Markus Schilhabel

Comparative genome analysis: selection pressure on the Borrelia vlscassettes is essential for infectivity (2006)

Glöckner, Gernot, Schulte-Spechtel, Ulrike, Schilhabel, Markus, Felder, Marius, Sühnel, Jürgen, Wilske, Bettina, ...

Abstract Background At least three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) cause tick-borne Lyme disease. Previous work including the genome analysis of B. burgdorferi B31 and B. garinii...

Polymorphic segmental duplications at 8p23.1 challenge the determination of individual defensin gene repertoires and the assembly of a contiguous human reference sequence (2004)

Taudien, Stefan, Galgoczy, Petra, Huse, Klaus, Reichwald, Kathrin, Schilhabel, Markus, Szafranski, Karol, ...

Abstract Background Defensins are important components of innate immunity to combat bacterial and viral infections, and can even elicit antitumor responses. Clusters of defensin (DEF) genes are...