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Shoulah SA, Oschmann AM, Selim A, Semmler T, Schwarz C, Kamal E, Hamouda F, Galila E, Bitter W, Lewin A
(2018): Environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis have a higher probability to act as a recipient in conjugation than clinical strains.
Plasmid 95: 28-35. Epub Jan 14. doi: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2018.01.003.
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Sanchini A, Dematheis F, Semmler T, Lewin A
(2017): Metabolic phenotype of clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates.
Peer J. 5: e2833. Epub Jan 3. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2833.
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Sanchini A, Semmler T, Mao L, Kumar N, Dematheis F, Tandon K, Peddireddy V, Ahmed N, Lewin A
(2016): A hypervariable genomic island identified in clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates from Germany.
Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 306 (7): 495-503. Epub Jul 18. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.07.001.
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Lahiri A, Sanchini A, Semmler T, Schäfer H, Lewin A
(2014): Identification and comparative analysis of a genomic island in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis.
FEBS Letters 588 (21): 3906–3911. Epub Sep 12. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.08.037.
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Lahiri A, Kneisel J, Kloster I, Kamal E, Lewin A
(2014): Abundance of Mycobacterium avium ssp. hominissuis in soil and dust in Germany – implications for the infection route.
Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 59 (1): 65-70. Epub Mar 10. doi: 10.1111/lam.12243.
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Kolb J, Hillemann D, Möbius P, Reetz J, Lahiri A, Lewin A et al.
(2014): Genetic characterization of German Mycobacterium avium strains isolated from different hosts and specimens by multilocus sequence typing.
Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 304 (8): 941–948. Epub Jun 28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.06.001.
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Coscolla M, Lewin A, Metzger S, Mätz-Rensing K, Calvignac-Spencer S, Nitsche A, Dabrowski PW, Radonić A, Niemann S, Parkhill J, Couacy-Hymann E, Feldman J, Comas I, Boesch C, Gagneux S, Leendertz FH
(2013): Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate from a Wild Chimpanzee.
Emerg. Infect. Dis. 19 (6): 969–976. doi: 10.3201/eid1906.121012.
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Kumar A, Lewin A, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Devi S, Majid M, Kamal E, Marek S et al.
(2013): Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN/Rv0079) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis interacts with TLR2 and induces proinflammatory cytokine expression.
Cytokine 64 (1): 258–264. Epub Jun 29. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.06.310.
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Khattak FA, Kumar A, Kamal E, Kunisch R, Lewin A
(2012): Illegitimate recombination: An efficient method for random mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis.
BMC Microbiology 12: 204. Epub Sept 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-204.
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Kunisch R, Kamal E, Lewin A
(2012): The role of the mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) from Mycobacterium bovis BCG in host cell interaction.
BMC Microbiology 12: 165. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-165.
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Kumar A, Majid M, Kunisch R, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Lewin A et al.
(2012): Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR Regulon Gene Rv0079 Encodes a Putative, 'Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN)'.
PLoS One 7 (6): e38709. Epub Jun 13.
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Niki M, Niki M, Tateishi Y, Ozeki Y, Kirikae T, Lewin A et al.
(2012): A novel mechanism of growth phase-dependent tolerance to isoniazid in mycobacteria.
J. Biol. Chem. 287 (33): 27743-27752. Epub May 30. DOI 10.1074/jbc.M111.333385.
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Sharbati J, Lewin A, Kutz-Lohroff B, Kamal E, Einspanier R, Sharbati S
(2011): Integrated MicroRNA-mRNA-Analysis of Human Monocyte Derived Macrophages upon Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis Infection.
PLoS ONE 6 (5): e20258. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020258.
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Tree JA, Patel J, Thom RE, Elmore MJ, Schäfer H, Williams A, Marsh PD
(2010): Temporal changes in the gene signatures of BCG-vaccinated guinea pigs in response to different mycobacterial antigens.
Vaccine 28 (50): 7979-7986. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.09.061.
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Sharbati S, Schramm K, Rempel S, Wang H, Andrich R, Tykiel V, Kunisch R, Lewin A
(2009): Characterisation of porin genes from Mycobacterium fortuitum and their impact on growth.
BMC Microbiology 9: 31. Epub 9 Feb 2009.
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Lewin A, Baus D, Kamal E, Bon F, Kunisch R, Maurischat S, Adonopoulou M, Eich K
(2008): The mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) from Mycobacterium bovis BCG influences various growth characteristics.
BMC Microbiol. 8 (1): 91. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
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Schäfer H, Klippert K, Meuer P, Borsdorf B, Kiderlen AF, Burger R
(2007): Biologic activity of guinea pig IFN-γ in vitro.
J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 27 (4): 305-316.
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Schäfer H, Kliem G, Kropp B, Burger R
(2007): Monoclonal antibodies to guinea pig interferon-gamma: Tools for cytokine detection and neutralization.
J. Immunol. Methods 328 (1-2): 106-117. Epub Sep 12.
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Sharbati-Tehrani S, Stephan J, Holland G, Appel B, Niederweis M, Lewin A
(2005): Porins limit the intracellular persistence of Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Microbiology 151: 2403-2410.
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Lewin A, Sharbati-Tehrani S
(2005): [Slow growth rate of mycobacteria Possible reasons and significance for their pathogenicity]
Bundesgesundheitsbl: Nov 8; [Epub ahead of print].
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Sharbati-Tehrani S, Meister B, Appel B, Lewin A
(2004): The porin MspA from Mycobacterium smegmatis improves growth of Mycobacterium bovis BCG.
J. Int. Med. Microbiol. 294: 235-245.
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Lewin A, Freytag B, Meister B, Sharbati-Tehrani S, Schäfer H, Appel B
(2003): Use of a quantitative TaqMan-PCR for the fast quantification of mycobacteria in broth culture, eukaryotic cell culture and tissue.
J. Vet. Med. B 50: 505-509.
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Klünner T, Bartels T, Vordermeier M, Burger R, Schäfer H
(2001): Immune reactions of CD4- and CD8-positive T cell subpopulations in spleen and lymph nodes of guinea pigs after vaccination with Bacillus Calmette Guérin.
Vaccine 19 (15-16): 1968-1977.
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