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2011



Herberich G, Windoffer R, Leube R, Aach T 2011.
3D Segmentation of Keratin Intermediate Filaments in Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.
33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS.
Boston, Massachusetts USA, August 30 - September 3, 2011


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Gordon S, Leube RE, Cousin MA. 2011.
Synaptophysin is required for synaptobrevin retrieval during synaptic vesicle endocytosis.
J. Neurosci. 31:14032-14036.

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Windoffer R, Beil M, Magin TM, Leube RE. 2011.
Cytoskeleton in motion: the dynamics of keratin intermediate filaments in epithelia.

J. Cell Biol. 194:669-78.
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Abraham C, Bai L, Leube RE. 2011.
Synaptogyrin-dependent modulation of synaptic neurotransmission in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Neuroscience 190:75-88.
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Krusche CA, Holthöfer B, Hofe V, van de Sandt AM, Eshkind L, Bockamp E, Merx MW, Kant S, Windoffer R, Leube RE. 2011.
Desmoglein 2 mutant mice develop cardiac fibrosis and dilation.
Basic Res. Cardiol. 106:617-33.
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Kröger C, Vijayaraj P, Reuter U, Windoffer R, Simmons D, Heukamp L, Leube R, Magin TM. 2011.
Placental vasculogenesis is regulated by keratin-mediated hyperoxia in murine decidual tissues.
Am. J. Pathol. 178:1578-90.
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Leube RE, Moch M, Kölsch A, Windoffer R. 2011.
“Panta rhei” Perpetual cycling of the keratin cytoskeleton.
BioArchitecture 1:1, 39-44.
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Kemp B, Schmitz S, Krusche CA, Rath W, von Rango U. 2011.
Dendritic cells are equally distributed in intrauterine and tubal ectopic pregnancies.
Fertil Steril. 95:28-32.
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Ghassemi A, Prescher A, Hilgers RD, Riediger D, Gerressen M. 2011.
Effect of the Sequence of Lateral Osteotomy and Hump Removal on the Aesthetic Outcome.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 35:603-607.
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Resnik N, Sepcic K, Plemenitas A, Windoffer R, Leube R, Veranic P. 2010.
Desmosome assembly and cell-cell adhesion are membrane raft-dependent processes.
J Biol Chem.  286:1499-1507.

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2010



Herberich G, Würflinger T, Sechi A, Windoffer R, Leube R, Aach T. 2010.
Fluorescence microscopic imaging and image analysis of the cytoskeleton.
Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), 2010 Conference Record of the Forty Fourth Asilomar Conference. 1359-1363.
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Herberich G, Windoffer R, Leube R, Aach T. 2010
3D Motion Analysis of Keratin Filaments in Living Cells.
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7623. Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing. Editors: Benoit M. Dawant; David R. Haynor, 76232B.

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Willis S, Junge K, Ebrahimi R, Prescher A, Schumpelick V. 2010.
Haemorrhoids - a collagen disease?
Colorectal Dis. 12:1249-1253.
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van den Ecker D, van den Brand MA, Bossinger O, Mayatepek E, Nijtmans LG, Distelmaier F. 2010.
Blue native electrophoresis to study mitochondrial complex I in C. elegans.
Anal Biochem. 407:287-9.
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Schwarz N, Pruessmeyer J, Hess FM, Dreymueller D, Pantaler E, Koelsch A, Windoffer R, Voss M, Sarabi A, Weber C, Sechi AS, Uhlig S, Ludwig A. 2010.
Requirements for leukocyte transmigration via the transmembrane chemokine CX3CL1.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 67:4233-48.

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Kölsch A. Windoffer R, Würflinger T, Aach T, Leube RE. 2010.
The keratin filament cycle of assembly and disassembly. 
J Cell Sci. 123:2266-2272.

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Baertling F, Kokozidou M, Pufe T, Clarner T, Windoffer R, Wruck CJ, Brandenburg LO, Beyer C, Kipp M. 2010.
ADAM12 is expressed by astrocytes during experimental demyelination.
Brain Res. 1326:1-14.
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Weisskopf M, Maus U, Ohnsorge JA, Prescher A, Pandorf T, Birnbaum K. 2010.
Einfluss der Position einer lumbalen Bandscheibenprothese auf das segmentale Bewegungsverhalten.
Z Orthop Unfall. 148:453-8.
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Minovi A, Witt M, Prescher A, Gudziol V, Dazert S, Hatt H, Benecke H. 2010.
Expression and distribution of the intermediate filament protein nestin and other stem cell related molecules in the human olfactory epithelium.
Histol Histopathol. 25:177-87.
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Prescher A. 2010.
Clinical anatomy of the temporal bone: taxonomy, topography and important variations.
HNO 58:173-87.
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Birnbaum K, Prescher A, Niethard FU. 2010.
Hip centralizing forces of the iliotibial tract within various femoral neck angles.
J Pediatr Orthop B. 19:140-9.




Beckers SK, Sopka S, Classen-Linke I, Weishoff-Houben M, Dott W. 2010
Strukturell-organisatorische Entwicklung und Etablierung eines
interdisziplinären Trainingszentrums für klinisch-praktische
Fertigkeiten.
 GMS Z Med Ausbild. 27(1):Doc10.
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Hoffmann M, Segbert C, Helbig G, Bossinger O. 2010.
Intestinal tube formation in Caenorhabditis elegans requires vang-1 and egl-15 signaling.
Dev Biol. 339(2):268-79.
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Steinau G, Hohl C, Prescher A, Kaemmer D, Böhm G. 2010.
Experimental investigation of the elasticity of the human diaphragm.
BMC Surg. 10:5.
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Schlegel N, Meir M, Heupel WM, Holthöfer B, Leube RE, Waschke J.2010
Desmoglein 2-mediated adhesion is required for intestinal epithelial barrier integrity.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 298:G774-83.

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Biedron S, Prescher A, Ilgner J, Westhofen M. 2010.
The Internal Dimensions of the Cochlear Scalae With Special Reference to Cochlear Electrode Insertion Trauma.
Otol Neurotol. 31:731-5.

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Löffek S, Wöll S, Höhfeld J, Leube RE, Has C, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Magin TM. 2010.
The ubiquitin ligase CHIP/STUB1 targets mutant keratins for degradation.
Hum Mutat. 31:466-76.

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2009








Pilipiuk J, Lefebvre C, Wiesenfahrt T, Legouis R, Bossinger O. 2009.
Increased IP3/Ca2+ signaling compensates depletion of LET-413/DLG-1 in C. elegans epithelial junction assembly.
Dev Biol. 327:34-47.
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Vijayaraj P, Kröger C, Reuter U, Windoffer R, Leube RE, Magin TM. 2009.
Keratins regulate protein biosynthesis through localization of GLUT1 and -3 upstream of AMP kinase and Raptor.
J Cell Biol. 187:175-84.
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Birnbaum K, Pandorf T, Prescher A, Niethard FU, Weisskopf M. 2009.
Hip centralising forces of the iliotibial tract with various femoral neck angles.
Z Orthop Unfall.147:341-9. 
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Klink C, Binnebösel M, Kämmer D, Willis S, Prescher A, Klinge U, Schumpelick V. 2009.
Haemorrhoids are related to changes of cell function in mucosa and submucosa.
Int J Colorectal Dis.24:1389-94.
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Willis S, Junge K, Ebrahimi R, Prescher A, Schumpelick V. 2009.
Haemorrhoids - A Collagen Disease?
Colorectal Dis. [Epub ahead of print].
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Birnbaum K, Phoa T, Maus U, Prescher A, Weisskopf M. 2009.
Biomechanical analysis of lumbar spine after implantation of a disk prosthesis and supplementary spinal fusion for management of complications.
Z Orthop Unfall.147:493-500.
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Grottke O, Ntouba A, Ullrich S, Liao W, Fried E, Prescher A, Deserno TM, Kuhlen T, Rossaint R. 2009.
Virtual reality-based simulator for training in regional anaesthesia.
Br J Anaesth.103:594-600.
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Prescher A. 2009.
Clinical anatomy of the paranasal sinuses. Descriptive anatomy, topography and important variations.
HNO.57:1039-50;

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Weißkopf M, Maus U, Ohnsorge JA, Prescher A, Pandorf T, Birnbaum K. 2009.
Influence of Disc Prosthesis Position on Segmental Motion in the Lumbar Spine.
Z Orthop Unfall. [Epub ahead of print].
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Hoffmann M, Bellance N, Rossignol R, Koopman WJ, Willems PH, Mayatepek E, Bossinger O, Distelmaier F. 2009.
C. elegans ATAD-3 is essential for mitochondrial activity and development.
PLoS One 4:e7644.

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Pluskota A, Horzowski E, Bossinger O, von Mikecz A. 2009.
In Caenorhabditis elegans nanoparticle-bio-interactions become transparent: silica-nanoparticles induce reproductive senescence.
PLoS One 4:e6622.
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Schmitt U, Tanimoto N, Seeliger M, Schaeffel F, Leube RE. 2009.
Detection of behavioral alterations and learning deficits in mice lacking synaptophysin.
Neuroscience 162:234-43.
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Kölsch  A, Windoffer  R,  Leube, RE. 2009.
Actin-dependent dynamics of keratin filament precursors.
Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 66:976-85.
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Carberry K, Wiesenfahrt T, Windoffer R,  Bossinger O, Leube RE. 2009.
Intermediate Filaments in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Cell Motil. Cytoskel.  66:852-64.
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Reuss S, Kühn I, Windoffer R, Riemann R. 2009.
Neurochemistry of identified motoneurons of the tensor tympani muscle in rat middle ear.
Hear Res. 248:69-79.

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Stumpf M, Conze J, Prescher A, Junge K, Krones CJ, Klinge U, Schumpelick V. 2009.
The lateral incisional hernia: anatomical considerations for a standardized retromuscular sublay repair.
Hernia. 
13:293-7.
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van der Gaast MH, Macklon NS, Beier-Hellwig K, Krusche CA, Fauser BC, Beier HM, Classen-Linke I. 2009.
The feasibility of a less invasive method to assess endometrial maturation--comparison of simultaneously obtained uterine secretion and tissue biopsy.
BJOG.  116:304-12.

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Windfuhr JP, Schloendorff G, Sesterhenn AM, Prescher A, Kremer B. 2009.
 A devastating outcome after adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy: ideas for improved prevention and management.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.  140:191-6.


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2008



Windoffer R, Kölsch A, Wöll S, Würflinger T, Aach T, Leube RE 2008.
In vivo imaging and quantification of the continous keratin filament network turnover.
A. Aretz, B. Hermanns-Sachweh, J. Mayer (Eds.): EMC 2008, Vol. 3: Life Science, pp. 187-188, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85228-5_94, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.


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Felkl M, Leube RE. 2008.
Interaction assays in yeast and cultured cells confirm known and identify novel partners of the synaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin.

Neuroscience. 156:344-52

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Hüsken K, Wiesenfahrt T, Abraham C, Windoffer R, Bossinger O, Leube RE. 2008
Maintenance of the intestinal tube in Caenorhabditis elegans: the role of the intermediate filament protein IFC-2.
Differentiation 8:881-96.

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Gerressen M, Prescher A, Riediger D, van der Ven D, Ghassemi A. 2008.
Tibial versus iliac bone grafts: a comparative examination in 15 freshly preserved adult cadavers.
Clin Oral Implants Res. 19:1270-5.

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Bai L, Zimmer S, Rickes O, Rohleder N, Holthues H, Engel L, Leube R, Spessert R. 2008
Daily oscillation of gene expression in the retina is phase-advanced with respect to the pineal gland.
Brain Res. 1203:89-96.

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Lehnert B, Prescher A, Neuschaefer-Rube C. 2008.
Is laryngeal mask airway-related vocal chord palsy always laryngeal mask airway-related?
Br J Anaesth. 101:882.

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Coenen VA, Prescher A, Schmidt T, Picozzi P, Gielen FL. 2008.
What is dorso-lateral in the subthalamic Nucleus (STN)?--a topographic and anatomical consideration on the ambiguous description of today's primary target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 150:1163-5.

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O'Dey D, Prescher A, Poprawe R, Gaus S, Stanzel S, Pallua N. 2008.
Ablative targeting of fatty-tissue using a high-powered diode laser.
Lasers Surg Med. 40:100-5.

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van der Gaast MH, Classen-Linke I, Krusche CA, Beier-Hellwig K, Fauser BC, Beier HM, Macklon NS. 2008.
Impact of ovarian stimulation on mid-luteal endometrial tissue and secretion markers of receptivity.
Reprod Biomed Online. 17:553-63.

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previous publications of  the Leube Group:



Magin, T.M., Vijayaraj, P. and Leube, R.E. 2007.
Structural and  regulatory functions of keratins.
Exp. Cell Res. 313:2021-32.
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Wöll, S., Windoffer, R. and Leube, R.E. 2007.
p38 MAPK-dependent shaping of the keratin cytoskeleton in cultured cells.
J. Cell Biol. 177:795-807.

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Holthöfer, B., Windoffer, R., Troyanovsky, S. and Leube, R.E. 2007.
Structure and function of desmosomes.
Int Rev Cytol. 264:65-163.
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Abraham, C., Hutter, H., Palfreyman, M.T., Spatkowski, G., Weimer, R., Windoffer, R., Jorgensen, E. and Leube. R.E. 2006.
Synaptic tetraspan vesicle membrane proteins are conserved but not needed for synaptogenesis and neuronal function in C. elegans.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103:8227-32.



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Windoffer, R., Kölsch, A., Wöll, S. and Leube, R. E. 2006.
Focal adhesions are hotspots of keratin filament precursor formation.
J. Cell Biol. 173:341-348.

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Bai, L., Spiwoks-Becker, I. and Leube, R.E. 2006.
Transcriptome comparison of murine wild-type and synaptophysin-deficient retina reveals complete identity.
Brain Res. 1081:53-58.

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Wöll, S.,Windoffer, R., and Leube, R.E. 2005.
Dissection of keratin dynamics: different contributions of the actin and microtubule systems.
Eur. J. Cell Biol. 84:311-28.

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Windoffer, R. and Leube, R.E. 2004.
Imaging of keratin dynamics during the cell cycle and in response to phosphatase inhibition.
Methods Cell Biol. 78:321-352.
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Windoffer, R., Wöll, S., Strnad, P., and Leube, R.E. 2004.
Identification of novel principles of keratin filament network turnover in living cells.
Mol. Biol. Cell. 15:2436-2448.

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Werner, N.S., Windoffer, R., Strnad, P., Grund, C., Leube, R.E., and Magin, T.M. 2004.
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex-type mutations alter the dynamics of the keratin cytoskeleton and reveal a contribution of actin to the transport of keratin subunits.
Mol. Biol. Cell. 15:990-1002.

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Strnad, P. , Windoffer, R., and Leube, R.E. 2003.
Light-induced resistance of the keratin network to the filament-disrupting tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor orthovanadate
J. Invest. Dermatol. 120:198-203.
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Eshkind, L., Tian, Q., Schmidt, A. , Franke, W. W., Windoffer, R. and Leube, R. E. 2002.
Loss of desmoglein 2 suggests essential functions for early embryonic development and proliferation of embryonal stem cells
Eur. J. Cell Biol. 81:592-598.

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Strnad, P., Windoffer, R., and Leube, R.E. 2002.
Induction of rapid and reversible cytokeratin filament network remodeling by inhibition of tyrosine phosphatases
J. Cell. Sci. 115:4133-4148.

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Windoffer, R., Borchert-Stuhlträger, M. and Leube, R.E. 2002.
Desmosomes: interconnected calcium-dependent structures of remarkable stability with significant integral membrane protein turnover 
J. Cell. Sci. 115:1717-1732.

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Hübner, K., Windoffer, R., Hutter, H., and Leube, R.E. 2002.
Tetraspan vesicle membrane proteins: synthesis, subcellular localization and functional properties.
International Review of Cytology  214:103-159.
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Spiwoks-Becker, I., Vollrath, L., Seeliger, M.W., Jaissle, G., Eshkind, L.G. and Leube, R.E. 2001. 
Synaptic vesicle alterations in rod photoreceptors of synaptophysin-deficient mice. 
Neurosci.: 107:127-142.
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Windoffer, R., and Leube, R.E. 2001. 
De novo formation of cytokeratin filament networks originates from the cell cortex in A-431 cells 
Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 50: 33-44.
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Strnad, P. Windoffer, R., Leube, R. E. 2001.
In vivo detection of cytokeratin filament network breakdown in cells treated with the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid
Cell Tissue Res. 306:277-293.

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Windoffer, R., Beile, B., Leibold, A., Thomas, S., Wilhelm, U., and Leube, R.E. 2000.
Visualization of gap junction mobility in living cells. 
Cell Tissue Res. 299:347-362. 
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Windoffer, R., Borchert-Stuhltraeger, M., Thomas, S., Hergt, M., Haass, N.K., Bulitta, C. and Leube, R.E. 1999. 
Tissue expression of the vesicle protein pantophysin. 
Cell Tissue Res. 296:499-510. 
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Troyanovsky, S.M. and Leube, R.E. 1998. 
Molecular dissection of desmosome assembly and intermediate filament anchorage. 
In: Herrmann, H., and Harris, J.R. (eds.). Intermediate filaments. Subcellular Biochemistry; Plenum Publishing. 263-289. 



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Chitaev, N.A., Leube, R.E., Troyanovsky, R.B., Eshkind, L.G., Franke, W.W., and Troyanovsky, S.M. 1996. 
The binding of plakoglobin to desmosomal cadherins: patterns of binding sites and topogenic potential. 
J. Cell Biol. 133:359-369.   

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Haass, N. K., Kartenbeck, J., and Leube, R.E. 1996. 
Pantophysin is a ubiquitously expressed synaptophysin homolog and defines constitutive transport vesicles. 
J. Cell Biol. 134:731-746. 

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Leimer, U., Franke, W.W., and Leube, R.E. 1996. 
Synthesis of the mammalian synaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin in insect cells: a model for vesicle biogenesis. 
Exp. Cell Res. 224:88-95.
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Leube, R.E. 1995. 
The topogenic fate of the polytopic transmembrane proteins, synaptophysin and connexin, is determined by their membrane-spanning domains. 
J. Cell Sci. 108:883-894.

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Eshkind, L.G., and Leube, R.E. 1995. 
Mice lacking synaptophysin reproduce and form typical synaptic vesicles. 
Cell Tissue Res. 282:423-433. 
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Troyanovsky, S.M., and Leube, R.E. 1994. 
Activation of the silent human cytokeratin 17 pseudogene promoter region by cryptic enhancer elements of the cytokeratin 17 gene. 
Eur. J. Biochem. 225: 61-69.

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Troyanovsky, S.M., Eshkind, L.G., Troyanovsky, R.B., Leube, R.E., and Franke, W.W. 1993. 
Contributions of cytoplasmic domains of desmosomal cadherins to desmosome assembly and intermediate filament anchorage. 
Cell 72: 561-574.
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Leube, R.E. and Rustad, T.J. 1991. 
Squamous cell metaplasia in the human lung: molecular characteristics of epithelial stratification. 
Virchows Arch. B (Cell. Pathol.) 61: 227-253.
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