Publications

Gaume, L.; Gorb, S.; Rowe, N.: Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers. New Phytologist 156 (3), pp. 479 - 489 (2002)

Gorb, S.; Beutel, R.; Gorb, E.; Jiao, Y.; Kastner, V.; Niederegger, S.; Popov, V.; Scherge, M.; Schwarz, U.; Vötsch, W.: Structural design and biomechanics of friction-based releasable attachment devices in insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42 (6), pp. 1127 - 1139 (2002)

Vötsch, W.; Nicholson, G.; Müller, R.; Stierhof, Y.; Gorb, S.; Schwarz, U.: Chemical composition of the attachment pad secretion of the locust Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 32 (12), pp. 1605 - 1613 (2002)

Heidrich, C.; Ursinus, A.; Berger, J.; Schwarz, H.; Höltje, J.-V.: Effects of multiple deletions of murein hydrolases on viability, septum cleavage, and sensitivity to large toxic molecules in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 184 (22), pp. 6093 - 6099 (2002)

Gorb, E.; Gorb, S.: Attachment ability of the beetle Chrysolina fastuosa on various plant surfaces. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 105 (1), pp. 13 - 28 (2002)

Dai, Z.; Gorb, S.; Schwarz, U.: Roughness-dependent friction force of the tarsal claw system in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 205 (16), pp. 2479 - 2488 (2002)

Jennings, G.; Savino, S.; Marchetti, E.; Aricò, B.; Kast, T.; Baldi, L.; Ursinus, A.; Höltje, J.-V.; Nicholas, R.; Rappuoli, R. et al.; Grandi, G.: GNA33 from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B encodes a membrane-bound lytic transglycosylase (MltA). European Journal of Biochemistry 269 (15), pp. 3722 - 3731 (2002)

Gorb, E.; Gorb, S.: Contact separation force of the fruit burrs in four plant species adapted to dispersal by mechanical interlocking. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 40 (4), pp. 373 - 381 (2002)

Gorb, S.; Popov, V.: Probabilistic fasteners with parabolic elements: biological system, artificial model and theoretical considerations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 (1791), pp. 211 - 225 (2002)

Niederegger, S.; Gorb, S.; Jiao, Y.: Contact behaviour of tenent setae in attachment pads of the blowfly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 187 (12), pp. 961 - 970 (2002)

de Pedro, M.; Höltje, J.-V.; Schwarz, H.: Fast lysis of Escherichia coli filament cells requires differentiation of potential division sites. Microbiology 148 (11), pp. 79 - 86 (2002)

Frantsevich, L.; Gorb, S.: Arcus as a tensegrity structure in the arolium of wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zoology 105 (3), pp. 225 - 237 (2002)

Liyanage, Y.; Hoch, W.; Beeson, D.; Vincent, A.: The agrin/muscle-specific kinase pathway: new targets for autoimmune and genetic disorders at the neuromuscular junction. Muscle & Nerve 25 (1), pp. 4 - 16 (2002)

Gorb, O.; Gorb, S.: Attachment ability of the chrysomelid beetle Chrysolina fastuosa on various plant substrata. In Botanikertagung 2002, p. 32. Botanikertagung 2002, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany, September 22, 2002 - September 27, 2002. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Vereinigung für Angewandte Botanik, Freiburg i Br. (2002)

Gorb, S.: Insect attachment systems from the plant perspective. In Botanikertagung 2002, pp. 372 - 373. Botanikertagung 2002, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany, September 22, 2002 - September 27, 2002. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Vereinigung für Angewandte Botanik, Freiburg (2002)