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List of works by Oliver Billker

A Knockout Screen of ApiAP2 Genes Reveals Networks of Interacting Transcriptional Regulators Controlling the Plasmodium Life Cycle

scientific article published on January 2017

A NIMA-related protein kinase is essential for completion of the sexual cycle of malaria parasites

scientific article (publication date: 9 September 2005)

A Plasmodium calcium-dependent protein kinase controls zygote development and transmission by translationally activating repressed mRNAs

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A Stem Cell Strategy Identifies Glycophorin C as a Major Erythrocyte Receptor for the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei.

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A cascade of DNA-binding proteins for sexual commitment and development in Plasmodium

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A comprehensive evaluation of rodent malaria parasite genomes and gene expression

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A cyclic GMP signalling module that regulates gliding motility in a malaria parasite

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A genome-scale vector resource enables high-throughput reverse genetic screening in a malaria parasite

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A novel Plasmodium vivax vaccine based on recombinant chimpanzee adenovirus ChAd63 and MVA expressing TRAP

A parasite calcium switch and Achilles' heel revealed.

scientific article published in May 2010

A scalable pipeline for highly effective genetic modification of a malaria parasite

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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in a Plasmodium berghei ApiAP2 transcription factor alters the development of host immunity

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

A tetracycline-repressible transactivator system to study essential genes in malaria parasites

scientific article (publication date: 13 December 2012)

An atypical mitogen-activated protein kinase controls cytokinesis and flagellar motility during male gamete formation in a malaria parasite

scientific article (publication date: December 2005)

An enhanced toolkit for the generation of knockout and marker-free fluorescent Plasmodium chabaudi

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

An essential role for the Plasmodium Nek-2 Nima-related protein kinase in the sexual development of malaria parasites

scientific article published on 02 June 2009

Analysis of erythrocyte signalling pathways during Plasmodium falciparum infection identifies targets for host-directed antimalarial intervention

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Antibody-independent mechanisms regulate the establishment of chronic Plasmodium infection

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

Azadirachtin disrupts formation of organised microtubule arrays during microgametogenesis of Plasmodium berghei

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BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required for full virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei

scientific article (publication date: July 2014)

Both mosquito-derived xanthurenic acid and a host blood-derived factor regulate gametogenesis of Plasmodium in the midgut of the mosquito

scientific article published in August 2001

Calcium Builds Strong Host-Parasite Interactions

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Calcium and a calcium-dependent protein kinase regulate gamete formation and mosquito transmission in a malaria parasite

scientific article published in May 2004

Calcium signalling in malaria parasites

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Calcium-dependent signaling and kinases in apicomplexan parasites

scientific article published on June 2009

Comparative genomics in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium identifies an ancient nuclear envelope protein family essential for sexual reproduction in protists, fungi, plants, and vertebrates

scientific article published in May 2013

Conditional-ready mouse embryonic stem cell derived macrophages enable the study of essential genes in macrophage function

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Cracking Ali Baba's code

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Cutting edge: the membrane attack complex of complement is required for the development of murine experimental cerebral malaria

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Decreased Rate of Plasma Arginine Appearance in Murine Malaria May Explain Hypoargininemia in Children With Cerebral Malaria

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Defining the range of pathogens susceptible to Ifitm3 restriction using a knockout mouse model

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Determination of mosquito bloodmeal pH in situ by ion-selective microelectrode measurement: implications for the regulation of malarial gametogenesis

scientific article published in June 2000

Differential recognition of members of the carcinoembryonic antigen family by Afa/Dr adhesins of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (Afa/Dr DAEC).

scientific article published on May 2004

Distinct mechanisms of internalization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by members of the CEACAM receptor family involving Rac1- and Cdc42-dependent and -independent pathways

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Efficacy of a Plasmodium vivax malaria vaccine using ChAd63 and modified vaccinia Ankara expressing thrombospondin-related anonymous protein as assessed with transgenic Plasmodium berghei parasites

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Enhanced Methylation Analysis by Recovery of Unsequenceable Fragments

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Epistasis studies reveal redundancy among calcium-dependent protein kinases in motility and invasion of malaria parasites

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Erratum to: Single cell analysis of CD4+ T cell differentiation reveals three major cell states and progressive acceleration of proliferation

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Gametogenesis in malaria parasites is mediated by the cGMP-dependent protein kinase

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Generation of gene targeting constructs for Plasmodium berghei by a PCR-based method amenable to high throughput applications

scientific article published on 24 October 2005

Genetic and transcriptional analysis of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in Plasmodium

scientific article published on 30 May 2011

Global analysis of apicomplexan protein S-acyl transferases reveals an enzyme essential for invasion

scientific article (publication date: August 2013)

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans provide a signal to Plasmodium sporozoites to stop migrating and productively invade host cells

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Identification of xanthurenic acid as the putative inducer of malaria development in the mosquito

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Inducible developmental reprogramming redefines commitment to sexual development in the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei

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Invasion of hepatocytes by Plasmodium sporozoites requires cGMP-dependent protein kinase and calcium dependent protein kinase 4.

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Isonicotinic acid hydrazide: an anti-tuberculosis drug inhibits malarial transmission in the mosquito gut.

scientific article published on January 2004

Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Multiple roles for Plasmodium berghei phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in regulating gametocyte activation and differentiation

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Nuclear factor-kappa B directs carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule 1 receptor expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-infected epithelial cells

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Palmitoyl transferases have critical roles in the development of mosquito and liver stages of Plasmodium

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Phosphoinositide metabolism links cGMP-dependent protein kinase G to essential Ca²⁺ signals at key decision points in the life cycle of malaria parasites

scientific article (publication date: March 2014)

PlasmoGEM, a database supporting a community resource for large-scale experimental genetics in malaria parasites

scientific article published on January 2015

Plasmodium Infection Is Associated with Impaired Hepatic Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase Activity and Disruption of Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor/Substrate Homeostasis

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Plasmodium berghei calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 is required for ookinete gliding motility and mosquito midgut invasion

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Plasmodium berghei: infectivity of mice to Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes

scientific article published in December 1996

Protein kinases as targets for antimalarial intervention: Kinomics, structure-based design, transmission-blockade, and targeting host cell enzymes

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Protein kinases of malaria parasites: an update

scientific article published on 08 October 2008

Quantitative assessment of DNA replication to monitor microgametogenesis in Plasmodium berghei

scientific article published on 25 August 2009

Recombination-mediated genetic engineering of Plasmodium berghei DNA.

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Regulation of infectivity of Plasmodium to the mosquito vector

scientific article published on January 1996

Signal transduction pathways induced by virulence factors of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on September 1, 2001

Signalling in malaria parasites. The MALSIG consortium

scientific article published on September 2009

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals hidden transcriptional variation in malaria parasites

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Single-cell analysis of CD4+ T-cell differentiation reveals three major cell states and progressive acceleration of proliferation

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Sub-minute phosphoregulation of cell-cycle systems during Plasmodium gamete formation

The Malaria Cell Atlas: Single parasite transcriptomes across the complete Plasmodium life cycle

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The alveolin IMC1h is required for normal ookinete and sporozoite motility behaviour and host colonisation in Plasmodium berghei

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The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

scientific article published on 26 March 2008

The dynamics of interactions between Plasmodium and the mosquito: a study of the infectivity of Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium gallinaceum, and their transmission by Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti

scientific article published in August 2003

The malarial serine protease SUB1 plays an essential role in parasite liver stage development

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

The role of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase in development of the malaria parasite

article by Louisa McRobert et al published 11 August 2009 in BMC Pharmacology

The roles of temperature, pH and mosquito factors as triggers of male and female gametogenesis of Plasmodium berghei in vitro

scientific article published in July 1997

The structural basis of CEACAM-receptor targeting by neisserial Opa proteins.

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The systematic functional analysis of Plasmodium protein kinases identifies essential regulators of mosquito transmission

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Transmission of malaria to mosquitoes blocked by bumped kinase inhibitors

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