Publications of Wolfhard Almers

Neuhaus, E. M.; Almers, W.; Soldati, T.: Morpholgy and dynamcis of the endocytic pathway in Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular and Cellular Biology (Washington, DC) 13 (4), pp. 1390 - 1407 (2002)

Henkel, A. W.; Meiri, H.; Horstmann, H.; Lindau, M.; Almers, W.: Rhythmic opening and closing of vesicles during constitutive exo- and endocytosis in chromaffin cells. The EMBO Journal 19, pp. 84 - 93 (2000)

Lang, T.; Wacker-Schröder, I.; Wunderlich, I.; Rohrbach, A.; Giese, G.; Soldati, T.; Almers, W.: Role of actin cortex in the subplasmalemmal transport of secretory granules in PC-12 cells. Biophysical Journal 79, pp. 2863 - 2877 (2000)

Merrifield, C. J.; Moss, S. E.; Ballestrem, C.; Imhof, B. A.; Giese, G.; Wunderlich, I.; Almers, W.: Endocytic vesicles move at the tips of actin tails in cultured mast cells. Nature Cell Biology 1 (1), pp. 72 - 74 (1999)

Steyer, J. A.; Almers, W.: Tracking single secretory granules in live chromaffin cells by evanescent-field fluorescence microscopy. Biophysical Journal 76 (4), pp. 2262 - 2271 (1999)

Neuhaus, E. M.; Horstmann, H.; Almers, W.; Maniak, M.; Soldati, T.: Ethane-freezing/methanol-fixation of cell monolayers: a procedure for improved preservation of structure and antigenicity for light and electron microscopies. Journal of Structural Biology 121 (3), pp. 326 - 342 (1998)

Albillos, A. C.; Dernick, G.; Horstmann, H.; Almers, W.; Alvarez de Toledo, G.; Lindau, M.: The exocytotic event in chromaffin cells revealed by patch amperometry. Nature 389 (6650), pp. 509 - 512 (1997)

Kaether, C.; Salm, T.; Glombrik, M.; Almers, W.; Gerdes, H.-H.: Targeting of green fluorescent protein to neurodendocrine secretory granules: a new tool for real time studies of regulated protein secretion. European Journal of Cell Biology: EJCB 74 (2), pp. 133 - 142 (1997)

Steyer, J. A.; Horstmann, H.; Almers, W.: Transport, docking and exocytosis of single secretory granules in live chromaffin cells. Nature 388 (6641), pp. 474 - 478 (1997)

Wacker-Schröder, I.; Kaether, C.; Kromer, A.; Migala, A.; Almers, W.; Gerdes, H. H.: Microtubule-dependent transport of secretory vesicles visualized in real time with a GFP-tagged secretory protein. Journal of Cell Science 110 (13), pp. 1453 - 1463 (1997)

Lang, T.; Wacker-Schröder, I.; Steyer, J. A.; Kaether, C.; Wunderlich, I.; Soldati, T.; Gerdes, H. H.; Almers, W.: Ca²⁺-triggered peptide secretion in single cells imaged with green fluorescent protein and evanescent-wave microscopy. Neuron 18 (6), pp. 857 - 863 (1997)

Tse, F. W.; Tse, A.; Hille, B.; Horstmann, H.; Almers, W.: Local Ca2+ release from internal stores controls exocytosis in pituitary gonadotrophs. Neuron 18 (1), pp. 121 - 132 (1997)

Coorssen, J. R.; Schmitt, H. R.; Almers, W.: Ca2+ triggers massive exocytosis in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The EMBO Journal 15 (15), pp. 3787 - 3791 (1996)

Henkel, A. W.; Almers, W.: Fast steps in exocytosis and endocytosis studied by capacitance measurements in endocrine cells. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 6 (3), pp. 350 - 357 (1996)

Parsons, T. D.; Ellis-Davies, G. C. R.; Almers, W.: Millisecond studies of calcium-dependent exocytosis in pituitary melanotrophs: comparison of the photolabile calcium chelators nitrophenyl-EGTA and DM-nitrophen. Cell Calcium 19 (3), pp. 185 - 192 (1996)

Parsons, T. D.; Coorssen, J. R.; Horstmann, H.; Horstmann, H.; Almers, W.: Docked granules, the exocytic burst, and the need for ATP hydrolysis in endocrine cells. Neuron 15 (5), pp. 1085 - 1096 (1995)

Lindau, M.; Almers, W.: Structure and function of fusion pores in exocytosis and ectoplasmic membrane fusion. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 7 (4), pp. 509 - 517 (1995)

Parsons, T. D.; Lenzi, D.; Almers, W.; Roberts, W. M.: Calcium-triggered exocytosis and endocytosis in an isolated presynaptic cell: Capacitance measurements in saccular hair cells. Neuron 13 (4), pp. 875 - 883 (1994)

Bauerfeind , R.; Huttner , W. B.; Almers, W.; Augustine , G. J.: Quantal neurotransmitter release from early endosomes? Trends in Cell Biology 4 (5), pp. 155 - 156 (1994)

Thomas, P.; Lee, A. K.; Wong, J. G.; Almers, W.: A triggered mechanism retrieves membrane in seconds after Ca(2+)-stimulated exocytosis in single pituitary cells. The Journal of Cell Biology: JCB 124 (5), pp. 667 - 675 (1994)