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Chair of Microbiology
Research at the Division of Microbiology focuses on bacterial virulence mechanisms e.g. in Campylobacter jejuni, Bordetella pertussis and Helicobacter pylori. It spans from host/pathogen interactions, analyses of regulatory signaling networks and expression analyses to molecular aspects of protein/DNA, protein/protein or protein/ligand interactions.
- General host/pathogen interactions (S. Backert, N. Tegtmeyer, B. Linz)
- Secreted proteases as novel virulence determinants in bacteria (S. Backert, N. Tegtmeyer, B. Linz)
- Structure and function of the H. pylori transmembrane type IV secretion systems (S. Backert)
- Molecular function of membrane-anchored effector protein CagA (S. Backert)
- Phosphorylation and signaling of bacterial effector proteins (N. Tegtmeyer)
- Involvement of cortactin in pathogenicity associated processes (N. Tegtmeyer)
- Novel Helicobacter species (S. Backert)
