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Berger, T.K., Fußhöller, D.M., Goodwin, N., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Khesroshahi, N.D., Brenker, C., Wachten, D., Krause, E., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2017) "Posttranslational cleavage of Hv1 in human sperm tunes pH- and voltage-dependent gating” J. Physiol. 595, 1533-1546
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Björkgren, I., Alvarez, L., Blank, N., Balbach, M., Turunen, H., Laajala, T.D., Toivanen, J., Krutskikh, A., Wahlberg, N., Huhtaniemi, I., Poutanen, M., Wachten, D. & Sipilä, P. (2016) "Targeted inactivation of the mouse epididymal beta-defensin 41 alters sperm flagellar beat pattern and zona pellucida binding" Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 427, 143-154
Mukherjee, S., Jansen, V., Jikeli, J.F., Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Dombrowski, M., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachtern, D. (2016) "A novel biosensor to study cAMP dynamics in cilia and flagella" eLife 5, e14052
Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Willbold, D. (2015) "Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2" J. Biomol. NMR 9, 243 - 246
Fechner, S., Alvarez, L., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Berger, T., Pascal, R., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Stölting, G., Siegfried, K.R., Seifert, R. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "A K+-selective CNG channel orchestrates Ca2+ signalling in zebrafish sperm" eLife, e07624
Royeck, M., Kelly, T., Opitz, T., Otte, D.-M., Rennhack, A., Woitecki, A., Pitsch, J., Becer, A., Schoch, S., Kaupp, U.B., Yaari, Y., Zimmer, A. & Beck, H. (2015) "Downregulation of spermine Augments dendritic persistent sodium currents and synaptic integration after status epilepticus" J. Neurosci. 35, 15240 - 15253
Jikeli, J., Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Wilson, L.G., Pascal, R., Colin, R., Pichlo, M., Rennhack, A., Brenker, C. & Kaupp, U.B. (2015) "Sperm navigation along helical paths in 3D chemoattractant landscapes" Nat. Commun. 6, 7985
Raju, D., Schonauer, S., Hamzeh, H., Flynn, K.C., Bradke, F., vom Dorp, K., Dörmann, P., Yildiz, Y., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Breiden, B., Sandhoff, K., Körschen, H.G. & Wachten, D. (2015) "Accumulation of glucosylceramide in the absence of the Beta-Glucosidase GBA2 alters cytoskeletal dynamics" PLoS Genet 11, e1005063
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Jansen, V., Alvarez, L., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Hegemann, P., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2015) "Controlling fertilization and cAMP signaling in sperm by optogenetics" eLife 4, e05161
Seifert, R., Flick, M., Bönigk, W., Alvarez, L., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Müller, A., Goodwin, N., Pelzer, P., Kashikar, N.D., Kremmer, E., Jikeli, J., Timmermann, B., Kuhl, H., Fridman, D., Windler, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2015) "The CatSper channel controls chemosensation in sea urchin sperm" EMBO J. 34, 379-392
Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Willbold, D. (2014) "Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2" Biomol. NMR Assign. 9, 243-246
Pichlo, M., Bungert-Plümke, S., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Bönigk, W., Strünker, T., Kashikar, N.D., Goodwin, N., Müller, A., Pelzer, P., Van, Q., Enderlein, J., Klemm, C., Krause, E., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Kremmer, E. & Kaupp, U.B. (2014) "High density and ligand affinity confer ultrasensitive signal detection by a guanylyl cyclase chemoreceptor" J. Cell. Biol. 206, 541-557
Schiffer, C., Müller, A., Egeberg, D.L., Alvarez, L., Brenker, C., Rehfeld, A., Frederiksen, H., Wäschle, B., Kaupp, U.B., Balbach, M., Wachten, D., Skakkebaek, N.E., Almstrup, K. & Strünker, T. (2014) "Direct action of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human sperm" EMBO Rep.15, 731-815
Brenker, C., Zhou, Y., Müller, A., Echeverry, F.A., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Xia, X.M., Bönigk, W., Lingle, C.J., Kaupp, U.B. & Strünker, T. (2014) "The Ca2+-activated K+ current of human sperm is mediated by Slo3" eLife 3, e01438
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Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Gompper, G. & Kaupp, U.B. (2014) "The computational sperm cell" Trends Cell Biol. 24, 198-207
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Krähling, M., Alvarez, L., Debowski, K., Van, Q., Gunkel, M., Irsen, S., Al-Amoudi, A., Strünker, T., Kremmer, E., Krause, E., Voigt, I., Wörtge, S., Waisman, A., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2013) "CRIS- a novel cAMP-binding protein controlling spermiogenesis and the development of flagellar bending" PLoS Genet.9, e1003960
Rabionet, M., Bayerle, A., Marsching, C., Jennemann, R., Grone, H.J., Yildiz, Y., Wachten, D., Shaw, W., Shayman, J.A. & Sandhoff, R. (2013) "1-O-Acylceramides are natural components of human and mouse epidermis" J. Lipid. Res. 54, 3312-3321
Hirohashi, N., Alvarez, L., Shiba, K., Fujiwara, E., Iwata, Y., Mohri, T., Inaba, K., Chiba, K., Ochi, H., Supuran, C.T., Kotzur, N., Kakiuchi, Y., Kaupp, U.B. & Baba, S.A. (2013) "Sperm from Sneaker Male Squids Exhibit Chemotactic Swarming to CO2" Curr. Biol. 23, 775-781
Peuker, S., Cukkemane, A., Held, M., Noé, F., Kaupp, U.B. & Seifert, R. (2013) "Kinetics of ligand-receptor interaction reveals an induced-fit mode of binding in a cyclic nucleotide-activated protein" Biophys. J. 104, 63-74
Körschen, H.G., Yildiz, Y., Raju, D.N., Schonauer, S., Bönigk, W., Jansen, V., Kremmer, E., Kaupp, U.B. & Wachten, D. (2013) "The non-lysosomal beta-glucosidase GBA2 is a non-integral membrane-associated protein at the ER and Golgi" J. Biol. Chem. 288, 3388-3393
Alvarez, L., Dai, L., Friedrich, B.M., Kashikar, N., Gregor, I., Pascal, R. & Kaupp, U.B. (2012) "The rate of change in Ca2+ concentration controls sperm chemotaxis" J. Cell Biol. 196, 653-663
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