Oliver Billker

The role of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase in development of the malaria parasite (2009)

McRobert, Louisa, Taylor, Helen M, Taylor, Cathy J, Deng, Wensheng, Moon, Robert W, Fivelman, Quinton L, ...

No abstract available.

Gametogenesis in Malaria Parasites Is Mediated by the cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase (2008)

Louisa McRobert, Cathy J. Taylor, Wensheng Deng, Quinton L. Fivelman, Ross M. Cummings, Spencer D. Polley, ...

Malaria parasite transmission requires differentiation of male and female gametocytes into gametes within a mosquito following a blood meal. A mosquito-derived molecule, xanthurenic acid (XA), can...

The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes (2008)

Liu, Yanjie, Tewari, Rita, Ning, Jue, Blagborough, Andrew M., Garbom, Sara, Pei, Jimin, ...

The cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie species-specific membrane fusion between male and female gametes remain largely unknown. Here, by use of gene discovery methods in the green alga...

Calcium and a calcium-dependent protein kinase regulate gamete formation and mosquito transmission in a malaria parasite (2004)

Billker,Oliver, Dechamps,Sandrine, Tewari,Rita, Wenig,Gerald, Franke-Fayard,Blandine, Brinkmann,Volker

Transmission of malaria parasites to mosquitoes is initiated by the obligatory sexual reproduction of the parasite within the mosquito bloodmeal. Differentiation of specialized transmission stages,...

Differential recognition of members of the carcinoembryonic antigen family by Afa/Dr adhesins of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (Afa/Dr DAEC) (2004)

Berger,Cedric N., Billker,Oliver, Meyer,Thomas F., Servin,Alain L., Kansau,Imad

Little is known about the molecular bases underlying the virulence of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (DAEC) harbouring the Afa/Dr family of adhesins. These adhesins recognize as receptors the...

Calcium and a calcium-dependent protein kinase regulate gamete formation and mosquito transmission in a malaria parasite (2004)

Billker, Oliver, Dechamps, Sandrine, Tewari, Rita, Wenig, Gerald, Franke-Fayard, Blandine, Brinkmann, Volker

Differential recognition of members of the carcinoembryonic antigen family by Afa/Dr adhesins of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (Afa/Dr DAEC) (2004)

Berger, Cedric N., Billker, Oliver, Meyer, Thomas F., Servin, Alain L., Kansau, Imad

Host cell signalling induced by the pathogenic Neisseria species (2003)

Popp,Andreas, Billker,Oliver, Meyer,Thomas F.

Host cell signalling induced by the pathogenic Neisseria species (2003)

Popp, Andreas, Billker, Oliver, Meyer, Thomas F.

Azadirachtin Disrupts Formation of Organised Microtubule Arrays during Microgametogenesis of Plasmodium berghei (2002)

OLIVER BILLKER, MICHAEL K. SHAW, IAN W. JONES, STEVEN V. LEY, A. JENNIFER MORDUE (LUNTZ), ROBERT E. SINDEN

Transmission of malaria parasites from vertebrate blood to the mosquito vector depends critically on the differentiation of the gametocytes into gametes. This occurs in response to environmental...

Nuclear factor-kappa B directs carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule 1 receptor expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-infected epithelial cells (2002)

Muenzner,Petra, Billker,Oliver, Meyer,Thomas F., Naumann,Michael

The human-specific pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae expresses opacity-associated (Opa) protein adhesins that bind to various members of the carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule...

Distinct mechanisms of internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by members of the CEACAM receptor family involving Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent and -independent pathways (2002)

Billker,Oliver, Popp,Andreas, Brinkmann,Volker, Wenig,Gerald, Schneider,Jutta, Caron,Emmanuelle, ...

Opa adhesins of pathogenic Neisseria species target four members of the human carcinoembryonic anti. gen-related cellular adhesion molecule (CEACAM) family. CEACAM receptors mediate...

Interactions of Neisseria meningitidis with the immune system (2002)

Billker,Oliver, Goedert,Sigrid, Meyer,Thomas F.

Nuclear factor-kappa B directs carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule 1 receptor expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-infected epithelial cells (2002)

Muenzner, Petra, Billker, Oliver, Meyer, Thomas F., Naumann, Michael

Distinct mechanisms of internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by members of the CEACAM receptor family involving Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent and -independent pathways (2002)

Billker, Oliver, Popp, Andreas, Brinkmann, Volker, Wenig, Gerald, Schneider, Jutta, Caron, Emmanuelle, ...

Interactions of Neisseria meningitidis with the immune system (2002)

Billker, Oliver, Goedert, Sigrid, Meyer, Thomas F.

Regulation of gametogenesis in malaria parasites. (1999)

Billker, Oliver.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1999.

Distinct mechanisms of internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by members of the CEACAM receptor family involving Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent and -independent pathways

Billker, Oliver, Popp, Andreas, Brinkmann, Volker, Wenig, Gerald, Schneider, Jutta, Caron, Emmanuelle, ...

Opa adhesins of pathogenic Neisseria species target four members of the human carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule (CEACAM) family. CEACAM receptors mediate...

Plasmodium berghei calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 is required for ookinete gliding motility and mosquito midgut invasion

Siden-Kiamos, Inga, Ecker, Andrea, Nybäck, Saga, Louis, Christos, Sinden, Robert E, Billker, Oliver

Apicomplexan parasites critically depend on a unique form of gliding motility to colonize their hosts and to invade cells. Gliding requires different stage and species-specific transmembrane...

Distinct mechanisms of internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by members of the CEACAM receptor family involving Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent and -independent pathways

Billker, Oliver, Popp, Andreas, Brinkmann, Volker, Wenig, Gerald, Schneider, Jutta, Caron, Emmanuelle, ...

Opa adhesins of pathogenic Neisseria species target four members of the human carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule (CEACAM) family. CEACAM receptors mediate...

Plasmodium berghei calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 is required for ookinete gliding motility and mosquito midgut invasion

Siden-Kiamos, Inga, Ecker, Andrea, Nybäck, Saga, Louis, Christos, Sinden, Robert E, Billker, Oliver

Apicomplexan parasites critically depend on a unique form of gliding motility to colonize their hosts and to invade cells. Gliding requires different stage and species-specific transmembrane...

Gametogenesis in Malaria Parasites Is Mediated by the cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase

McRobert, Louisa, Taylor, Cathy J, Deng, Wensheng, Fivelman, Quinton L, Cummings, Ross M, Polley, Spencer D, ...

Malaria parasite transmission requires differentiation of male and female gametocytes into gametes within a mosquito following a blood meal. A mosquito-derived molecule, xanthurenic acid (XA), can...

The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

Liu, Yanjie, Tewari, Rita, Ning, Jue, Blagborough, Andrew M., Garbom, Sara, Pei, Jimin, ...

The cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie species-specific membrane fusion between male and female gametes remain largely unknown. Here, by use of gene discovery methods in the green alga...

An Essential Role for the Plasmodium Nek-2 Nima-related Protein Kinase in the Sexual Development of Malaria Parasites*

Reininger, Luc, Tewari, Rita, Fennell, Clare, Holland, Zoe, Goldring, Dean, Ranford-Cartwright, Lisa, ...

The molecular control of cell division and development in malaria parasites is far from understood. We previously showed that a Plasmodium gametocyte-specific NIMA-related protein kinase, nek-4, is...

A Cyclic GMP Signalling Module That Regulates Gliding Motility in a Malaria Parasite

Moon, Robert W., Taylor, Cathy J., Bex, Claudia, Schepers, Rebecca, Goulding, David, Janse, Chris J., ...

The ookinete is a motile stage in the malaria life cycle which forms in the mosquito blood meal from the zygote. Ookinetes use an acto-myosin motor to glide towards and penetrate the midgut wall to...