Otto Schmidt

Publication List Details

Period

1868 - 2009

Number

92

Co-Authors

Arsenic interactions with lipid particles containing iron (2009)

Rahman, Mahbub Mohammad, Rahman, Farzana, Sansom, Lloyd N., Naidu, R., Schmidt, Otto

While arsenic is toxic to all multicellular organisms, some organisms become tolerant by an unknown mechanism. We have recently uncovered an inducible tolerance mechanism in insects, which is based...

Arsenic interactions with lipid particles containing iron (2009)

Rahman, Mahbub Mohammad, Rahman, Farzana, Sansom, Lloyd N., Naidu, R., Schmidt, Otto

While arsenic is toxic to all multicellular organisms, some organisms become tolerant by an unknown mechanism. We have recently uncovered an inducible tolerance mechanism in insects, which is based...

Factors affecting growth in the koinobiont endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (2007)

Rahman, Mahbub Mohammad, Roberts, Harry Leslie Scougall, Schmidt, Otto

With resistance of insect pests to synthetic pesticides on the increase, the role of parasitoid wasps as biological control agents is expanding in pest and resistance management strategies. One of...

Factors affecting growth in the koinobiont endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (2007)

Rahman, Mahbub Mohammad, Roberts, Harry Leslie Scougall, Schmidt, Otto

With resistance of insect pests to synthetic pesticides on the increase, the role of parasitoid wasps as biological control agents is expanding in pest and resistance management strategies. One of...

Integration of cell adhesion reactions - a balance of forces? (2006)

Schmidt, Otto, Schreiber, Andreas Wolfgang

The rearrangement of receptors by oligomeric adhesion molecules constitutes a configurational mechanism able to sculpture membranes and dislocate receptors from cytoplasmic anchorage. This provides a...

Recognition and inactivation of LPS by lipophorin particles (2006)

Ma, Gang, Hay, Douglas, Li, Dongmei, Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Lipophorin is the major lipid carrier in insects, but various observations indicate that lipophorin is also involved in immune reactions. To examine a possible role of lipophorin in defence...

Cell-free immune reactions in insects (2006)

Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, Ma, Gang, Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

Insects, like many other multicellular organisms, are able to recognise and inactivate potential pathogens and toxins in the absence of cells. Here we show that the recognition and inactivation of...

A calreticulin-like protein from endoparasitoid venom fluid is involved in host hemocyte inactivation (2006)

Zhang, G. M., Schmidt, Otto, Asgari, Sassan

During oviposition, most endoparasitoid wasps inject maternal factors into their hosts to interfere with host immune reactions and ensure successful development of their progeny. Since encapsulation...

Cell-free immune reactions in insects (2006)

Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, Ma, Gang, Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

Insects, like many other multicellular organisms, are able to recognise and inactivate potential pathogens and toxins in the absence of cells. Here we show that the recognition and inactivation of...

Recognition and inactivation of LPS by lipophorin particles (2006)

Ma, Gang, Hay, Douglas, Li, Dongmei, Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Lipophorin is the major lipid carrier in insects, but various observations indicate that lipophorin is also involved in immune reactions. To examine a possible role of lipophorin in defence...

Integration of cell adhesion reactions - a balance of forces? (2006)

Schmidt, Otto, Schreiber, Andreas Wolfgang

The rearrangement of receptors by oligomeric adhesion molecules constitutes a configurational mechanism able to sculpture membranes and dislocate receptors from cytoplasmic anchorage. This provides a...

A calreticulin-like protein from endoparasitoid venom fluid is involved in host hemocyte inactivation (2006)

Zhang, G. M., Schmidt, Otto, Asgari, Sassan

During oviposition, most endoparasitoid wasps inject maternal factors into their hosts to interfere with host immune reactions and ensure successful development of their progeny. Since encapsulation...

Phenoloxidase-like activities and the function of virus-like particles in ovaries of the parthenogenetic parasitoid Venturia canescens (2005)

Schmidt, Otto, Li, D., Beck, Markus H., Kinuthia, Wanja, Bellati, Judy, Roberts, H. L. S.

The ichneumonid endoparasitoid Venturia canescens successfully develops inside the hemocoel of another insect by using maternal protein secretions, including nucleic acid-free virus-like particles...

Is the mature endotoxin Cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis inactivated by a coagulation reaction in the gut lumen of resistant, Helicoverpa armigera larvae? (2005)

Ma, Gang, Roberts, H. L. S., Sarjan, M., Featherstone, Nicola Elaine, Lahnstein, Jelle, Akhurst, R., ...

Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins (Bt-toxins) are the most important biopesticides used in controlling insect pests and vectors of diseases. The emergence of widespread resistance to Bt in some...

Phenoloxidase-like activities and the function of virus-like particles in ovaries of the parthenogenetic parasitoid Venturia canescens (2005)

Schmidt, Otto, Li, D., Beck, Markus H., Kinuthia, Wanja, Bellati, Judy, Roberts, H. L. S.

The ichneumonid endoparasitoid Venturia canescens successfully develops inside the hemocoel of another insect by using maternal protein secretions, including nucleic acid-free virus-like particles...

Is the mature endotoxin Cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis inactivated by a coagulation reaction in the gut lumen of resistant, Helicoverpa armigera larvae? (2005)

Ma, Gang, Roberts, H. L. S., Sarjan, M., Featherstone, Nicola Elaine, Lahnstein, Jelle, Akhurst, R., ...

Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins (Bt-toxins) are the most important biopesticides used in controlling insect pests and vectors of diseases. The emergence of widespread resistance to Bt in some...

Are insect immune suppressors driving cellular uptake reactions? (2005)

Schmidt, Otto, Glatz, Richard V., Asgari, Sassan, Roberts, Harry L.S.

Many insect parasitoids that deposit their eggs inside immature stages of other insect species inactivate the cellular host defence to protect the growing embryo from encapsulation. Suppression of...

Mechanisms of inducible resistance against Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins in invertebrates (2005)

Ma, Gang, Muhammad, Sarjan, Preston, Christopher, Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Abstract Resistance in insect pests against the endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) (Bt) is a major threat to the usefulness of this biopesticide, both used as traditional formulations and...

Are insect immune suppressors driving cellular uptake reactions? (2005)

Schmidt, Otto, Glatz, Richard V., Asgari, Sassan, Roberts, Harry L.S.

Many insect parasitoids that deposit their eggs inside immature stages of other insect species inactivate the cellular host defence to protect the growing embryo from encapsulation. Suppression of...

A Drosophila salivary gland mucin is also expressed in immune tissues: evidence for a function in coagulation and the entrapment of bacteria (2004)

Korayem, A. M., Fabbri, M., Takahashi, K., Scherfer, C., Lindgren, M., Schmidt, Otto, ...

Our studies on the developmental regulation of glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster led us to identify and characterize gp150, an ecdysone-regulated mucin that is found in hemocytes, the gut...

Isolation of an imaginal disc growth factor homologue from Pieris rapae and its expression following parasitization by Cotesia rubecula (2004)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Endoparasitoid insects introduce maternal factors into the body of their host at oviposition to suppress cellular defences for the protection of the developing parasitoid. We have shown that...

Lectin-induced haemocyte inactivation in insects (2004)

Glatz, R. V., Roberts, H. L. S., Li, D., Sarjan, M., Theopold, U. J., Asgari, Sassan, ...

Most multimeric lectins are adhesion molecules, promoting attachment and spreading on surface glycodeterminants. In addition, some lectins have counter-adhesion properties, detaching already spread...

Lifetime egg maturation by host-deprived Venturia canescens (2004)

Roberts, Harry L. S., Schmidt, Otto

The study investigated egg maturation and deposition by the endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens under conditions of host deprivation. Female V. canescens maintained without hosts began to deposit...

The development of the endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens in superparasitised Ephestia kuehniella (2004)

Roberts, H. L. S., True, O., Schmidt, Otto

Using a molecular marker that allows the differentiation of two strains of the solitary endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens, the study investigated the influence of host mass and the time interval...

Two coexisting lines of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens show differences in reproductive success under conspecific superparasitism (2004)

Reineke, A., Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

In a laboratory colony of the endoparasitic wasp Venturia canescens Grav. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), two genetically distinct lines (RP, RM) appear to coexist sympatrically. The two lines display...

The development of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in Bt-tolerant, immune induced larvae of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (2004)

Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

We examined the survival and development of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in a Bt-tolerant laboratory strain of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella, in which Bt-tolerance has been shown to be...

Coagulation in arthropods: defence, wound closure and healing (2004)

Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto, Soderhall, K., Dushay, M. S.

Arthropods have open circulatory systems and must seal wounds and keep bacteria from entering the hemocoel using efficient clotting systems. Enzymes that crosslink the clot include transglutaminase,...

Evolution of polydnaviruses as insect immune suppressors (2004)

Glatz, R. V., Asgari, S., Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are endogenous particles that are used by some endoparasitic hymenoptera to disrupt host immunity and development. Recent analyses of encapsidated PDV genes have increased the...

Coagulation in arthropods: defence, wound closure and healing (2004)

Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto, Soderhall, K., Dushay, M. S.

Arthropods have open circulatory systems and must seal wounds and keep bacteria from entering the hemocoel using efficient clotting systems. Enzymes that crosslink the clot include transglutaminase,...

Lectin-induced haemocyte inactivation in insects (2004)

Glatz, R. V., Roberts, H. L. S., Li, D., Sarjan, M., Theopold, U. J., Asgari, Sassan, ...

Most multimeric lectins are adhesion molecules, promoting attachment and spreading on surface glycodeterminants. In addition, some lectins have counter-adhesion properties, detaching already spread...

The development of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in Bt-tolerant, immune induced larvae of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (2004)

Rahman, Mohammad Mahbubur, Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

We examined the survival and development of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens in a Bt-tolerant laboratory strain of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella, in which Bt-tolerance has been shown to be...

The development of the endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens in superparasitised Ephestia kuehniella (2004)

Roberts, H. L. S., True, O., Schmidt, Otto

Using a molecular marker that allows the differentiation of two strains of the solitary endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens, the study investigated the influence of host mass and the time interval...

A Drosophila salivary gland mucin is also expressed in immune tissues: evidence for a function in coagulation and the entrapment of bacteria (2004)

Korayem, A. M., Fabbri, M., Takahashi, K., Scherfer, C., Lindgren, M., Schmidt, Otto, ...

Our studies on the developmental regulation of glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster led us to identify and characterize gp150, an ecdysone-regulated mucin that is found in hemocytes, the gut...

Isolation of an imaginal disc growth factor homologue from Pieris rapae and its expression following parasitization by Cotesia rubecula (2004)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Endoparasitoid insects introduce maternal factors into the body of their host at oviposition to suppress cellular defences for the protection of the developing parasitoid. We have shown that...

Evolution of polydnaviruses as insect immune suppressors (2004)

Glatz, R. V., Asgari, S., Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are endogenous particles that are used by some endoparasitic hymenoptera to disrupt host immunity and development. Recent analyses of encapsidated PDV genes have increased the...

Lifetime egg maturation by host-deprived Venturia canescens (2004)

Roberts, Harry L. S., Schmidt, Otto

The study investigated egg maturation and deposition by the endoparasitoid wasp Venturia canescens under conditions of host deprivation. Female V. canescens maintained without hosts began to deposit...

Two coexisting lines of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens show differences in reproductive success under conspecific superparasitism (2004)

Reineke, A., Roberts, H. L. S., Schmidt, Otto

In a laboratory colony of the endoparasitic wasp Venturia canescens Grav. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), two genetically distinct lines (RP, RM) appear to coexist sympatrically. The two lines display...

Evolution of polydnaviruses as insect immune suppressors (2004)

Glatz, Richard V., Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are endogenous particles that are used by some endoparasitic hymenoptera to disrupt host immunity and development. Recent analyses of encapsidated PDV genes have increased the...

Evolution of polydnaviruses as insect immune suppressors (2004)

Glatz, Richard V., Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are endogenous particles that are used by some endoparasitic hymenoptera to disrupt host immunity and development. Recent analyses of encapsidated PDV genes have increased the...

A serine proteinase homolog venom protein from an endoparasitoid wasp inhibits melanization of the host hemolymph* (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zhang, G., Zareie, R., Schmidt, Otto

Activation of prophenoloxidase (proPO) in insects is a defense mechanism against intruding microorganisms and parasites. Pattern recognition molecules induce activation of an enzymatic cascade...

Possible function of two insect phospholipid-hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidases (2003)

Li, D., Blasevich, F., Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto

We compared the functional properties of two insect members of the phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidases (PHGPx) family, VLP1, a major component of virus-like particles from the...

Is cell surface calreticulin involved in phagocytosis by insect hemocytes? (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

The innate immune system of insects consists of humoral and cellular components involved in the recognition of and responses to intruding foreign micro- or macroorganisms. Several molecules have been...

Possible function of two insect phospholipid-hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidases (2003)

Li, D., Blasevich, F., Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto

We compared the functional properties of two insect members of the phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidases (PHGPx) family, VLP1, a major component of virus-like particles from the...

Is cell surface calreticulin involved in phagocytosis by insect hemocytes? (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

The innate immune system of insects consists of humoral and cellular components involved in the recognition of and responses to intruding foreign micro- or macroorganisms. Several molecules have been...

A serine proteinase homolog venom protein from an endoparasitoid wasp inhibits melanization of the host hemolymph* (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zhang, G., Zareie, R., Schmidt, Otto

Activation of prophenoloxidase (proPO) in insects is a defense mechanism against intruding microorganisms and parasites. Pattern recognition molecules induce activation of an enzymatic cascade...

Polydnavirus particle proteins with similarities to molecular chaperones, heat-shock protein 70 and calreticulin (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zhang, Guangmei M., Schmidt, Otto

Multipartite nucleic acid-containing virus-like particles, known as polydnaviruses, are special structures produced by female parasitoid wasps to deliver wasp components into the body of their host...

Characterization of a novel protein with homology to C-type lectins expressed by the Cotesia rubecula bracovirus in larvae of the lepidopteran host, Pieris rapae (2003)

Glatz, Richard, Schmidt, Otto, Asgari, Sassan

Polydnaviruses are essential for the survival of many Ichneumonoid endoparasitoids, providing active immune suppression of the host in which parasitoid larvae develop. The Cotesia rubecula bracovirus...

Isolation and characterization of a novel venom protein from an endoparasitoid, Cotesia rubecula (Hym : Braconidae) (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zareie, Reza, Zhang, Guangmei M., Schmidt, Otto

Insects are important vectors of diseases with remarkable immune defense capabilities. Hymenopteran endoparasitoids are adapted to overcome the host defense system and, therefore, are useful sources...

Polydnavirus particle proteins with similarities to molecular chaperones, heat-shock protein 70 and calreticulin (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zhang, Guangmei M., Schmidt, Otto

Multipartite nucleic acid-containing virus-like particles, known as polydnaviruses, are special structures produced by female parasitoid wasps to deliver wasp components into the body of their host...

Characterization of a novel protein with homology to C-type lectins expressed by the Cotesia rubecula bracovirus in larvae of the lepidopteran host, Pieris rapae (2003)

Glatz, Richard, Schmidt, Otto, Asgari, Sassan

Polydnaviruses are essential for the survival of many Ichneumonoid endoparasitoids, providing active immune suppression of the host in which parasitoid larvae develop. The Cotesia rubecula bracovirus...

Isolation and characterization of a novel venom protein from an endoparasitoid, Cotesia rubecula (Hym : Braconidae) (2003)

Asgari, Sassan, Zareie, Reza, Zhang, Guangmei M., Schmidt, Otto

Insects are important vectors of diseases with remarkable immune defense capabilities. Hymenopteran endoparasitoids are adapted to overcome the host defense system and, therefore, are useful sources...

A coiled-coil region of an insect immune suppressor protein is involved in binding and uptake by hemocytes (2002)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses are associated with certain parasitoid wasps and are introduced into the body cavity of the host caterpillar during oviposition. Some of the viral genes are expressed in host tissues...

Insect hemolymph clotting : evidence for interaction between the coagulation system and the prophenoloxidase activating cascade (2002)

Li, D., Scherfer, C., Korayem, A. M., Zhao, Zeng Qi, Schmidt, Otto, Theopold, U. J.

Here we describe a novel approach to isolate proteins involved in insect hemolymph coagulation. In order to avoid problems in purifying clot proteins after they had been crosslinked, we performed an...

A coiled-coil region of an insect immune suppressor protein is involved in binding and uptake by hemocytes (2002)

Asgari, Sassan, Schmidt, Otto

Polydnaviruses are associated with certain parasitoid wasps and are introduced into the body cavity of the host caterpillar during oviposition. Some of the viral genes are expressed in host tissues...

Insect hemolymph clotting : evidence for interaction between the coagulation system and the prophenoloxidase activating cascade (2002)

Li, D., Scherfer, C., Korayem, A. M., Zhao, Zeng Qi, Schmidt, Otto, Theopold, U. J.

Here we describe a novel approach to isolate proteins involved in insect hemolymph coagulation. In order to avoid problems in purifying clot proteins after they had been crosslinked, we performed an...

Changes in glycosylation during Drosophila development. The influence of ecdysone on hemomucin isoforms (2001)

Theopold, U. J., Dorian, C., Schmidt, Otto

To explore a possible signal function of glycodeterminants and the tissue specificity of glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster, hemomucin, a surface mucin previously isolated from cell lines was...

Two distinct reproductive strategies are correlated with an ovarian phenotype in co-existing parthenogenetic strains of a parasitic wasp (2001)

Beck, Markus H., Reineke, A., Lorenz, H., Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto

The question whether different organisms are able to compete for the same resource is of fundamental importance to evolutionary biology. Sympatric co-existence of similar species on a single resource...

Changes in glycosylation during Drosophila development. The influence of ecdysone on hemomucin isoforms (2001)

Theopold, U. J., Dorian, C., Schmidt, Otto

To explore a possible signal function of glycodeterminants and the tissue specificity of glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster, hemomucin, a surface mucin previously isolated from cell lines was...

Two distinct reproductive strategies are correlated with an ovarian phenotype in co-existing parthenogenetic strains of a parasitic wasp (2001)

Beck, Markus H., Reineke, A., Lorenz, H., Theopold, U. J., Schmidt, Otto

The question whether different organisms are able to compete for the same resource is of fundamental importance to evolutionary biology. Sympatric co-existence of similar species on a single resource...

Phasenumwandlungen und Diffusion unter hydrostatischem Druck. (1965)

Schmidt, Otto.

Berlin, T. U., F. f. Bergbau u. Hüttenw., Diss. v. 24. Febr. 1965.

Ueber die Beziehungen zwischen Chlorstoffwechsel und Histaminwirkung. (1945)

Schmidt, Otto.

Göttingen, Med. F., Diss. v. 10. Juli 1945 (Nicht f. d. Austausch).

Sind Ruben- und Hafernematoden identisch? / (1930)

Schmidt, Otto.

Thesis (doctoral)--Vereinigte Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1930.

Zur Kenntnis der Gynäkomastie / (1928)

Schmidt, Otto.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Jena, 1928.

Über Cumylindigo und Cumylisatin / (1912)

Schmidt, Otto.

Thesis (D. Eng.)--Königliche Technischen Hochschule zu München, 1912.

Zur Kenntnis der Einwirkung von Phosphorpentachlorid auf Salicylsäure / (1898)

Schmidt, Otto.

Thesis (doctoral)--Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 1898.