Publications

2011

Teichmann, B., Lefebvre, F., Labbé, C., Bölker, M., Linne, U. and Bélanger R.R. (2011) Beta hydroxylation of glycolipids from Ustilago maydis and Pseudozyma flocculosa is done by a NADPH dependent {beta} hydroxylase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. in press

Böhmer, M., Bölker, M. and Romeis, T. (2011) Chemical genetic analysis of protein kinase function in plants. Methods Mol. Biol. 779, 259-271. Abstract

Frieser, S.H., Hlubek, A., Sandrock, B. and Bölker M. (2011) Cla4 kinase triggers destruction of the Rac1-GEF Cdc24 during polarized growth in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Biol. Cell 22, 3253-3262. Abstract

Freitag, J., Lanver, D., Böhmer, C., Schink, K.O., Bölker, M. and Sandrock, B. (2011) Septation of infectious hyphae is critical for appressoria formation and virulence in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis. PLoS Pathog. 7, e1002044. Abstract

Teichmann, B., Labbé, C., Lefebvre, F., Bölker, M., Linne, U. and Bélanger R.R. (2011) Identification of a biosynthesis gene cluster for flocculosin a cellobiose lipid produced by the biocontrol agnet Pseudozyma flocculosa. Mol. Microbiol. 79, 1483-1495. Abstract

2010

Teichmann, B., Liu, L., Schink, K.O. and Bölker, M. (2010) Activation of the ustilagic acid biosynthesis gene cluster in Ustilago maydis by the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor Rua1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76, 2633-2640. Abstract

2009

Böhmer, C., Ripp, C. and Bölker, M. (2009) The germinal centre kinase Don3 triggers the dynamic rearrangement of higher-order septin structures during cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol., 74, 1484-1496. Abstract

Pham, C.D., Yu, Z., Sandrock, B., Bölker, M., Gold, S.E. and Perlin M.H. (2009) Ustilago maydis Rho1 and 14-3-3 homologues participate in pathways controlling cell separation and cell polarity. Eukaryot. Cell. 8, 977-89. Abstract

Schink, K.O., and Bölker, M. (2009). Coordination of cytokinesis and cell separation by endosomal targeting of a Cdc42-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Biol. Cell 20, 1081-1088. Abstract

2008

Garcia-Pedrajas, M.D., Nadal, M., Bölker, M., Gold, S.E. and Perlin, M.H. (2008) Sending mixed signals: Redundancy vs. uniqueness of signaling components in the plant pathogen, Ustilago maydis
Fung. Genet. Biol., 45, Suppl. 1, S22-S30. Abstract

Bölker M., Basse C.W. and Schirawski, J. (2008) Ustilago maydis secondary metabolism - From genomics to biochemistry . Fung. Genet. Biol., 45, Suppl. 1, S88-S93. Abstract

Hlubek, A., Schink, K. O., Mahlert, M., Sandrock, B., and Bölker, M. (2008) Selective activation by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Don1 is a main determinant of Cdc42 signalling specificity in Ustilago maydis., Mol. Microbiol., 68, 615-623. Abstract

Böhmer, C., Böhmer, M., Bölker, M. and Sandrock, B. (2008) Cdc42 and the Ste20-like kinase Don3 act independently in triggering cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis. J. Cell Sci., 121, 143-148. Abstract

2007

Teichmann, B., Linne, U., Marahiel, M. A., and Bölker, M. (2007) A biosynthetic gene cluster for a secreted cellobiose lipid with antifungal activity from Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol., 66, 525-533. Abstract

Zameitat, E., Freymark, G. D., Dietz, C. D., Löffler, M. and Bölker, M. (2007) Functional expression of human DHODH encoding dihydroorotate dehydrogenase in the basidiomycetous fungus Ustilago maydis confers sensitivity to the cytostatic drug brequinar. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 3371-3379. Abstract

Böhmer, M., Colby, T., Böhmer, C., Bräutigam, A., Schmidt, J. and Bölker M. (2007)  Proteomic analysis of dimorphic transition in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. Proteomics 7, 675-685. Abstract

2006

Sandrock, B., Böhmer, C. and Bölker, M. (2006) Dual function of the germinal centre kinase Don3 during mitosis and cytokinesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol., 62, 655-666. Abstract

Kämper, J., Kahmann, R., Bölker, M., Ma, L.-J., Brefort, T., Saville, B. J., Banuett, F.,. Kronstad, J. W. et al. (2006) Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature, 444, 97-101. Abstract

Hewald, S., Linne, U., Scherer, M., Marahiel, M. A., Kämper, J., and Bölker, M. (2006). Identification of a gene cluster for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous fungus Ustilago maydis. Submitted to Appl. Environment. Microbiol., 72, 5469-5477. Abstract

Feldbrügge, M., Bölker, M., Steinberg, G., Kämper, J. and Kahmann, R. (2006) Regulatory and structural networks orchestrating mating, dimorphism, cell shape, and pathogenesis in Ustilago maydis. Mycota I (Kues, U. and Fischer, R., eds), 375-391.

Mahlert, M., Leveleki, L., Hlubek, A., Sandrock, B. and Bölker M., (2006) Rac1 and Cdc42 regulate hyphal growth and cytokinesis in the dimorphic fungus Ustilago maydis, Mol. Microbiol., 59, 567-78. Abstract

2005

Hewald, S, Josephs, K. and Bölker, M. (2005) Genetic analysis of biosurfactant production in Ustilago maydis. Appl. Environment. Microbiol. 71, 3033-40. Abstract

Leuthner, B., Aichinger, C. Oehmen, E., Koopmann, E., Müller, O., Müller, P., Kahmann, R., Bölker, M. and Schreier, P. H. (2005) A H₂O₂ producing glyoxal oxidase is required for filamentous growth and pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis. Mol Genet Genomics, 272, 639-650. Abstract

2000-2004

Leveleki, L., Mahlert, M., Sandrock, B. and Bölker, M. (2004) The PAK family kinase Cla4 is required for budding and morphogenesis in Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol. 54, 396-406. Abstract

Bölker, M. (2004) Bear ye one anothers genetic burden: the price of diversity and complexity. Poiesis Prax, 3, 73-82.

Weinzierl, G., Leveleki, L., Hassel, A., Kost, G., Wanner, G. and Bölker, M. (2002) Regulation of cell separation in the dimorphic fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol. Microbiol., 45, 219-231. Abstract

Bölker, M. (2002) Signal transduction pathways in phytopathogenic fungi. The Mycota, Vol XI. (Kempken, F., ed.), p. 273-288.

Bölker, M. (2001) Ustilago maydis, a valuable model system for the study of fungal dimorphism and virulence. Microbiol., 147, 1395-1401. Abstract

Wedlich-Söldner R., Bölker M., Kahmann R., Steinberg G. (2000) A putative endosomal t-SNARE links exo- and endocytosis in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. EMBO J. 19, 1974-1986. Abstract

1996-1999

Steinberg, G., Schliwa, M., Lehmler, C., Bölker, M, Kahmann, R., and McIntosh, J. R. (1998) Kinesin from the plant pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis is involved in vacuole formation and cytoplasmic migration. J. Cell Sci. 111, 2235-2246. Abstract

Bölker, M. (1998) Sex and crime: Heterotrimeric G proteins in fungal mating and pathogenesis. Fung. Genet. Biol. 25, 143-156. Abstract

Regenfelder, E., Spellig, T., Hartmann, A., Lauenstein, S., Bölker, M., Kahmann, R. (1997) G proteins in Ustilago maydis: transmission of multiple signals? EMBO J., 16, 1934-1942. Abstract

Lehmler, C., Steinberg, G., Snetselaar, K.M., Schliwa, M., Kahmann, R., Bölker, M. (1997) Identification of a motor protein required for filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis. EMBO J., 16, 3464-3473. Abstract

Krüger, J., Aichinger, C., Kahmann, R., and Bölker, M. (1997) A MADS-box homologue in Ustilago maydis regulates the expression of pheromone inducible genes but is nonessential. Genetics, 147, 1643-1652. Abstract

Snetselaar KM, Bölker M, Kahmann R (1996) Ustilago maydis mating hyphae orient their growth toward pheromone sources. Fung. Genet. Biol., 20, 299-312. Abstract

Hartmann HA, Kahmann R, Bölker M (1996) The pheromone response factor coordinates filamentous growth and pathogenic development in Ustilago maydis. EMBO J., 15, 1632-1641. Abstract

Kahmann, R., and Bölker, M. (1996) Self/nonself recognition in mushrooms: old mysteries and simple solutions. Cell, 85, 145-148. Abstract

Wösten, H.A.B., Bohlmann, R., Eckerskorn, C., Lottspeich, F., Bölker, M., and Kahmann, R. (1996) A novel class of small amphipathic peptides affect aerial hyphal growth and surface hydrophobicity in Ustilago maydis. EMBO J., 15, 4274-4281. Abstract

Urban, M., Kahmann, R. and Bölker, M. (1996) Identification of the pheromone response element in Ustilago maydis Mol. Gen. Genet., 251, 31-37, Abstract

Urban, M., Kahmann, R. and Bölker, M. (1996) The biallelic a mating type locus of Ustilago maydis: Remnants of an additional pheromone gene indicate evolution from a multiallelic ancestor
Mol. Gen. Genet., 250, 414-420. Abstract

1991-1995

Bölker, M., Böhnert, H.U., Braun, K.H., Görl, J. and Kahmann, R. (1995) Tagging pathogenicity genes in Ustilago maydis by restriction-enzyme-mediated integration (REMI). Mol. Gen. Genet., 248, 547-552. Abstract

Kahmann, R., Romeis, T., Bölker, M. and Kämper, J. (1995) Control of mating and development in Ustilago maydis. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev., 5, 559-564. Review

Kämper, J., Reichmann, M., Romeis, T., Bölker, M., and Kahmann, R. (1995) Multiallelic recognition: Nonself-dependent dimer-ization of the bE and bW homeodomain proteins in Ustilago maydis. Cell, 81, 73-83. Abstract

Spellig, T., Bölker, M., Lottspeich, F., Frank, R. W., and Kahmann, R. (1994) Pheromones trigger filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis. EMBO J., 13, 1620-1627. Abstract

Bölker, M. and Kahmann, R. (1992) Sexual pheromones and mating responses in Fungi. Plant Cell, 5, 1461-1469. Full Text

Schlesinger, R., Bergemann, J., Schauwecker, F., Bölker, M., Urban, M., Schroeer, B. and Kahmann, R. (1993) The control of mating and development in Ustilago maydis. J. Cell. Biochem., 53, Suppl 17C, 126.

Gillissen, B., Bergemann, J., Sandmann, C., Schroeer, B., Bölker, M. and Kahmann, R. (1992) A two-component regulatory system for self/non-self recognition in Ustilago maydis. Cell, 68, 647-657. Abstract

Bölker, M., Urban, M. and Kahmann, R. (1992) The a mating type locus of U. maydis specifies cell signaling components. Cell, 68, 441-450. Abstract

1989-1990

Bölker, M. and Kahmann, R. (1989) The Escherichia coli regulatory protein OxyR discriminates between methylated and unmethylated states of the phage Mu-mom promoter. EMBO J., 8, 2403-2410. Abstract

Wulczyn, F. G., Bölker, M. and Kahmann, R. (1989) Translation of the bacteriophage Mu mom gene is positively regulated by the phage com gene product. Cell, 57, 1201-1210. Abstract

Bölker, M., Wulczyn, F. G. and Kahmann, R. (1989) Role of bacteriophage Mu C protein in activation of the mom gene. J. Bacteriol., 171, 2019-2027. Abstract

Bölker, M., Wulczyn, F. G. and Kahmann, R. (1989) Methylation-dependent gene-expression in phage Mu. Gene., 74, 187-188.