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  1. Recent Advances in the Study of Gas Vesicle Proteins and Application of Gas Vesicles in Biomedical Research

    Article • Life, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  2. A Synthetic Riboswitch to Regulate Haloarchaeal Gene Expression

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2021, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  3. Accessory Gvp Proteins Form a Complex During Gas Vesicle Formation of Haloarchaea

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2020, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  4. Decoding the Papain Inhibitor from Streptomyces mobaraensis as Being Hydroxylated Chymostatin Derivatives: Purification, Structure Analysis, and Putative Biosynthetic Pathway

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  5. How to Cope With Heavy Metal Ions: Cellular and Proteome-Level Stress Response to Divalent Copper and Nickel in Halobacterium salinarum R1 Planktonic and Biofilm Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2020, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  6. Grundlagenforschung wertschätzen!

    Article • BIOspektrum, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  7. The N‐terminal peptide of the transglutaminase‐activating metalloprotease inhibitor from Streptomyces mobaraensis accommodates both inhibition and glutamine cross‐linking sites

    Article • FEBS Journal, August 2019, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  8. Improved GFP Variants to Study Gene Expression in Haloarchaea

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2019, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  9. Heavy Metal Ion Stress on Halobacterium salinarum R1 Planktonic Cells and Biofilms

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2018, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  10. Development of Phosphatized Calcium Carbonate Biominerals as Bioactive Bone Graft Substitute Materials, Part II: Functionalization with Antibacterial Silver Ions

    Article • Journal of Functional Biomaterials, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  11. Complete Genome Sequence of the Model Halovirus PhiH1 (ΦH1)

    Article • Genes, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  12. Features of the transglutaminase-activating metalloprotease from Streptomyces mobaraensis DSM 40847 produced in Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  13. Interaction of Haloarchaeal Gas Vesicle Proteins Determined by Split-GFP

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2018, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  14. Illuminating structure and acyl donor sites of a physiological transglutaminase substrate fromStreptomyces mobaraensis

    Article • Protein Science, March 2018, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  15. Das rote HaloarchaeonHalobacterium salinarum

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, December 2017, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  16. The gas vesicle protein GvpA and impacts on gas vesicle formation.

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2017, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  17. Rote Überlebenskünstler in Salzlagunen

    Article • BIOspektrum, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  18. Shedding light on biofilm formation ofHalobacterium salinarumR1 by SWATH-LC/MS/MS analysis of planktonic and sessile cells

    Article • PROTEOMICS, October 2016, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  19. Structure of the Dispase Autolysis-inducing Protein from Streptomyces mobaraensis and Glutamine Cross-linking Sites for Transglutaminase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2016, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  20. Involvement of a Novel Class C Beta-Lactamase in the Transglutaminase Mediated Cross-Linking Cascade of Streptomyces mobaraensis DSM 40847

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2016, PLOS

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  21. Haloarchaea and the Formation of Gas Vesicles

    Article • Life, February 2015, MDPI AG

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  22. Novel pili-like surface structures of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 are crucial for surface adhesion

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2015, Frontiers

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  23. Mikrobe des Jahres 2014 - das CyanobakteriumNostoc

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, October 2014, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  24. The accessory gas vesicle protein GvpM of haloarchaea and its interaction partners during gas vesicle formation

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  25. Use of GFP-GvpE fusions to quantify the GvpD-mediated reduction of the transcriptional activator GvpE in haloarchaea

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  26. The Papain Inhibitor (SPI) of Streptomyces mobaraensis Inhibits Bacterial Cysteine Proteases and Is an Antagonist of Bacterial Growth

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2013, ASM Journals

    J HAYS, Felicitas Pfeifer

  27. Effect of an overproduction of accessory Gvp proteins on gas vesicle formation in Haloferax volcanii

    Article • Extremophiles, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  28. Combined Hydrothermal Conversion and Vapor Transport Sintering of Ag-Modified Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds

    Article • Journal of the American Ceramic Society, December 2012, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  29. A dual promoter region with overlapping activator sequences drives the expression of gas vesicle protein genes in haloarchaea

    Article • Microbiology, November 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  30. Biofilm formation by haloarchaea

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2012, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  31. Distribution, formation and regulation of gas vesicles

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  32. Expression of multiple tfb genes in different Halobacterium salinarum strains and interaction of TFB with transcriptional activator GvpE

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  33. Structural model of the gas vesicle protein GvpA and analysis of GvpA mutantsin vivo

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2011, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  34. Gasvesikel in Haloarchaea

    Article • BIOspektrum, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  35. Aus dem Leben einer Dekanin: Zwischen Zielvereinbarung und Maßnahmenprogramm

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, August 2010, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  36. Interaction of transcription activator GvpE with TATA-box-binding proteins of Halobacterium salinarum

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  37. Anaerobiosis inhibits gas vesicle formation in halophilicArchaea

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2009, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  38. Variations in the multiple tbp genes in different Halobacterium salinarum strains and their expression during growth

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  39. Regulation of gvp genes encoding gas vesicle proteins in halophilic Archaea

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  40. Overlapping activator sequences determined for two oppositely oriented promoters in halophilic Archaea

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  41. Glucose inhibits the formation of gas vesicles in Haloferax volcanii transformants

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  42. GvpD-induced breakdown of the transcriptional activator GvpE of halophilic archaea requires a functional p-loop and an arginine-rich region of GvpD

    Article • Microbiology, April 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  43. In vivo analyses of constitutive and regulated promoters in halophilic archaea

    Article • Microbiology, January 2005, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  44. GvpE- and GvpD-mediated transcription regulation of the p-gvp genes encoding gas vesicles in Halobacterium salinarum

    Article • Microbiology, June 2004, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  45. Salzliebende Mikroorganismen: Leben am Rande der Löslichkeit von Kochsalz

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, April 2004, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  46. In vivo studies on putative Shine-Dalgarno sequences of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2004, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  47. Regulation of the expression of gas vesicle genes in Haloferax mediterranei: interaction of the two regulatory proteins GvpD and GvpE

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  48. Editorial: Neue Einblicke in die Welt der Mikroorganismen

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, September 2003, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  49. Individual gvp transcript segments in Haloferax mediterranei exhibit varying half-lives, which are differentially affected by salt concentration and growth phase

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  50. The sequence of the major gas vesicle protein, GvpA, influences the width and strength of halobacterial gas vesicles

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  51. A bZIP protein from halophilic archaea: structural features and dimer formation of cGvpE from Halobacterium salinarum

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2002, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  52. Diversity of Archaea in hypersaline environments characterized by molecular-phylogenetic and cultivation studies

    Article • Extremophiles, March 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  53. Use of a halobacterial bgaH reporter gene to analyse the regulation of gene expression in halophilic archaea

    Article • Microbiology, July 2001, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  54. A p-loop motif and two basic regions in the regulatory protein GvpD are important for the repression of gas vesicle formation in the archaeon Haloferax mediterranei

    Article • Microbiology, January 2001, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  55. Eight of Fourteen gvp Genes Are Sufficient for Formation of Gas Vesicles in Halophilic Archaea

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2000, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  56. Aus der Redaktion

    Article • Biologie in unserer Zeit, July 1998, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  57. The transcriptional activator GvpE for the halobacterial gas vesicle genes resembles a basic region leucine-zipper regulatory protein

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, June 1998, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  58. Structural characteristics of halobacterial gas vesicles

    Article • Microbiology, May 1998, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  59. The characterization of the nv- gvpACNOFGH gene cluster involved in gas vesicle formation in Natronobacterium vacuolatum

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  60. Gas vesicle formation in halophilic Archaea

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  61. Purification and analysis of an extremely halophilic β-galactosidase from Haloferax alicantei

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, February 1997, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  62. Influence of salt on the transcription of the gas-vesicle genes of Haloferax mediterranei and identification of the endogenous transcriptional activator gene

    Article • Microbiology, July 1996, Society for General Microbiology

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  63. Functional studies of the gvpACNO operon of Halobacterium salinarium reveal that the GvpC protein shapes gas vesicles.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  64. Transcript analysis of the c-vac region and differential synthesis of the two regulatory gas vesicle proteins GvpD and GvpE in Halobacterium salinarium PHH4.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  65. Complementation studies with the gas vesicle-encoding p-vac region of Halobacterium salinarium PHH1 reveal a regulatory role for the p-gvpDE genes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 1995, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  66. Analysis of the halobacterial plasmid pHK2 minimal replicon

    Article • Gene, February 1995, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  67. Improved shuttle vectors for Haloferax volcanii including a dual-resistance plasmid

    Article • Gene, August 1994, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  68. The fdx gene encoding the [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin of Halobacterium salinarium (H. halobium)

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, May 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  69. Plasmid pHH1 of Halobacterium salinarium: characterization of the replicon region, the gas vesicle gene cluster and insertion elements

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, April 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  70. Transformation of Halophilic Archaea and Investigation of Gas Vesicle Synthesis

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, February 1993, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  71. Function and biosynthesis of gas vesicles in halophilicArchaea

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, December 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  72. Functional analysis of the gas vesicle gene cluster of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei defines the vac-region boundary and suggests a regulatory role for the gvpD gene or its product

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 1992, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  73. Three different but related gene clusters encoding gas vesicles in halophilic archaea

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 1992, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  74. A DNA region of 9kbp contains all genes necessary for gas vesicle synthesis in halophilic archaebacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 1991, Wiley

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  75. The halobacterlal insertion element ISH28

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  76. Transformation of Halobacterium halobium: development of vectors and investigation of gas vesicle synthesis.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 1990, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  77. Expression of the major gas vesicle protein gene in the halophilic archaebacteriumHaloferax mediterranei is modulated by salt

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, July 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  78. Transposition burst of the ISH27 insertion element family inHalobacterium halobium

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1990, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  79. Insertion elements and deletion formation in a halophilic archaebacterium

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 1989, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  80. Expression of two gas vacuole protein genes in Halobacterium halobium and other related species

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, September 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  81. Genome structure of Halobacterium halobium: plasmid dynamics in gas vacuole deficient mutants

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, January 1989, Canadian Science Publishing

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  82. Two genes encoding gas vacuole proteins in Halobacterium halobium

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, August 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  83. Dynamic plasmid populations in Halobacterium halobium.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1988, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  84. Characterization of a second gene involved in bacterio-opsin gene expression in a halophilic archaebacterium.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1988, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  85. A new insertion element, ISH26, from Halobacterium halobium

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  86. Insertion elements and genome organization of Halobacterium halobium

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, March 1986, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  87. Restoration of bacterioopsin gene expression in a revertant of Halobacterium halobium

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 1985, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  88. Genome organization in Halobacterium halobium: A 70 kb island of more (AT) rich DNA in the chromosome

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, March 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  89. Homologies between heterogeneous extrachromosomal DNA populations of Halobacterium halobium and four new halobacterial isolates

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, April 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  90. Characterization of a halobacterial gene affecting bacterio-opsin gene expression

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  91. Characterization of insertions affecting the expression of the bacterio-opsin gene inHalobacterium halobium

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  92. Transposable elements of Halobacterium halobium

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, August 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  93. Bacterio-opsin mutants of Halobacterium halobium

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1983, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  94. Structure and Functions of Chromosomal and Extrachromosomal DNA in Halobacteria

    Article • Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene I Abt Originale C Allgemeine angewandte und ökologische Mikrobiologie, March 1982, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  95. [49] Plasmids in halobacteria: Restriction maps

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  96. Characterization of plasmids in halobacteria

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1981, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  97. Genetic variability in Halobacterium halobium

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1981, ASM Journals

    Felicitas Pfeifer

  98. Transposition and insertion of intact, deleted and enlarged ampicillin transposon Tn3 from mini-R1 (Rsc) plasmids into transfer factors

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, January 1977, Springer Science + Business Media

    Felicitas Pfeifer