid(1), Jana Meier‐Wagner(1), Martin Haardt(1), Elke Faatz(1)