SPP 1112:  Genome Function and Gene Regulation in Archaea

• Subject Area: Medicine
• Term: from 2001 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5470972

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• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes

Projects

• Cellular interaction and transport between the two hyperthermophilic Archaea Ignicoccus sp. strain KIN4/I and Nanoarchaeum equitans (Applicant Rachel, Reinhard )
• Characterization of a bifunctional specific regulator for genes involved in maltodextrin transport and metabolism in Thermococcus litoralis (Applicant Boos, Winfried )
• Functional and comparative genomics for the central carbohydrate metabolism of hyperthermophilic Archaea, presented in a new database (Applicant Siebers, Bettina )
• Gas vesicle formation in halophilic archaea and regulation of gene expression (Applicant Pfeifer, Felicitas )
• Genetic Analysis of the Pathway and regulation of Carbon Monoxide Utilization in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A (Applicant Rother, Michael )
• Genome analysis in Methanosarcina mazei GÖ1: Mechanisms for the adaptation to different carbon- and energy sources (Applicant Deppenmeier, Uwe )
• In vivo study of gene regulation and gene function in Sulfolobus ssp.: application and development of transformation vectors (Applicant Lipps, Georg )
• In vivo study of gene regulation and gene function in Sulfolobus ssp.: application and development of transformation vectors (Applicant Schleper, Christa )
• Influence of DNA structure and nucleosome positioning on transcriptional regulation in Methanococcus voltae (Applicant Klein, Albrecht )
• Proteomics and annotation of Halobacterium salinarum (Applicant Oesterhelt, Dieter )
• Regulation of gvp gene expression in halophilic archaea (Applicant Pfeifer, Felicitas )
• Regulation of heat shock response, maltose transport, pyrimidine synthesis and ribosomal RNA synthesis in Pyrococcus furiosus (Applicant Thomm, Michael )
• Regulation of osmoadaptation and Na+ homeostasis in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 (Applicant Müller, Volker )
• Studies on transcription controls operating in archaeal virus-host systems: regulation of transcription of genomes of the rudiviruses SIRV1 and SIRV2, and the lipothrixvirus SIFV of the hyperthermophilic archaeaon Sulfolobus (Applicant Prangishvili, David )
• The regulatory network of nitrogen assimilation and fixation in the methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 (Applicant Schmitz-Streit, Ruth Anne )
• Transcriptional regulation of the carbohydrate metabolism of the facultatively heterotrophic crenarchaeote Thermoproteus tenax (Applicant Hensel, Reinhard )
• Understanding of gene regulation in halophilic Archaea: Characterization of the transcriptome, DNA protein interactions, and posttranslational control (Applicant Soppa, Jörg )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Jörg Soppa