Publications of Veit Witzemann

Rathenberg, J.; Gärtner, A.; Koenen, M.; Witzemann, V.: Modification of choline acetyltransferase by integration of green fluorescent protein does not affect enzyme activity and subcellular distribution. Cell and Tissue Research 308 (1), pp. 1 - 6 (2002)

Sander, A.; Hesser, B.; Witzemann, V.: MuSK induces in vivo acetylcholine receptor clusters in a ligand-independent mannerr. Journal of Cell Biology 155 (7), pp. 1287 - 1296 (2001)

Gensler, S.; Sander, A.; Korngreen, A.; Traina, G.; Giese, G.; Witzemann, V.: Assembly and clustering of acetylcholine receptors containing GFP-tagged epsilon or gamma subunits: Selective targeting to the neuromuscular junction in vivo. European Journal of Biochemistry 268 (8), pp. 2209 - 2217 (2001)

Hashemolhosseini, S.; Moore, C.; Landmann, L.; Sander, A.; Schwarz, H.; Witzemann, V.; Sakmann, B.; Brenner, H. R.: Electrical activity and postsynapse formation in adult muscle: γ-AChR are not required. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 16 (6), pp. 697 - 707 (2000)

Sander, A.; Güth, A.; Brenner, H. R.; Witzemann, V.: Gene transfer into individual muscle fibers and conditional gene expression in living animals. Cell and Tissue Research 301, pp. 397 - 403 (2000)

Schwarz, H.; Giese, G.; Müller, H.; Koenen, M.; Witzemann, V.: Different functions of fetal and adult AChR subtypes for the formation and maintenance of neuromuscular synapses revealed in epsilon-subunit-deficient mice. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 12, pp. 3107 - 3116 (2000)

Witzemann, V.; Schwarz, H.; Koenen, M.: Acetylcholine receptors: Their role in synapse formation and muscle function. Neuroforum 2, pp. 181 - 188 (2000)

McArdle, J. J.; Lentz, T. L.; Witzemann, V.; Schwarz, H.; Weinstein, S. A.; Schmidt, J. J.: Waglerin-1 selectively blocks the epsilon form of the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 289 (1), pp. 543 - 550 (1999)

Hesser, B.; Sander, A.; Witzemann, V.: Identification and characterization of a novel splice variant of MuSK. FEBS Letters 442 (2), pp. 133 - 137 (1999)

Rohwedel, J.; Kleppisch, T.; Pich, U.; Guan, K.; Jing, S.; Zuschratter, W.; Hopf, C.; Hoch, W.; Hescheler, J.; Witzemann, V. et al.; Wobus, A. M.: Formation of postsynaptic-like membranes during differentiation of embryonic stem cells in vitro. Experimental Cell Research 239 (2), pp. 214 - 225 (1998)

Jones, G.; Meier, T.; Lichtsteiner, M.; Witzemann, V.; Sakmann, B.; Brenner, H. R.: Induction by agrin of ectopic postsynaptic-like membrane in innervated muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 94 (6), pp. 2654 - 2659 (1997)

Witzemann, V.; Schwarz, H.; Koenen, M.; Berberich, C.; Villarroel, A.; Wernig, A.; Brenner, H. R.; Sakmann, B.: Acetylcholine receptor e-subunit deletion causes muscle weakness and atrophy in juvenile and adult mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93, pp. 13286 - 13291 (1996)

Weiland, S.; Witzemann, V.; Villarroel, A.; Propping, P.; Steinlein, O.: An amino acid exchange in the second transmembrane segment of a neuronal nicotinic receptor causes partial epilepsy by altering its desensitization kinetics. FEBS Letters 398 (1), pp. 91 - 96 (1996)

Weiland, S.; Witzemann, V.; Villarroel, A.; Propping, P.; Steinlein, O.: An amino acid exchange in the second transmembrane segment of a neuronal nicotinic receptor causes partial epilepsy by altering its desensitization kinetics. FEBS Letters 398, pp. 91 - 96 (1996)

Raditsch, M.; Geyer, M.; Kalbitzer, H. R.; Ruppersberg, J. P.; Jahn, W.; Witzemann, V.: Polyamine spider toxins and NMDA receptors: structural basis for channel block and binding of argiotoxin636. European Journal of Biochemistry 240, pp. 416 - 426 (1996)

Cooper, J. C.; Gutbrod, O.; Witzemann, V.; Methfessel, C.: Pharmacology of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from fetal rat muscle expressed in Xenopus Oocytes. European Journal of Pharmacology 309 (3), pp. 287 - 298 (1996)

Herlitze, S.; Villarroel, A.; Witzemann, V.; Koenen, M.; Sakmann, B.: Structural determinants of channel conductance in fetal and adult rat muscle acetylcholine receptors. Journal of Physiology-London 492 (3), pp. 775 - 788 (1996)

Kues, W.; Brenner, H. R.; Sakmann, B.; Witzemann, V.: Local neurotrophic repression of gene transcripts encoding fetal AChRs at rat neuromuscular synapses. Journal of Cell Biology 130 (4), pp. 949 - 957 (1995)

Kues, W. A.; Brenner, H. R.; Sakmann, B.; Witzemann, V.: Local neurotrophic repression of gene transcripts encoding fetal AChRs at rat neuromuscular synapses. The Journal of Cell Biology: JCB 130 (4), pp. 949 - 957 (1995)

Kues, W.; Sakmann, B.; Witzemann, V.: Differential expression patterns of five acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in rat muscle during development. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 7 (6), pp. 1376 - 1385 (1995)