Publications
Table of contents
Original Publications
Heß S, Hiltunen T, Berendonk TU, Kneis D. (2020). High variability of plasmid uptake rates in Escherichia coli isolated from sewage and river sediments. PLoS ONE. 15(4):e0232130. doi: 101371/journal.pone.0232130 PLoS ONE
Revilla-Guarinos A, Zhang Q, Loderer C, Alcántara C, Müller A, Rahnamaeian M, Vilcinskas A, Gebhard S, Zúñiga M, Mascher T. (2020). The ABC transporter DerAB of Lactobacillus casei mediates resistance against insect-derived defensins. Appl Environ Microbiol. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00818-20 Pubmed
Jani S, Sterzenbach K, Adatrao V, Tajbakhsh G, Mascher T, Golemi-Kotra D. (2020). Low phosphatase activityof LiaS and strong LiaR-DNA affinity explain the unusual LiaS to LiaR in vivo stoichiometry. BMC Microbiol. 29;20(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12866-020-01796-6. Pubmed
Bernal-Cabas M, Miethke M, Antelo-Varela M, Suárez Aquilar R, Neef J, Schön L, Gabarrini G, Otto A, Becher D, Wolf D, van Dijl JM. (2020). Functional association of the stress-responsive LiaH protein and the minimal TatAyCy protein translocase in Bacillus subtilis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 1867(8):118719. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118719. Pubmed
Popp PF, Benjdia A, Strahl H, Berteau O, Mascher T. (2020). The Epipeptide YydF Intrinsically Triggers the Cell Envelope Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis and Causes Severe Membrane Perturbations. Front Microbiol. 11:151 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00151. Pubmed
Piepenbreier H, Sim A, Kobras CM, Radeck J, Mascher T, Gebhard S, Fritz G. (2020). From Modules to Networks: a Systems-Level Analysis of the Bacitracin Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis. mSystems. 5(1): e00687-19. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00687-19. Pubmed
Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Pinto D, Vollmers J, Rivas-Marín E, Kohn T, Peeters SH, Heuer A, Rast P, Oberbeckmann S, Bunk B, Jeske O, Meyerdierks A, Storesund JE, Kallscheuer N, Lücker S, Lage OM, Pohl T, Merkel BJ, Hornburger P, Müller RW, Brümmer F, Labrenz M, Spormann AM, Op den Camp HJM, Overmann J, Amann R, Jetten MSM, Mascher T, Medema MH, Devos DP, Kaster AK, Øvreås L, Rohde M, Galperin MY, Jogler C. (2020). Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology. Nat Microbiol. 5(1):126-140. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0588-1. Pubmed
Casas-Pastor D, Müller RR, Becker A, Buttner M, Gross C, Mascher T, Goesmann A, Fritz G. (2019) Expansion and re-classification of the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor family. BioRxiv. Preprint. doi: 10.1101/2019.12.11.873521v1. BioRxiv
Bartels J, Blüher A, López Castellanos S, Richter M, Günther M, Mascher T. (2019) The Bacillus subtilis endospore crust: protein interaction network, architecture and glycosylation state of a potential glycoprotein layer. Mol Microbiol. 112(5):1576-1592. doi:10.1111/mmi.14381. Pubmed
Kneis D, Berendonk TU, Heß S. (2019) High Prevalance of Colistin Resistance Genes in German Municipal Wastewater. Sci Total Environ. 694:133454. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.260. Pubmed
Heß S, Kneis D, Österlund T, Li B, Kristiansson E, Berendonk TU. (2019) Sewage from Airplanes Exhibits High Abundance and Diversity of Antibiotic Resistance Genes. Sci Total Environ. 53(23):13898-13905. doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b03236. Pubmed
Wu H, Liu Q, Casas‐Pastor D, Dürr F, Mascher T,Fritz G. (2019) The role of C‐terminal extensions in controlling ECF σ factor activity in the widely conserved groups ECF41 and ECF42. Mol Microbiol. 112(2):498-514. doi:10.1111/mmi.14261.Pubmed
Tran NT, Huang X, Hong H, Bush M J, Chandra G, Pinto D, Bibb MJ, Hutchings MI, Mascher T, Buttner MJ. (2019) Defining the regulon of genes controlled by σE, a key regulator of the cell envelope stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor. Mol Microbiol. 112(2):461-481. doi:10.1111/mmi.14250. Pubmed
Pinto D, Dürr F, Froriep F, Araújo D, Liu Q, Mascher T. (2019) Extracytoplasmic Function σ Factors Can Be Implemented as Robust Heterologous Genetic Switches in Bacillus subtilis. iScience. 13:380-390. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.03.001. Pubmed
Falgenhauer L, Schwengers O, Schmiedel J, Baars C, Lambrecht O, Heß S, Berendonk TU, Falgenhauer J, Chakraborty T, Imirzalioglu C. (2019) Multidrug-Resistant and Clinically Relevant Gram-negative Bacteria Are Present in German Surface Water. Front Microbiol. 10:2779. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02779. Pubmed
Kneis D, Hiltunen T, Heß S. (2019) A High-Troughput Approach to the Culture-based Estimation of Plasmid Transfer Rates. Plasmid. 101:28-34. doi:10.1016/j.plasmid.2018.12.003. Pubmed
Ohuchi S, Mascher T, Suess B. (2019) Promoter RNA sequencing (PRSeq) for the massive and quantitative promoter analysis in vitro. Sci Rep. 9(1):3118. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39892-x Pubmed
Liu Q, Pinto D, Mascher T. (2018) Characterization of the Widely Distributed Novel ECF42 Group of Extracytoplasmic Function σ Factors in Streptomyces venezuelae. J Bacteriol. 200(21):e00437-18. doi:10.1128/JB.00437-18. Pubmed
Heß S, Berendonk TU, Kneis D. (2018) Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistant Genes in the Bottom Sediment of a Small Stream and the Potential Impact of Remobilization. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 94(4). doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy128. Pubmed
Pinto D, Vecchione S, Wu H, Mauri M, Mascher T, Fritz G. (2018) Engineering orthogonal synthetic timer circuits based on extracytoplasmic function σ factors. Nucleic Acids Res. 46(14):7450-7464. doi:10.1093/nar/gky614. Pubmed
Gaballa A., Guariglia-Oropeza V., Dürr F., Bucher BG., Chen AY., Chandrangsu P., Helmann JD. (2018) Modulation of extracyctoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor promoter selectivity by spacer region sequence. Nucleic Acids Res 46(1):134-145. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx953. Pubmed
Gericke S, Lübken T, Wolf D, Kaiser M, Hannig C, Speer K. (2018) Identification of New Compounds from Sage Flowers (Salvia officinalis L.) as Markers for Quality Control and the Influence of the Manufacturing Technology on the Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Sage Flower Extracts. J Agric Food Chem. 66(8):1843-1853. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00581. [Pubmed]
Bartels J, López Castellanos S, Radeck J, Mascher T. (2018) Sporobeads: The Utilization of the Bacillus subtilis Endospore Crust as a Protein Display Platform. ACS Synth Biol. 7(2):452-461. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.7b00285. [Pubmed]
Radeck J, Meyer D, Lautenschläger N, Mascher T. (2017) Bacillus SEVA siblings: A Golden Gate-based toolbox to create personalized integrative vectors for Bacillus subtilis. Sci Rep. 7(1):14134.doi:0.1038/s41598-017-14329-5. Pubmed
Radeck J, Lautenschläger N, Mascher T. (2017) The Essential UPP Phosphatase Pair BcrC and UppP Connects Cell Wall Homeostasis during Growth and Sporulation with Cell Envelope Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis. Front Microbiol. 8:2403. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02403. Pubmed
Popp P F, Dotzler M, Radeck J, Bartels J, Mascher T. (2017) The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: expanding the genetic toolbox for the standardized work with Bacillus subtilis. Sci Rep. 7(1):15058. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-15107-z. Pubmed
Kleine B, Chattopadhyay A, Polen T, Pinto D, Mascher T, Bott M, Brocker M and Freudl R. (2017) The three-component system EsrISR regulates a cell envelope stress response in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Mol. Microbiol. 106(5):719-741. doi:10.1111/mmi.13839. Pubmed
Toymentseva AA, Mascher T, Sharipova MR. (2017) Regulatory characteristics of Bacillus pumilus protease promoters. Curr Microbiol. 74(5):550-559. doi:10.1007/s00284-017-1212-3. PubMed
Fang C, Nagy-Staroń A, Grafe M, Heermann R, Jung K, Gebhard S, Mascher T. (2017) Insulation and wiring specificity of BceR-like response regulators and their target promoters in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 104(1):16-31. doi:10.1111/mmi.13597. PubMed
Willenbacher J, Mohr T, Henkel M, Gebhard S, Mascher T, Syldatk C, Hausmann R. (2016) Substitution of the native srfA promoter by constitutive Pveg in two B. subtilis strains and evaluation of the effect on Surfactin production. J Biotechnol. 224:14-17. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.03.002. Pubmed
Radeck J, Gebhard S, Orchard PS, Kirchner M, Bauer S, Mascher T, Fritz G (2016). Anatomy of the bacitracin resistance network in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 100(4):607-620. doi:10.1111/mmi.13336. Pubmed
Wolf D, Rippa V, Mobarec JC, Sauer P, Adlung L, Kolb P, Bischofs IB. (2016) The quorum-sensing regulator ComA from Bacillus subtilis activates transcription using topologically distinct DNA motifs. Nucleic Acids Res. 44(5):2160-2172. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1242 PubMed
Sawant P, Eissenberger K, Karier L, Mascher T, Bramkamp M (2016). A dynamin-like protein involved in bacterial cell membrane surveillance under environmental stress. Environ Microbiol. 18(8):2705-20. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13110. Pubmed
Höfler C, Heckmann J, Fritsch A, Popp P, Gebhard S, Fritz G, Mascher T (2016). Cannibalism stress response in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 162(1):164-76. doi:10.1099/mic.0.000176. Pubmed
Fritz G, Dintner S, Treichel NS, Radeck J, Gerland U, Mascher T, Gebhard S. (2015) A new way of sensing: need-based activation of antibiotic resistance by a flux-sensing mechanism. mBio 6(4):e00975-15. doi:10.1128/mBio.00975-15. Pubmed
Huang X, Pinto D, Fritz G, Mascher T (2015). Environmental Sensing in Actinobacteria: a Comprehensive Survey on the Signaling Capacity of This Phylum. J Bacteriol 197(15):2517-35. doi: 10.1128/JB.00176-15. PubMed
Fang C, Stiegeler E, Cook GM, Mascher T, Gebhard S (2014). Bacillus subtilis as a platform for molecular characterisation of regulatory mechanisms of Enterococcus faecalis resistance against cell wall antibiotics. PLoS ONE 9(3): e93169. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093169 Pubmed
Dominguez-Escobar J, Wolf D, Fritz G, Höfler C, Wedlich-Söldner R, Mascher T (2014). Subcellular localization, interactions and dynamics of the phage-shock protein-Like Lia response in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 92(4):716-732. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12586. Pubmed
Radeck J, Kraft K, Bartels J, Cikovic T, Dürr F, Emenegger J, Kelterborn S, Sauer C, Fritz G, Gebhard S, Mascher T (2013). The Bacillus BioBrick Box: generation and evaluation of essential genetic building blocks for standardized work with Bacillus subtilis. J Biol Eng. 7(1):29. doi:10.1186/1754-1611-7-29. Pubmed
Cikovic T, Bartels J, Dürr F, Emenegger J, Kelterborn S, Kraft K, Radeck J, Mascher T. (2013) Projekt Beadzillus. BIOspektrum 19(2):222-223. doi:10.1007/s12268-013-0297-x. Springer
Revilla-Guarinos A, Gebhard S, Alcántara C, Staron A, Mascher T, Zúñiga M. (2013) Characterization of a regulatory network of peptide antibiotic detoxification modules in Lactobacillus casei BL23. Appl Environ Microbiol. 79(10):3160-3170. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00178-13. Pubmed
Kesel S, Mader A, Höfler C, Mascher T, Leisner M. (2013) Immediate and heterogeneous response of the LiaFSR two-component system of Bacillus subtilis to the peptide antibiotic bacitracin. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053457 Pubmed
Schrecke K, Jordan S, Mascher T (2013) Stoichiometry and perturbation studies of the LiaFSR system of Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 87(4):769-788. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12130 Pubmed
Toymentseva AA, Schrecke K, Sharipova MR, Mascher T. (2012) The LIKE system, a novel protein expression toolbox for Bacillus subtilis based on the liaI promoter. Microb Cell Fact. 11:143. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-143. Pubmed
Jogler C, Waldmann J, Huang X, Jogler M, Glöckner FO, Mascher T, Kolter R. (2012) Identification of proteins likely to be involved in morphogenesis, cell division, and signal transduction in Planctomycetes by comparative genomics. J Bacteriol. 194(23):6419-6430. doi: 10.1128/JB.01325-12. Pubmed
Wolf D, Domínguez-Cuevas P, Daniel RA, Mascher T. (2012) Cell envelope stress response in cell wall-deficient L-forms of Bacillus subtilis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 56(11):5907-5915. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00770-12. Pubmed
Wecke T, Halang P, Staroń A, Dufour YS, Donohue TJ, Mascher T. (2012) Extracytoplasmic function σ factors of the widely distributed group ECF41 contain a fused regulatory domain. MicrobiologyOpen 1(2):194-213. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.22. Pubmed
Salzberg LI, Luo Y, Hachmann A-B, Mascher T, Helmann JD. (2011) The Bacillus subtilis GntR family repressor YtrA responds to cell wall antibiotics. J Bacteriol. 193(20):5793-5801. doi: 10.1128/JB.05862-11. Pubmed
Schroeter R, Voigt B, Jürgen B, Methling K, Pöther D-C, Schäfer H, Albrecht D, Mostertz J, Mäder U, Evers S, Maurer K-H, Lalk M, Mascher T, Hecker M, Schweder T. (2011) The peroxide stress response of Bacillus licheniformis. Proteomics 11(14):2851-2866. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201000461. Pubmed
Dintner S, Staroń A, Berchtold E, Petri T, Mascher T, Gebhard S. (2011) Co‑evolution of ABC-transporters and two-component regulatory systems as resistance modules against antimicrobial peptides in Firmicutes bacteria. J Bacteriol. 193(15):3851-3862. doi: 10.1128/JB.05175-11. Pubmed
Staroń A, Finkeisen DE, Mascher T. (2011) Peptide antibiotic sensing and detoxification modules of Bacillus subtilis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 55(2):515-525. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00352-10. Pubmed
Wecke T, Bauer T, Harth H, Mäder U, Mascher T. (2011) The rhamnolipid stress response of Bacillus subtilis. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 323(2):113-123. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02367.x. Pubmed
Wolf D, Kalamorz F, Wecke T, Juszczak A, Mäder U, Homuth G, Jordan S, Kirstein J, Hoppert M, Voigt B, Hecker M, Mascher T. (2010) In-depth profiling of the LiaR response of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 192(18):4680-4693. doi: 10.1128/JB.00543-10. Pubmed
Eldholm V, Gutt B, Johnsborg O, Brückner R, Maurer P, Hakenbeck R, Mascher T, Håvarstein LS. (2010) The pneumococcal cell envelope stress-sensing system LiaFSR is activated by murein hydrolases and lipid II-interacting antibiotics. J Bacteriol. 192(7):1761-1773. doi: 10.1128/JB.01489-09. Pubmed
Staroń A, Sofia HJ, Dietrich S, Ulrich LE, Liesegang H, Mascher T. (2009) The third pillar of bacterial signal transduction: classification of the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor protein family. Mol Microbiol. 74(3):557-581. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06870.x Pubmed
Wecke T, Zühlke D, Mäder U, Jordan S, Voigt B, Pelzer S, Labischinski H, Homuth G, Hecker M, Mascher T. (2009) Daptomycin versus Friulimicin B: in-depth profiling of Bacillus subtilis cell envelope stress responses. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 53(4):1619-1623. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01046-08. Pubmed
Rietkötter E, Hoyer D, Mascher T. (2008) Bacitracin sensing in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 68(3):768-785. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06194.x. Pubmed
Mascher T, Hachmann A-B, Helmann JD. (2007) Regulatory overlap and functional redundancy among Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function s factors. J Bacteriol. 189(19):6919-6927. doi: 10.1128/JB.00904-07. Pubmed
Jordan S, Rietkötter E, Strauch MA, Kalamorz F, Butcher BG, Helmann JD, Mascher T. (2007) LiaRS-dependent gene expression is embedded in transition state regulation in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 153(8):2530-2540. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006817-0. Pubmed
Wecke T, Veith B, Ehrenreich A, Mascher T. (2006) Cell envelope stress response in Bacillus licheniformis: integrating comparative genomics, transcriptional profiling, and regulon mining to decipher a complex regulatory network. J Bacteriol. 188(21):7500-7511. doi: 10.1128/JB.01110-06. Pubmed]
Jordan S, Junker A, Helmann JD, Mascher T. (2006) Regulation of LiaRS-dependent gene expression in Bacillus subtilis: identification of inhibitor proteins, regulator binding sites, and target genes of a conserved cell envelope stress-sensing two-component system. J Bacteriol. 188(14):5153-5166. doi: 10.1128/JB.00310-06. Pubmed
Mascher T, Heintz M, Zähner D, Merai M, Hakenbeck R. (2006) CiaRH system of Streptococcus pneumoniae prevents lysis during stress induced by treatment with cell wall inhibitors and by mutations in pbp2x involved in ß-lactam resistance. J Bacteriol. 188(5):1959-1968. doi: 10.1128/JB.188.5.1959-1968.2006. Pubmed
Mascher T, Zimmer SL, Smith T-A, Helmann JD. (2004) Antibiotic-inducible promoter regulated by the cell envelope stress-sensing two-component system LiaRS of Bacillus subtilis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 48(8):2888-2896. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.8.2888-2896.2004. Pubmed
Mascher T, Margulis NG, Wang T, Ye RW, Helmann JD. (2003) Cell wall stress responses in Bacillus subtilis: the regulatory network of the bacitracin stimulon. Mol Microbiol. 50(5):1591-1604. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03786.x. Pubmed
Cao M, Salzberg L, Tsai CS, Mascher T, Bonilla C, Wang T, Ye RW, Márquez-Magaňa L, Helmann JD. (2003) Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function protein sigma(Y) and its target promoters. J Bacteriol. 185(16):4883-4890. doi:10.1128/jb.185.16.4883-4890.2003. Pubmed
Zähner D, Kaminski K, van der Linden M, Mascher T, Merai M, Hakenbeck R. (2003) The ciaR/ciaH regulatory system of Streptococcus pneumoniae is involved in ß‑lactam resistance and genetic competence. In: Dürre P, Friedrich B (Eds), Regulatory Networks in Prokaryotes, Horizon Press, Norfolk, UK, pp 41-46
Mascher T, Zähner D, Merai M, Balmelle N, de Saizieu AB, Hakenbeck R. (2003) The Streptococcus pneumoniae cia regulon: CiaR target sites and transcription profile analysis. J Bacteriol. 185(1):60-70. DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.1.60-70.2003. Pubmed
Review articles
Pinto D, Liu Q, Mascher T. (2019) ECF σ factors with regulatory extensions: the one-component systems of the σ universe. Mol Microbiol. 112(2):399-409. doi:10.1111/mmi.14323. Pubmed
Popp PF, Mascher T. (2019) Coordinated Cell Death in Isogenic Bacterial Populations: Sacrificing some for the Benefit of Many? J Mol Biol. 431(23):4656-4669. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.024. Pubmed
Wolf, D. (2017) One Ring, Two Membranes: Im30 Ring Complex and the Thylakoid Membrane Fusion. Structure. 25(9):1321-1322. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2017.08.003 . Pubmed
Müller A, Wolf D, Gutzeit HO. (2017) The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens - a promising source for sustainable production of proteins, lipids and bioactive substances. Z Naturforsch C. 72(9-10):351-363. doi: 10.1515/znc-2017-0030. Pubmed
Thurotte A, Brüser T, Mascher T, Schneider D. (2017) Membrane chaperoning by members of the PspA/IM30 protein family. Commun Integr Biol. 10(1): e1264546. doi:10.1080/19420889.2016.1264546. Pubmed
Wolf D, Popp P, Mascher T. (2017) Kannibalismus und Brudermord: Warum Bakterien Artgenossen töten. BIOspektrum. 23:260-263. doi:10.1007/s12268-017-0791-7. Springer
Radeck J, Fritz G, Mascher T. (2017) The cell envelope stress response of Bacillus subtilis: from static signaling devices to dynamic regulatory network. Curr Genet 63(1):79-90. doi: 10.1007/s00294-016-0624-0. PubMed
Wolf D, Mascher T. (2016) The applied side of antimicrobial peptide-inducible promoters from Firmicutes bacteria: expression systems and whole-cell biosensors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 100(11):4817-29. doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7519-3. Pubmed
Mascher T. (2014) Bacterial (intramembrane-sensing) histidine kinases: signal transfer rather than stimulus perception. Trends Microbiol. 22(10):559-565. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.006. Pubmed
Revilla-Guarinos A, Gebhard S, Mascher T, Zúñiga M. (2014) Defence against antimicrobial peptides: different strategies in Firmicutes. Environ Microbiol. 16(5):1225-1237. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12400. Pubmed
Fritz G, Mascher T. (2014) A balancing act times two: sensing and regulating cell envelope homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 94(6):1201-7. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12848. Pubmed
Mascher T. (2013) Signaling diversity and evolution of extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors. Curr Opin Microbiol. 16:148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.02.001. Pubmed
Matze WE, Stumpf M, Mascher T. (2013) Towards industrial strength BDA - a short essay. In: 5th International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation. Imperial College, London, Uk.
Gebhard S, Mascher T. (2011) Antimicrobial peptide sensing and detoxification modules: unraveling the regulatory circuitry of Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Microbiol. 81(3):581-587. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07747.x. Pubmed
Wecke T, Mascher T. (2011) Antibiotic research in the age of omics: from expression profiles to interspecies communication. J Antimicrob Chemother. 66(12):2689-2704. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr373. Pubmed
Jordan S, Hutchings MI, Mascher T. (2008) Cell envelope stress response in Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 32(1):107-146. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00091.x Pubmed
Mascher T, Helmann JD, Unden G. (2006) Stimulus perception in bacterial signal-transducing histidine kinases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 70(4):910-938. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00020-06. Pubmed
Mascher T. (2006) Intramembrane-sensing histidine kinases: a new family of cell envelope stress sensors in Firmicutes bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 264(2):133-144. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00444.x. Pubmed
Zähner D, Kaminski K, van der Linden M, Mascher T, Meral M, Hakenbeck R. The ciaR/ciaH regulatory network of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 4(3):211-6. Pubmed
Book chapters
Bengtsson-Palme, J., Heß, S. (2019): Strategies to reduce or eliminate resistant pathogens in the environment. Antibiotic Drug Resistance, Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/9781119282549.ch24
Kobras CM, Mascher T, Gebhard S. (2017) Application of a Bacillus subtilis Whole-Cell Biosensor (PliaI-lux) for the Identification of Cell Wall Active Antibacterial Compounds. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1520:121-131. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6634-9_7. PubMed
Pinto D, Mascher T. (2016) The ECF classification: a phylogenetic reflection of the regulatory diversity in the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor protein family. In: de Bruijn FJ (Ed), Stress and Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression and Adaptation in Bacteria, 2 Volume set, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Chapter 2.6, pp 64-96 Wiley
Matzke W-G, Barnes C, Jentzsch E, Mascher T, Stumpf M (2014) On Industrial Strength Bio-Design Automation. In: Ermolayev V et al. (Eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications, (Proceedings) 10th International Conference, ICTERI 2014, Kherson, Ukraine, June 9-12, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Communications in Computer and Information Science, CCIS 469, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp 277-299 Springer
Schrecke K, Staroń A, Mascher T. (2012) Chapter 11, Two-component signaling in the Gram-positive envelope stress response: Intramembrane-sensing histidine kinases and accessory membrane proteins. In: Gross R, Beier D (Eds) Two-Component Systems in Bacteria. Caister Academic Press, c/o Book Systems Plus, Haverhill, UK, 2012 August, pp199-229 Horizonpress
Ricke P, Mascher T. (2012) Chapter 2. The REACT suite: a software toolkit for microbial REgulon Annotation and Comparative Transcriptomics. In: Meroni G, Petrera F (Eds), Functional Genomics, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp 25-50 Intechopen