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Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interaction Provides Adhesion Force and Specificity for Cellular Recognition by Bucior, Iwona, Scheuring, Simon, Engel, Andreas, Burger, Max M.

“…The adhesion force and specificity in the first experimental evidence for cell-cell recognition in the animal kingdom were assigned to marine sponge cell…”
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Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction as a major force initiating cell-cell recognition by Bucior, Iwona, Burger, Max M

“…Sponges were the earliest multicellular organisms to evolve through the development of cell recognition and adhesion processes mediated by cell surface…”
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Proteoglycan Mechanics Studied by Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy of Allotypic Cell Adhesion Glycans by Garcia-Manyes, Sergi, Bucior, Iwona, Ros, Robert, Anselmetti, Dario, Sanz, Fausto, Burger, Max M., Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier

“…Early Metazoans had to evolve the first cell adhesion system addressed to maintaining stable interactions between cells constituting different individuals. As…”
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Carbohydrate–carbohydrate interactions in cell recognition by Bucior, Iwona, Burger, Max M

“…Obtaining a better understanding of the molecular basis of cell recognition remains an important challenge with regard to the social functioning of cells in…”
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p150 Overexpression in gastric carcinoma: The association with p53, apoptosis and cell proliferation by Chen, Gaoping, Burger, Max M.

“…To clarify the significance of p150 expression, 102 gastric carcinomas were immunohistochemically investigated and 14 fresh samples of the cancer were analyzed…”
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Self-Recognition and Ca2+-Dependent Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Cell Adhesion Provide Clues to the Cambrian Explosion by Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier, Körnig, André, Bucior, Iwona, Burger, Max M., Anselmetti, Dario

“…The Cambrian explosion of life was a relatively short period approximately 540 Ma that marked a generalized acceleration in the evolution of most animal phyla,…”
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Cyclosporin A Suspends Transplantation Reactions in the Marine Sponge Microciona prolifera by Sabella, Clarissa, Faszewski, Ellen, Himic, Lisa, Colpitts, Katherine M, Kaltenbach, Jane, Burger, Max M, Fernandez-Busquets, Xavier

“…Sponges are the simplest extant animals but nevertheless possess self-nonself recognition that rivals the specificity of the vertebrate MHC. We have used…”
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Meeting report-UICC study group on basic and clinical cancer research: Apoptosis by Burger, Max M.

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Regulation of plasma membrane blebbing by the cytoskeleton by Hagmann, Jörg, Burger, Max M., Dagan, Daniel

“…When neuroblastoma cells are exposed to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), they undergo a vigorous, but transient blebbing phase. The effect is sensitive to…”
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Influence of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor on the metastatic phenotype of B16 melanoma cells by Rusciano, D, Lin, S, Lorenzoni, P, Casella, N, Burger, M M

“…B16 melanoma cells selected in mice for liver-specific metastasis (B16-LS9) overexpress a constitutively active form of the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter…”
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An Essential Role for a Small Synaptic Vesicle-Associated Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase in Neurotransmitter Release by Wiedemann, Claudia, Schafer, Theo, Burger, Max M, Sihra, Talvinder S

“…Glutamate release from nerve terminals is the consequence of Ca2+-triggered fusion of small synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic plasma membrane. ATP…”
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UICC study group on basic and clinical cancer research: Mechanisms of metastasis by Burger, Max M.

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UICC study group on basic and clinical cancer research: Interrelations of signaling paths and what we can learn from interfering with them by Burger, Max M.

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Structure and function of the C-terminal hypervariable region of K-Ras4B in plasma membrane targetting and transformation by WELMAN, Arkadiusz, BURGER, Max M, HAGMANN, Jörg

“…The C-terminal hypervariable domain of K-Ras4B targets the protein to the plasma membrane by a combination of positive charge and a hydrophobic signal…”
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Hyaluronic Acid-Receptor Binding Demonstrated by Synthetic Adhesive Proteoglycan Peptide Constructs and by Cell Receptors on the Marine Sponge Microciona prolifera by Kuhns, W. J., Fernandez-Busquets, X., Burger, M. M., Ho, M., Turley, E.

“…A study was undertaken to determine the functions of the hyaluronic acid (HA) and the receptor for HA mediated motility (RHAMM) on the ligand binding to the…”
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Cloning of a novel protein overexpressed in human mammary carcinoma by BACHMANN, F, BÄNZIGER, R, BURGER, M. M

“…A novel Mr 150,000 protein (p150), which was found to be preferentially expressed in virally and oncogene transformed mouse cells, was partially purified, and…”
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Supramolecular Structure of a New Family of Circular Proteoglycans Mediating Cell Adhesion in Sponges by Jarchow, Janina, Fritz, Jürgen, Anselmetti, Dario, Calabro, Anthony, Hascall, Vincent C., Gerosa, Daniela, Burger, Max M., Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier

“…Aggregationfactors are the molecules responsible for species-specific cell adhesion in sponges. Here, we present the structure of the aggregation factor from…”
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Recruitment of the LIM protein hic-5 to focal contacts of human platelets by Hagmann, J, Grob, M, Welman, A, van Willigen, G, Burger, M M

“…Platelets are anuclear, membrane-bounded fragments derived from megakaryocytes which, upon stimulation, assemble an actin skeleton including stress fibres and…”
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The Main Protein of the Aggregation Factor Responsible for Species-specific Cell Adhesion in the Marine Sponge Microciona prolifera Is Highly Polymorphic by Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier, Burger, Max M.

“…Species-specific cell recognition in sponges, the oldest living metazoans, is based on a proteoglycan-like aggregation factor. We have screened individual…”
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Cell adhesion-related proteins as specific markers of sponge cell types involved in allogeneic recognition by Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier, Kuhns, William J., Simpson, Tracy L., Ho, Michael, Gerosa, Daniela, Grob, Marianne, Burger, Max M.

“…Sponge immunocyte identification is of interest to comparative immunologists since characterizing these cells will allow investigations into the mechanisms of…”
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