The Cytoskeleton Group
 
 

 

Selected references:
Lechtreck K.-F. and Geimer S. (2000) Distribution of Polyglutamylated Tubulin in the Flagellar Apparatus of Green Flagellates. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 47: 219-235 medline abstract
 
Melkonian M. (1999) What is a Protist? Protist 150:1
Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1998) SF-Assemblin, striated fibers, and segmented coiled coil proteins. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 41:289-296 medline abstract
 
Höhfeld I. and Melkonian M. (1998) Lifting the curtain? The microtubular cytoskeleton of Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae) and its rearrangement during phagocytosis. Protist 149:75-88
 
Geimer S., Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1998) A novel basal apparatus protein of 90 kD (BAp90) from the flagellate green alga Spermatozopsis similis is a component of the proximal plates and identifies the d (dexter)-surface of the basal body. Protist 149:173-184
 
Geimer S., Clees J., Melkonian M. and Lechtreck K.-F. (1998) A novel 95 kD protein is located in a linker between cytoplasmic microtubules and basal bodies in a green flagellate and forms striated fibers in vitro. J. Cell Biol. 140:1149-1158 medline abstract
 
Geimer S., Teltenkötter A., Plessmann U., Weber K. and Lechtreck K.-F. (1997) Purification and characterization of basal apparatuses from a flagellate green alga. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 37:72-85 medline abstract
 
Lechtreck K.-F., Reize I. B. and Melkonian M. (1997) The cytoskeleton of the naked green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis (Chlorophyta): flagellar and basal body developmental cycle. J. Phycol. 33:254-265
 
Geimer S., Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1997a) The cytoskeleton of the naked green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis (Chlorophyta): analysis of isolated basal apparatuses in the parallel configuration. J. Phycol. 33:241-253
 
Wiech H., Geier B.M., Paschke T., Spang A., Grein K., Steinkötter J., Melkonian M. and Schiebel E. (1996) Characterization of green alga, yeast, and human centrins. Specific subdomain features determine functional diversity. J. Biol. Chem. 271:22453-22461 medline abstract
 
Steinkötter J. and Melkonian M. (1996) Centrin. In: Guidebook on Calcium Binding-Proteins (M.R. Celio, Ed.), pp. 49-51, Oxford University Press: Oxford
 
Lechtreck K.-F., Frins S., Bilski J., Teltenkötter A., Weber K. and Melkonian M. (1996) The cruciated microtubule-associated fibers of the green alga Dunaliella bioculata consist of a 31 kDa SF-assemblin. J. Cell Sci. 109:827-835 medline abstract
 
Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1995) Preparation and reactivation of Spermatozopsis cytoskeletons. In: Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 47 Cilia and Flagella (Dentler, W., Witman, G., eds.), pp. 335-340, San Diego: Academic Press medline abstract
 
Bremerich A., Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1995) Purification of SF-Assemblin. In: Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 47 Cilia and Flagella (Dentler, W., Witman, G., eds.), pp. 315-321, San Diego: Academic Press medline abstract
 
Melkonian M. and Viguès B. (1995) Filamentous cytoskeletal systems in protists. In: Protistological Actualities (Brugerolle, G., Mignot, J.-P., eds.), 136-147. Proceedings of the Second European Congress of Protistology, Clermont-Ferrand
 
Höhfeld I., Beech P.L. and Melkonian M. (1994) Immunolocalization of centrin in Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 30:474-489
 
Weber K., Geisler N., Plessmann U., Bremerich A., Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1993) SF-assemblin, the structural protein of the 2-nm filaments from striated microtubule associated fibers of algal flagellar roots, forms a segmented coiled coil. J. Cell Biol. 121:837-845 medline abstract
 
Katsaros Chr.I., Maier I. and Melkonian, M. (1993) Immunolocalization of centrin in the flagellar apparatus of male gametes of Ectocarpus siliculosus (Phaeophyceae) and other brown algal motile cells. J. Phycol. 29:787-797
 
Bhattacharya D., Steinkötter J. and Melkonian M. (1993) Molecular cloning and evolutionary analysis of the calcium-modulated contractile protein, centrin, in green algae and land plants. Plant Mol. Biol. 23:1243-1254 medline abstract
 
Beech P.L. and Melkonian M. (1993) The basal apparatus of the quadriflagellate Spermatozopsis exsultans (Chlorophyceae): numbering of basal body triplets reveals triplet individuality and developmental modifications. J. Phycol. 29:191-202
 
Patel H., Lechtreck K.-F., Melkonian M. and Mandelkow E. (1992) Structure of striated microtubule-associated fibers of flagellar roots. Comparison of native and reconstituted states. J. Mol. Biol. 227:698-710 medline abstract
 
Melkonian M., Beech P.L., Katsaros C. and Schulze D. (1992) Centrin-mediated cell motility in algae. In: Algal Cell Motility (Melkonian, M., Ed.), pp. 179-221. New York & London: Chapman & Hall
 
Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1991) Striated microtubule-associated fibers: identification of assemblin, a novel 34-kD protein that forms paracrystals of 2-nm filaments in vitro. J. Cell Biol. 115:705-716 medline abstract
 
Lechtreck K.-F. and Melkonian M. (1991) An update on fibrous flagellar roots in green algae. Protoplasma 164:38-44
 
Beech P.L., Heimann K. and Melkonian M. (1991) Development of the flagellar apparatus during the cell cycle in unicellular algae. Protoplasma 164:23-37
 
Andersen R.A., Barr D.J.S., Lynn D.H., Melkonian M., Moestrup Ø. and Sleigh M.A. (1991): Terminology and nomenclature of the cytoskeletal elements associated with the flagellar/ciliary apparatus in protists. Protoplasma 164:1-8
 
Lechtreck K.-F., McFadden G.I. and Melkonian M. (1989) The cytoskeleton of the naked green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis: isolation, whole mount electron microscopy, and preliminary biochemical and immunological characterization. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 14:552-561
 
Heimann K., Benting J., Timmermann S. and Melkonian M. (1989) The flagellar developmental cycle in algae: two types of flagellar development in uniflagellated algae. Protoplasma 153:14-23
Heimann K., Reize I.B. and Melkonian M. (1989) The flagellar developmental cycle in algae: flagellar transformation in Cyanophora paradoxa (Glaucocystophyceae). Protoplasma 148:106-110
Melkonian M. (1989b) Centrin-mediated motility: A novel cell motility mechanism in eukaryotic cells. Bot. Acta 102:3-4
 
Melkonian M. (1989a) Flagellar apparatus ultrastructure in Mesostigma viride (Prasinophyceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 164:93-122
Höhfeld I., Otten J. and Melkonian M. (1988) Contractile eukaryotic flagella: centrin is involved. Protoplasma 147:16-24
Melkonian M., Schulze D., McFadden G.I. and Robenek H. (1988) A polyclonal antibody (anticentrin) distinguishes between two types of fibrous flagellar roots in green algae. Protoplasma 144:56-61
Melkonian M., Reize I.B. and Preisig H.R. (1987) Maturation of a flagellum/basal body requires more than one cell cycle in algal flagellates: studies on Nephroselmis olivacea (Prasinophyceae). In: Algal Development. Molecular and Cellular Aspects (Wiessner, W., Robinson, D.G., Starr, R.C., eds.), pp. 102-113. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag
 
Schulze D., Robenek H., McFadden G.I. and Melkonian M. (1987) Immunolocalization of a Ca2+-modulated contractile protein in the flagellar apparatus of green algae: the nucleus-basal body connector. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 45:51-61
 
McFadden G.I., Schulze D., Surek B., Salisbury J.L. and Melkonian M. (1987) Basal body reorientation mediated by a Ca2+-modulated contractile protein. J. Cell Biol. 105:903-912 medline abstract
 
Salisbury J.L., Baron A., Surek B. and Melkonian M. (1984) Striated flagellar roots: isolation and partial characterization of a calcium-modulated contractile organelle. J. Cell Biol. 99:962-970 medline abstract
 
Preisig H.R. and Melkonian M. (1984) A light and electron microscopical study of the green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis spec. nova. Pl. Syst. Evol. 146:57-74
 
Melkonian M. and Preisig H.R. (1984) Ultrastructure of the flagellar apparatus in the green flagellate Spermatozopsis similis. Pl. Syst. Evol. 146:145-162
 
Melkonian M. (1984a) Flagellar root-mediated interactions between the flagellar apparatus and cell organelles in green algae. In: Compartments in Algal Cells and their Interaction (Wiessner, W.,Robinson, D., Starr, R.C., eds.), pp. 96-108. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag
Melkonian M. (1984b) Flagellar apparatus ultrastructure in relation to green algal classification. In: Systematics of the Green Algae (Irvine, D.E.G., John, D.M., eds.), pp. 73-120. London/Orlando: Academic Press
 
Melkonian M. (1983) Functional and phylogenetic aspects of the basal apparatus in algal cells. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 15: 121-125
 
Melkonian M. (1982b) The functional analysis of the flagellar apparatus in green algae. In: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Flagella (Amos, W.B., Duckett, J.G., eds.), pp. 591-608. Cambridge: University Press medline abstract
 

Melkonian M. (1982a) Structural and evolutionary aspects of the flagellar apparatus in green algae and land plants. Taxon 31:255-265

Melkonian M. (1980b) Flagellar roots, mating structure and gametic fusion in the green alga Ulva lactuca (Ulvales). J. Cell Sci. 46:149-169 medline abstract

Melkonian M. (1980a) Ultrastructural aspects of basal body associated fibrous structures in green algae: a critical review. BioSystems 12:85-104 medline abstract
Melkonian M. (1977) The flagellar root system of zoospores of the green alga Chlorosarcinopsis (Chlorosarcinales) as compared with Chlamydomonas (Volvocales). Pl. Syst. Evol. 128:79-88
 

Melkonian, M. (1975): The fine structure of the zoospores of Fritschiella tuberosa Iyeng. (Chaetophorineae, Chlorophyceae) with special reference to the flagellar apparatus. Protoplasma 86: 391-404