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86.) W. B. Fischer (Editorial)
Where is Computational Bioanalysis?
J. Bioanal. Biomed. (2012) in print
85.) K. Wang, W. Lu, J. Chen, S. Xie, H. Shi, H. Hsu, W. Yu, K. Xu, C. Bian, W. B. Fischer, W. Schwarz, L. Feng, B. Sun;
PEDV ORF3 encodes an ion channel protein and regulates virus production.
FEBS Lett. (2012) 586, 384-391
84.)

G.-S. Hong, C.-P. Chen, M.-H. Lin, J. Krüger, C. F. W. Becker, R. H. A. Fink and W. B. Fischer;
Molecular dynamics simulations and conductance studies of the interaction of VP1 from Polio virus and gp41 fusion peptide from HIV-1 with lipid membranes.
Mol. Membr. Biol. (2012) 29, 9-25

83.) W. B. Fischer, Y.-T. Wang, C. Schindler, C.-P. Chen;
Mechanism of Function of Viral Channel Proteins and implications for drug development.
Int. Rev. Cell Mol. Biol. (2012) 294, 259-321
82.)

H.-J. Hsu, W. B. Fischer;
In silico investigations of possible routes of assembly of ORF 3a from SARS-CoV.
J. Mol. Mod. (2011) 18, 501-514

81.)

C.-P. Chen, A. Ganguly, C.-Y. Lu, T.-Y. Chen, C.-C. Kuo, R.-S. Chen, W.-H. Tu, W. B. Fischer, K.-H. Chen, L.-C. Chen;
Ultra-sensitive in situ Label-free DNA Detection using GaN Nanowires-based Extended-Gate Field-Effect-Transistor Sensor.
Analyt. Chem. (2011) 83, 1938-1943 (PDF)

80.) M. Skasko, A. Tokarev, C.-C. Chen, W. B. Fischer, S. K. Pillai, J. Guatelli;
BST-2 is rapidly down-regulated from the cell surface by the HIV-1 protein Vpu: evidence for a post-ER mechanism of Vpu-action.
Virology (2011) 411, 65-77
79.) W. B. Fischer, H.-J. Hsu;
From sequence to structure to mechanism – viral channel proteins.
In Sequence and Genome Analysis: Methods and Applications II.; Ed. G. Fung;
i-Concept Books (2011) Chap. 6 (link)
78.) W. B. Fischer (Guest-Editor, Special Issue)
Viral Ion Channels
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2011) 1808, 509-588 (link)
77.) W. B. Fischer (Guest-Editor)
Introduction to the Special Issue on viral channel forming proteins.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2011) 1808, 509
76.) C.-C. Chen, J. Krüger, I. Sramala, H.-J. Hsu, P. Henklein, Y.-M. A. Chen, W. B. Fischer;
ORF 8a of SARS-CoV forms an ion channel: experiments and molecular dynamics simulations.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2011) 1808, 572-579 (PDF)
75.)   W. B. Fischer and H.-J. Hsu;
Viral channel forming proteins – modelling the target.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2011) 1808, 561-571
74.)   G. Patargias, G. Ewart, C. Luscombe, W. B. Fischer;
Ligand-protein docking studies of potential HIV-1 drug compounds using the algorithm FlexX.
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2010) 396, 2559-2563
73.)   W. B. Fischer (Guest-Editor, Special Issue)
Viral Membrane Proteins Meeting held in Heidelberg, December 2008
Eur. Biophys. J. (2010) 39, 1041-1104 (link)
72.) W. B. Fischer, G. Thiel, R. H. A. Fink;
Viral membrane proteins.
Eur. Biophys. J. (2010) 39, 1041-1042
71.)   C.-P. Chen, C. Kremer, P. Henklein, U. Schubert, R. H. A. Fink, W. B. Fischer;
Modulating the activity of the channel forming segment of Vpr protein from HIV-1.
Eur. Biophys. J. (2010), 39, 1089-1095
70.)   J. Krüger, W. B. Fischer;
Structural implications of mutations assessed by molecular dynamics: Vpu1-32 from HIV-1.
Eur. Biophys. J. (2010), 39, 1069-1077
69.)   J. Krüger, W. B. Fischer;
Assembly of viral membrane proteins.
J. Chem. Theory Comput. (2009) 5, 2503-2513 (PDF)
68.)  

G. Patargias, T. Barke, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Model generation of viral channel forming 2B protein bundles from polio and coxsackie viruses.
Mol. Membr. Biol. (2009) 26, 1-13

67.)   G. Patargias, H. Martay, W. B. Fischer;
Reconstructing potentials of mean force from short steered molecular dynamics simulations of Vpu from HIV-1.
J. Biomol. Struc. Dyn. (2009) 26, 1-12 (PDF)
66.)   K. Tiewsiri, W. B. Fischer, C. Angsuthanasombat;
Lipid-induced conformation of helix 7 from the pore-forming domain of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin: implications for the toxicity mechanism
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2009) 482, 17-24 (PDF)
65.)   W. B. Fischer, J. Krüger;
Viral channel forming proteins.
Int. Rev. Cell Mol. Biol. (2009) 275, 35-63
64.)   G. Patargias, H. Martay, J. Krüger, C.-P. Chen, Y.-T. Wang, M.-D. Lee, C.-C. Chen, G.-S. Hong, W. B. Fischer;
Short membrane proteins from viruses: channel-pore dualism?
Proceedings From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2008, Jülich, D. (PDF)
63.)   J. Krüger, W. B. Fischer;
Viral membrane proteins: flexibility and assembly.
Proceedings From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2008, Jülich, D. (PDF)
62.)   J. Krüger, W. B. Fischer;
Exploring the conformational space of Vpu from HIV-1: a versatile adaptable protein.
J. Comput. Chem. (2008) 29, 2416-2424 (PDF)
61.)   T. Mehnert, A. Routh, P. J. Judge, Y. M. Lam, D. Fischer, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Biophysical characterisation of Vpu from HIV-1 suggests a channel-pore dualism.
Proteins (2008) 70, 1488-1497 (PDF)
60.)   J. Krüger, G. Patargias, H. Martay, T. Mehnert, A. Routh, P. J. Judge, Y. H. Lam, D. Fischer, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Self- Assembly of viral ion channel forming proteins.
Proceedings of the IX. Linz Winter Workshop 2007, (2008) 31-35,
TRAUNER Druck, Linz, AT ISBN 978-3-85499-400-8
(PDF)
59.)   T. Mehnert, Y. H. Lam, P. J. Judge, A. Routh, D. Fischer, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Towards a mechanism of function of the viral ion channel Vpu from HIV-1.
J. Biomol. Struc. Dyn. (2007) 24, 589-596 (PDF)
58.)   C. G. Kim, V. Lemaitre, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Drug-protein interaction with Vpu from HIV-1: proposing binding sites for amiloride and one of its derivatives.
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2006) 386, 2213-2217
57.)   V. Lemaitre, D. Willbold, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Full length Vpu from HIV-1: combining molecular dynamics simulations with NMR spectroscopy.
J. Biomol. Struc. Dyn. (2006) 5, 485-496 (PDF)
56.)   G. Patargias, N. Zitzmann, R. Dwek, W. B. Fischer;
Protein-protein interactions: modeling the hepatitis C virus ion channel p7.
J. Med. Chem. (2006) 49, 648-655 (PDF)
55.)   W. B. Fischer;
Virale Ionenkanäle: Bildung, Modelling, Drug Targeting.
Nachr. Chem. (2005) 53, 1216-1221 (PDF)
54.)   A. Candler, M. Featherstone, R. Ali, L. Maloney, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Computational analysis of mutations in the transmembrane region of Vpu from HIV-1.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Biomembr. (2005) 1716, 1-10 (PDF)
53.)    D. Pavlovic, W. Fischer, M. Hussey, D. Durantel, S. Durantel, N. Branza-Nichita, S. Woodhouse, R. Dwek, N. Zitzmann;
Long alkylchain iminosugars block the HCV p7 ion channel.
Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. (2005) 564, 3-4
52.)   W. B. Fischer, P. J. Judge;
Viral Ion Channels.
BioForum Europe (2005) 4, 45-47 (PDF)
51.)   W. B. Fischer; (Book Editor)
Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function and Drug Design.;
Vol. 1, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publisher, New York, (2005) ISBN 0-306-48495-1 (link)
50.)   V. Lemaitre, C. G. Kim, D. Fischer, Y. H. Lam, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Defining drug interactions with the Vpu ion channel from HIV-1.
In: Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function and Drug Design. (W. B. Fischer, Ed.)  
Z. Atassi, Serial Ed., Protein Reviews; Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers New York (2005) Chap. 14, 187-205
49.)   W. B. Fischer, Y. H. Lam, A. D. Ward;
Peptide containing vesicles trapped with Raman tweezers - Vpu1-32 from HIV1.
Annual Report of the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, (2004//5) (PDF)
48.)   W. Römer, Y. H. Lam, D. Fischer, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer, P Göring, R. B. Wehrspohn, U. Gösele, C. Steinem;
Channel activity of a viral transmembrane peptide in micro-BLMs: Vpu1-32 from HIV-1.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2004) 126, 16267-16274 (PDF)
47.)   V. Lemaitre, R. Ali, C. G. Kim, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Interaction of amiloride and one of its derivatives with Vpu from HIV-1: a molecular dynamics simulation.
FEBS Lett. (2004) 563, 75-81 (PDF)
46.)   W. B. Fischer [Review]
Vpu from HIV-1 on an atomic scale: experiments and computer simulations.
FEBS Lett. (2003) 552, 39-46 (PDF)
45.)   D. Pavlovic, D. C. A. Neville, O. Argaud, B. Blumberg, R. A. Dwek, W. B. Fischer, N. Zitzmann;
The hepatitis C virus p7 protein forms an ion channel which is inhibited by long alkylchain iminosugar derivatives.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2003) 100, 6104-6108 (PDF)
44.)   I. Sramala, V. Lemaitre, J. D. Faraldo-Gomez, S. Vincent, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Molecular dynamics simulations on the first two helices of Vpu from HIV-1.
Biophys. J. (2003) 84, 3276-3284 (PDF)
43.)   W. B. Fischer [Trends];
Computational bioanalysis of proteins.
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2003) 375, 23-25 (PDF)
42.)   F. S. Cordes, A. D. Tustian, M. S. P. Sansom, A. Watts, W. B. Fischer;
Bundles consisting of extended transmembrane segments of Vpu from HIV-1: computer simulations and conductance measurements.
Biochemistry (2002), 41, 7359-7365 (PDF)
41.)   W. B. Fischer, M. S. P. Sansom [Review];
Viral ion channels: structure and function.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2002), 1561, 27-45 (PDF)
40.)   W. B. Fischer, M. S. P. Sansom;
Probing the structure of viral ion channel proteins: a computational approach.
in 'Biophysical Chemistry. Membranes and Proteins'
Eds. R. H. Templer, R. Leatherbarrow, Royal Soc. Chemistry 2002
39.)   W. B. Fischer, M. Pitkeathly, B. A. Wallace, M. S. P. Sansom;
Transmembrane peptides for applications in biosensors: NB from influenza B.
Proceedings contribution (10 pages) to 'BioSensor 2001', Tuebingen, D (PDF)
On-line publication: http://w210.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/portal/BioSensor2001/
38.)   F. S. Cordes, A. Kukol, L. R. Forrest, I. T. Arkin, M. S. P. Sansom, W. B. Fischer;
The structure of the HIV-1 Vpu ion channel: modelling and simulation studies.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2001), 1512, 291-298 (PDF)
37.)   A. J. Wright, S. E. Matthews, W. B. Fischer, P. D. Beer;
Novel resorcin[4]arenes as potassium selective ion channel and transporter mimics.
Chem. Eur. J. (2001), 7, 3474-3481 (PDF)
36.)   W. B. Fischer, M. Pitkeathly, M. S. P. Sansom;
Amantadine blocks channel activity of the transmembrane segment of the NB protein from influenza B.
Eur. Biophys. J. (2001), 30, 416-420 (PDF)
35.)   W. B. Fischer, A. Fedorowicz, A. Koll;
Structural water around ions - FTIR difference spectroscopy and quantum-mechanical calculations.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2001), 3, 4228-4234
34.)   W. B. Fischer, G. Steiner, C. Kuhne, R. Salzer;
Investigation on native vesicles containing the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using FTIR-spectroscopy.
J. Mol. Struc. (2001), 570, 153-158 (PDF)
33.)   W. B. Fischer, M. Pitkeathly, B. A. Wallace, L. R. Forrest, G. R. Smith, and M. S. P. Sansom;
Transmembrane peptide NB of influenza B: a simulation, structure, and conductance study.
Biochemistry (2000), 39, 12708-12716 (PDF)
32.)   W. B. Fischer, L. R. Forrest, G. R. Smith, and M. S. P. Sansom;
Transmembrane domains of viral ion channel proteins: a molecular dynamics simulation study.
Biopolymers (2000), 53, 529 - 538 (PDF)
31.)   W. B. Fischer, D. Schwenke, B. Leupold, S. Friedrich, G. Steiner, R. Salzer;
Sensing local anaesthetics with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor rich vesicles in solution - A fluorescence study.
Asian Chem. Lett. (2000), 4, 57-64
30.)   R. Salzer, G. Steiner, S. Friedrich, Ch. Kuhne, W. Fischer;
Functional biomembranes for sensors.
Infrared Sensors & Systems, AMA Service Wunstorf (2000) 7-12
29.)   G. Steiner, W. Fischer, Ch. Kuhne, and R. Salzer;
Surface enhanced FTIR spectroscopy and surface plasmon resonance on Biomembranes.
Proceed SPIE (2000), 3918, 215 - 221
28.)   Liu X., Lee M. J., Coleman M., Rath P., Nilsson A., Fischer W. B., Bizounok M., Herzfeld J., Karstens W. F. J., Raap J., Lugtenburg J., and Rothschild K. J.;
Detection of threonine structural changes upon formation of the M-intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin: evidence for assignment to Thr-89.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1998), 1365, 363 - 372 (PDF)
27.)   W. B. Fischer, I. Unverricht, T. Dudev, R. Salzer;
Negative ions causing structural changes of the acetylcholine cation - FTIR-spectroscopy and theoretical calculations.
Asian J. Spectrosc. (1998), 2, 125 - 130
26.)   I. Unverricht, W. B. Fischer, A. Schrattenholz, A. Maelicke, R. Salzer;
FTIR-Spektroskopische Charakterisierung von Self Assembly Schichten mit Ionenkanälen.
Chemie- und Biosensoren: aktuelle Anwendungen und Entwicklungstrends; Eds.: J. P. Baselt, G. Gerlach, W. Göpel; Dresden University Press (1998), 31 - 34
25.)   R. Salzer, Ch. Kuhne, G. Steiner, and W. B. Fischer;
Investigation of functionalized biomembranes by ATR-SEIRA spectroscopy with polarized light.
Proceed. SPIE (1998), 3250, 96 - 100
24.)   Ch. Kuhne, G. Steiner, W. B. Fischer, R. Salzer;
Surface enhanced FTIR spectroscopy on membranes.
Fres. J. Anal. Chem. (1998), 360, 750 - 754.
23.)   G. Steiner, Ch. Kuhne, B. Leupolt, W. B. Fischer, and R. Salzer;
Applications of surface enhanced spectroscopic techniques to biosystems.
Proceed. SPIE (1998), 3256, 106 - 112
22.)   R. Salzer, W. B. Fischer, I. Unverricht, D. Schwenke, G. Steiner, A. Schrattenholz, and A. Maelicke;
Spectroscopic investigation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for application in medical diagnosis.
Proceed. SPIE (1998), 3257, 288 - 295
21.)   Ch. Kuhne, G. Steiner, W. B. Fischer, and R. Salzer;
SEIRA Spectroscopy on Biomembranes
Conf. Proceed. API Press (1998), 430, 606 - 609
20.)   W. B. Fischer, I. Unverricht, Ch. Kuhne, G. Steiner, A. Schrattenholz, A. Maelicke, and R. Salzer;
Vesicles containing ion channels on crystalline surfaces - An FTIR and Surface Enhanced FTIR Spectroscopic study.
Conf. Proceed. API Press (1998), 430, 594 - 597
19.)   W. B. Fischer, P. Pötschke, G. Pompe, K.-J. Eichhorn, and H. W. Siesler;
Rheo-Optical Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of polyurethanes and their blends with polyolefines.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (1997), 198, 2057 - 2072
18.)   W.B. Fischer, P. Pötschke, K.-J. Eichhorn and H.W. Siesler;
Rheo-optical FTIR-spectroscopy of polyurethane-polyolefine-blends during cyclic elongation and recovery.
Microchim. Acta [Suppl.] (1997), 14, 411 - 412
17.)   W. B. Fischer, I. Fischer, and R. Salzer;
Investigation of acetylcholine under the influence of different electrostatic fields by FTIR difference spectroscopy.
Microchim. Acta [Suppl.] (1997), 14, 441 - 443
16.)   W. B. Fischer, P. Wu, U. Hoffmann, K.-J. Eichhorn, H. W. Siesler, and K. J. Rothschild;
Comparison of bacteriorhodopsin conformational changes with uniaxially elongated aliphatic polyamide samples using FTIR difference spectroscopy.
Microchim. Acta [Suppl.] (1997), 14, 437 - 439
15.)   W. B. Fischer, and H.-H. Eysel;
Raman- and FTIR spectroscopic study on water structural changes in aqueous solutions of amino acids and related compounds.
J. Mol. Struc. (1997), 415, 249 - 257
14.)   W. B. Fischer, I. Unverricht, D. Schwenke, G. Steiner, P. Nollert, A. Schrattenholz, A. Maelicke, and R. Salzer;
adsorption of functionalized biomembrane vesicles on crystalline surfaces monitored by FTIR- and Surface Enhanced FTIR Spectroscopy.
Proceed. 7th European Conf. on Spectroscopy of biological Molecules, Madrid, Spain (1997)
13.)   R. Salzer, W. Fischer, and G. Steiner;
Ionenkanäle als Signalbausteine.
CLB Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik 47, (1996), 7, 305 - 311
12.)   W.B. Fischer, I. Fischer, G. Steiner, A. Schrattenholz, A. Maelicke, R. Salzer;
Structural analysis of the nicotinic-acetylcholine receptor immobilized on crystals and phospholipids studied by FTIR-spectroscopy.
1st Int. Symp. Bioanal. Chem. Proc., Chinese Chem. Soc., Beijing, Peop. Rep. China (1995), p. 16-17
11.)   W. B. Fischer, S. Sonar, T. Marti, H. G. Khorana and K. J. Rothschild;
Detection of a water molecule in the active-Site of bacteriorhodopsin; Hydrogen bonding changes during the primary photoreaction.
Biochemistry (1994), 33, 12757 - 12762
10.)   S. Sonar, T. Marti, P. Rath, W. Fischer, M. Coleman, A. Nilsson, H. Gobind Khorana and Kenneth J. Rothschild;
A redirected proton pathway in the bacteriorhodopsin mutant Y57D.
J. Biol. Chem. (1994), 269, 28851 - 28858
9.)   W. Fischer, H. H. Eysel, O. F. Nielsen, J. E. Bertie;
Corrections to the baseline distortions in the OH-stretch region of aqueous solutions.
Appl. Spectroscopy (1994), 48, 107 - 112
8.)   W. B. Fischer and K. J. Rothschild;
Water molecules are active during the primary photoreaktion of bacteriorhodopsin.
SPIE Vol. (1993), 2089, 118 - 119
7.)   S. Sonar, N. Patel, W. Fischer and K. J. Rothschild;
ell-Free synthesis, functional refolding, and spectroscopic characterization of bacteriorhodopsin, an integral membrane protein.
Biochemistry (1993), 32, 13777-13781
6.)   K. J. Rothschild, T. Marti, S. Sonar, Y.-W. He, P. Rath, W. Fischer, O. Bousch?and H. Gobind Khorana;
Asp96 Deprotonation and transmembrane a -helical structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin.
J. Biol. Chem. (1993), 268, 27046-27052
5.)   Y.-W. He, M. P. Krebs, W. B. Fischer, H. G. Khorana, K. J. Rothschild;
FTIR Difference spectroscopy of the bacteriorhodopsin mutant Tyr-185 to Phe: Detection of a stable O-like species and characterization of its photocycle at low temperature.
Biochemistry (1993), 32, 2282-2290
4.)   W. B. Fischer, H. H. Eysel;
Polarized Raman spectra and intensities of aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan.
Spectrochimica Acta (1992), 48A, 725-732
3.)   W. B. Fischer, J. E. Bertie, M. Khalique Ahmed, H. H. Eysel;
The influence of aliphatic amines and carboxylic acids on the water structure studied by vibrational spectra of solutions.
in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy 1991, Lübeck-Travemünde, Deutschland, SPIE Vol. (1991), 1575, 596-597
2.)   H. H. Eysel, W. Fischer;
pH-Dependence of characteristic Raman bands of aromatic amino acids in Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules - State of the Art
Proceedings of Third European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Societa Editrice Esculapio Bologna, Italy (1989), Editors A. Bertoluzza, C. Fagnano, P. Monti, p. 87-88
1.)   M. E. Maxon, B. Redfield, X. Cai, R. Shoeman, K. Fujita, W. Fisher, G. Staufer, H. Weissbach, N. Brot;
Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: Effect of the MetR protein on the expression of the metE and metR genes.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1989), 86, 85-89

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