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Appelmelk, Ben J.
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Affiliation: Van der Sar Lab
Address: VU university medical center Dept. Medical Microbiology and Infection control Van der Boechorststraat 7 Amsterdam, 1081 BT Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 4448297
Fax: +31 20 444 8319
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
***Retired -- No longer involved in zebrafish research***


PUBLICATIONS
van de Weerd, R., Boot, M., Maaskant, J., Sparrius, M., Verboom, T., van Leeuwen, L.M., Burggraaf, M.J., Paauw, N.J., Dainese, E., Manganelli, R., Bitter, W., Appelmelk, B.J., Geurtsen, J. (2016) Inorganic phosphate limitation modulates capsular polysaccharide composition in mycobacteria. The Journal of biological chemistry. 291(22):11787-99
Stoop, E.J., Mishra, A.K., Driessen, N.N., van Stempvoort, G., Bouchier, P., Verboom, T., van Leeuwen, L.M., Sparrius, M., Raadsen, S.A., van Zon, M., van der Wel, N.N., Besra, G.S., Geurtsen, J., Bitter, W., Appelmelk, B.J., and van der Sar, A.M. (2013) Mannan core branching of lipo(arabino)mannan is required for mycobacterial virulence in the context of innate immunity. Cellular Microbiology. 15(12):2093-108
Weerdenburg, E.M., Abdallah, A.M., Mitra, S., de Punder, K., van der Wel, N.N., Bird, S., Appelmelk, B.J., Bitter, W., van der Sar, A.M. (2012) ESX-5-deficient Mycobacterium marinum is hypervirulent in adult zebrafish. Cellular Microbiology. 14(5):728-739

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS