Scientific Commons: S. Heck

Date Approved by Chairman (2006)

I would first like to thank my parents and Priscilla for their moral support and patience regarding my graduate studies at Georgia Tech. I owe much of the success in my research activities to my...

Fish and Food Security in Africa (2005)

Bene, C., Heck, S.

"Today, in sub-Saharan Africa, one out of every two people (49%) lives on less than $1 a day (World Bank 2004a). While in other regions chronic hunger is receding, in sub-Saharan Africa malnutrition...

Architectural Enhancements for Color Image and Video Processing on Embedded Systems (2005)

Jongmyon Kim, Dr. D. Scott Wills, M. Wills, S. Lee, ...

This dissertation could not be completed without the aid and support of countless people over the past several years. I would like to thank everyone who influenced this work. First of all, I would...

Hematopoietic stem cells expressing the myeloid lysozyme gene retain long-term, multilineage repopulation potential (2003)

Ye, M., Iwasaki, H., Laiosa, C.V., Stadtfeld, M., Xie, H., Heck, S., ...

POWER DELIVERY IN SYSTEMS WITH LOSSY CABLES OR INTERCONNECTS Approved by: (2003)

Vinod Rajasekaran, S. Heck, G. Habetler, ...

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Estrogen induces a rapid secretion of amyloid ß precursor protein via the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. (2001)

Manthey, D., Heck, S., Engert, S., Behl, C.

The female sex hormone oestrogen as neuroprotectant: activities at various levels. (2000)

Behl, C., Moosmann, B., Manthey, D., Heck, S.

Insulin-like growth factor-1-mediated neuroprotection against oxidative stress is associated with activation of NF-kB. (1999)

Heck, S., Lezoualc'h, F., Engert, S., Behl, C.

All 16 centromere DNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae show DNA curvature (1999)

Bechert, T, Heck, S, Fleig, U, Diekmann, S, Hegemann, JH

Fermion Quasi-Spherical Harmonics (1998)

Hunter, G., Ecimovic, P., Schlifer, I., Walker, I. M., Beamish, D., Donev, S., ...

Spherical Harmonics, $Y_\ell^m(\theta,\phi)$, are derived and presented (in a Table) for half-odd-integer values of $\ell$ and $m$. These functions are eigenfunctions of $L^2$ and $L_z$ written as...

Space Administration (1998)

Engineering Dr, M. Haddad, S. Heck

1997. I would like to acknowledge the support and guidance of my advisor. Dr. Anthony J. Calise of the School of Aerospace

Transkriptionelle Repression als molekulare Grundlage der antiinflammatorischen Wirkung von Glucocorticoiden. (1998)

Heck, S.

Dissertation, Universität Karlsruhe 1997

RAP46 is a negative regulator of glucocorticoid receptor action and hormone-induced apoptosis. (1998)

Kullmann, M., Schneikert, J., Moll, J., Heck, S., Zeiner, M., Gehring, U., ...

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273(1998) S.14620-25

Transcriptional cross-talk, the second mode of steroid hormone receptor action. (1998)

Göttlicher, M., Heck, S., Herrlich, P.

Journal of Molecular Medicine, 76(1998) S.480-489

Transcriptional cross-talk and the mechanism of action of corticosteroids. (1997)

Heck, S., Bender, K., Kullmann, M., Herrlich, P., Cato, A.C.B.

IBC's Internat.Conf.on Transcriptional Regulation, London, GB, March 5-6, 1997

IkappaB#a-independent downregulation of NF-kappaB activity by glucocorticoid receptor. (1997)

Heck, S., Bender, K., Kullmann, M., Göttlicher, M., Herrlich, P., Cato, A.C.B.

The EMBO Journal, 16(1997) S.4698-4707

A new efficient gene disruption cassette for repeated use in budding yeast (1996)

Guldener, U, Heck, S, Fielder, T, Beinhauer, J, Hegemann, JH

Interaction of the Ubc9 human homologue with c-Jun and with the glucocorticoid receptor. (1996)

Göttlicher, M., Heck, S., Doucas, V., Wade, E., Kullmann, M., Cato, A.C.B., ...

Steroids, 61(1996) S.257-62

Signal transduction to transcription factors. (1996)

Herrlich, P., Heck, S., Göttlicher, M., Knebel, A., Rahmsdorf, H.J.

Internat.Summer School on Mechanisms in Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Spetses, GR, September 2-12, 1996

Down regulation of NFkappaB by glucocorticoids during antiinflammation does not require hormone induced expression of the inhibitor protein IkappaB#a. (1996)

Heck, S., Kullmann, M., Herrlich, P., Cato, A.C.B.

Colloquium Endocrinologicum Südwestdeutscher Arbeitsgruppen, Tübingen, 8.November 1996

Dissociation of positively and negatively regulating functions of nuclear receptors. (1995)

Göttlicher, M., Heck, S., Herrlich, P., Cato, A.C.B.

EMBO Workshop: Structure and Function of Steroid and Nuclear Receptors, Porto Conte, I, April 27-30, 1995

Characteristics of the transrepression functions of the glucocorticoid receptor. (1995)

Heck, S., Wade, E., Herrlich, P., Cato, A.C.B.

5th Internat.Congress: Hormones and Cancer, Quebec, CDN, September 16-20, 1995

Regulation of AP-1 activity and of AP-1-dependent target genes. (1995)

Iordanov, M., Wade, E., Knebel, A., Angel, P., Rahmsdorf, H.J., Wilhelm, D., ...

5th Internat.Congress: Hormones and Cancer, Quebec, CDN, September 16-20, 1995

Interactions between glucocorticoid receptor and other transcription factors. (1995)

Heck, S., Tuckermann, J., Cato, A.C.B., Göttlicher, M., Wade, E., Angel, P., ...

17th ISGSH Meeting, Berlin, 25.-28.November 1995

Glucocorticoid receptor-activator protein-I interactions in drug design. (1995)

Wade, E., Heck, S., Cato, A.C.B.

Biochemical Society Transactions, 23(1995) S.946-52

A distinct modulating domain in glucocorticoid receptor monomers in the repression of activity of the transcription factor AP-1. (1994)

Heck, S., Kullmann, M., Gast, A., Ponta, H., Rahmsdorf, H.J., Herrlich, P., ...

The EMBO Journal, 13(1994) S.4087-95

An der Repression der Aktivitaet des Transkriptionsfaktors AP-1 beteiligte Bereiche des Glucocorticoidrezeptors. (1993)

Heck, S.

Diplomarbeit, Universitaet Karlsruhe 1993

A new efficient gene disruption cassette for repeated use in budding yeast.

Güldener, U, Heck, S, Fielder, T, Beinhauer, J, Hegemann, J H

The dominant kanr marker gene plays an important role in gene disruption experiments in budding yeast, as this marker can be used in a variety of yeast strains lacking the conventional yeast markers....

All 16 centromere DNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae show DNA curvature.

Bechert, T, Heck, S, Fleig, U, Diekmann, S, Hegemann, J H

All 16 centromere DNA regions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae including 90 bp framing sequences on either side were cloned. These 300 bp long centromere regions were analysed by native polyacrylamide gel...

Antigenic and molecular analyses of different Chlamydia pneumoniae strains.

Jantos, C A, Heck, S, Roggendorf, R, Sen-Gupta, M, Hegemann, J H

Chlamydia pneumoniae is an important human respiratory pathogen. Classification of C. pneumoniae isolates into distinguishable serovars or genotypes has not yet been reported. To determine whether...

A distinct modulating domain in glucocorticoid receptor monomers in the repression of activity of the transcription factor AP-1.

Heck, S, Kullmann, M, Gast, A, Ponta, H, Rahmsdorf, H J, Herrlich, P, ...

Steroid receptors activate and repress genes. An important class of genes that they repress is controlled by the transcription factor AP-1. The activity of AP-1 is inhibited by the receptor, a...

I kappaB alpha-independent downregulation of NF-kappaB activity by glucocorticoid receptor.

Heck, S, Bender, K, Kullmann, M, Göttlicher, M, Herrlich, P, Cato, A C

I kappaB alpha is an inhibitor protein that prevents nuclear transport-and activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. In acute inflammation, NF-kappaB is activated and increases the expression...

A new method for the selection of protein interactions in mammalian cells.

Rojo-Niersbach, E, Morley, D, Heck, S, Lehming, N

In the present study we present a new method that allows for the selection of protein interactions in mammalian cells. We have used this system to verify two interactions previously characterized in...