The Kanzok
Malaria Lab

Publications:

 

1. Turturice BA, Lamm MA, Tasch JJ,  Zalewski A, Kooistra R, Schroeter EH, Sharma S, Kawazu SI, Kanzok SM. (2013) Expression of Cytosolic Peroxiredoxins in Plasmodium berghei Ookinetes Is Regulated by Environmental Factors in the Mosquito Bloodmeal. PLoS Pathogens. 9(1):e1003136. 

 

2. Vonlaufen N, Kanzok SM, Wek RC, Sullivan WJ Jr. (2008) Stress response pathways in protozoan parasites. Cell Microbiol. 10(12):2387-99. Epub 2008 Aug 1. Review.

 

3. Dinglasan RR, Kalume DE, Kanzok SM, Ghosh AK, Muratova O, Pandey A, Jacobs-Lorena M. (2007) Disruption of Plasmodium falciparum development by antibodies against a conserved mosquito midgut antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104(33):13461-6. Epub 2007 Aug 2.

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4. Luna C, Hoa NT, Lin H, Zhang L, Nguyen HL, Kanzok SM, Zheng L. (2006) Expression of immune responsive genes in cell lines from two different Anopheline species. Insect Mol Biol. 15(6):721-9.

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5. Kanzok SM, Jacobs-Lorena M. (2006) Entomopathogenic fungi as biological insecticides to control malaria. Trends Parasitol.;22(2):49-51. Epub 2005 Dec 27. Review.

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6. Meister S, Kanzok SM, Zheng XL, Luna C, Li TR, Hoa NT, Clayton JR, White KP, Kafatos FC, Christophides GK, Zheng L. (2005) Immune signaling pathways regulating bacterial and malaria parasite infection of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.;102(32):11420-5. Epub 2005 Aug 2.

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7. Kanzok SM, Hoa NT, Bonizzoni M, Luna C, Huang Y, Malacrida AR, Zheng L. (2004) Origin of Toll-like receptor-mediated innate immunity. J Mol Evol.;58(4):442-8.

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8. Kanzok SM, Zheng L. The mosquito genome--a turning point? (2003) Trends Parasitol. 19(8):329-31. Review.

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9. Becker K, Kanzok SM, Iozef R, Fischer M, Schirmer RH, Rahlfs S. (2003) Plasmoredoxin, a novel redox-active protein unique for malarial parasites.Eur J Biochem. 270(6):1057-64.

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10. Luna C, Hoa NT, Zhang J, Kanzok SM, Brown SE, Imler JL, Knudson DL, Zheng L. (2003) Characterization of three Toll-like genes from mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol.;12(1):67-74.

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11. Christophides GK, Zdobnov E, Barillas-Mury C, Birney E, Blandin S, Blass C, Brey PT, Collins FH, Danielli A, Dimopoulos G, Hetru C, Hoa NT, Hoffmann JA, Kanzok SM, Letunic I, Levashina EA, Loukeris TG, Lycett G, Meister S, Michel K, Moita LF, Müller HM, Osta MA, Paskewitz SM, Reichhart JM, Rzhetsky A, Troxler L, Vernick KD, Vlachou D, Volz J, von Mering C, Xu J, Zheng L, Bork P, Kafatos FC. (2002) Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 298(5591):159-65.

 

12. Kanzok SM, Rahlfs S, Becker K, Schirmer RH. (2002) Thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, and thioredoxin peroxidase of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Methods Enzymol.;347:370-81.

 

13. Bauer H, Kanzok SM, Schirmer RH. (2002) Thioredoxin-2 but not thioredoxin-1 is a substrate of thioredoxin peroxidase-1 from Drosophila melanogaster: isolation and characterization of a second thioredoxin in D. Melanogaster and evidence for distinct biological functions of Trx-1 and Trx-2. J Biol Chem.;277(20):17457-63. Epub 2002 Mar 4.

 

14. Kanzok SM, Fechner A, Bauer H, Ulschmid JK, Müller HM, Botella-Munoz J, Schneuwly S, Schirmer R, Becker K. (2001) Substitution of the thioredoxin system for glutathione reductase in Drosophila melanogaster. Science.;291(5504):643-6.

 

15. Kanzok SM, Schirmer RH, Turbachova I, Iozef R, Becker K. (2000) The thioredoxin system of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Glutathione reduction revisited. J Biol Chem.;275(51):40180-6.

 

16. Becker K, Schirmer M, Kanzok S, Schirmer (1999) RH.Flavins and flavoenzymes in diagnosis and therapy. Methods Mol Biol.;131:229-45. Review.