Prof. Dr. Monier Tadros

Prof. Dr. Monier Tadros

Selected publications:

Patents

Tadros M: Method for the production of protamine. U.S. Patent, US 7544483 B2, International filing date: 2005-08-03, publication date: 2009-06-09

Tadros M: Methode für die Herstellung von Protamin. Deutsches Patent, DE 60230071, International filing date: 2002-06-14, publication date: 2009-01-08

Tadros M: Methode für die Herstellung von Protamin. European Patent, EP 1521770 B1, International filing date: 2002-06-14, publication date: 2008-11-26

Tadros M: Method for the production of protamine. world-wide patent, WO 2003/106485 A1, International filing date: 2002-06-14, publication date: 2003-12-24

Publication list

Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Mohsen Mohamed Selim Asker and Monier Tadros (2013). Lipids profile, antiradical power and antimicrobial properties of Syzygium aromaticum oil. Grasas y Aceites 5 (accepted).

Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Mohsen Mohamed Selim Asker and Monier Tadros (2012). Antiradical and antimicrobial properties of cold-pressed black cumin and cumin oils. European Food Research and Technology 234: 833-844.

Iustman LJ, Pucheu NL, Kerber NL, Vandekerckhove J, Tadros MH, Garcia AF (2001). Phosphorylation of LHI beta during membrane synthesis in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. Curr Microbiol. 42 (5): 323-9

Al-Sharidah, A.; Richardt, A.; Golecki, J. R.; Dierstein, R. and Tadros, M.H. (2000). Isolation and characterization of two hydrocarbon-degrading Bacillus subtilis strains from oil contaminated soil of Kuwait. Microbiol. Res. 155: 157-164

Pucheu, N. L.; Kerber, N. L.; Rivas, E. A.; Drews, G.; Katsiou, E.; Tadros, M.H. and García, A. F. (1999) The LHIα and LHIIα Complexes in Association with Phospholipids Are Able to Be Inserted in Heavy Membranes of Rhodobacter capsulatus B10. Current Microbiology. Vol. 39: 37-42

Katsiou, E.; Nickel, C. M.; Garcia, A. F. and Tadros, M.H. (1999) Molecular analysis of the radC gene from the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus B10. Microbiol. Res. 154: 233-239

Katsiou, E.; Sturgis, J. N.; Robert, B. and Tadros, M.H. (1998) Heterologous expression of genes encoding bacterial light-harvesting complex II in Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. Microbiol. Res. 153: 189-204

Kerber, N.; Pucheu, N.; Tadros, M.H.; Drews, G. and Garcia, A. (1998) The phosphorylation of light-harvesting polypeptides LHIa (B870) and LHIIa (B800-850) of Rhodobacter capsulatus B10 was higher under chemotrophic oxic than under phototrophic anoxic growth conditions. Current Microbiology 37: 32-38

Hansel, A.; Pattus F., Jürgens, U. J. and Tadros, M.H. (1998) Cloning and characterization of the genes coding for two porins in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 6301. Bioch. Biophys. Acta 1399: 31-39

Hansel, A. and Tadros, M.H. (1998) Characterisation of two pore-forming proteins isolated from the outer membrane of Synechococcus PCC 6301. Curr. Microbiol. 36: 321-326

Nickel, C. M.; Vandekerckhove, J.; Beyer, P. and Tadros, M.H. (1997) Molecular analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus chaperone dnaKJ operon: purification and characterization of DnaK. Gene 192: 251-259

Hagemann, G. E.; Katsiou, E.; Forkl, H.; Steindorf, A. J. and Tadros, M.H. (1997) Gene cloning and regulation of gene expression of the puc operon from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1351: 341-358

Trieschmann, M.D.A.; Pattus F. and Tadros, M.H. (1996) Molecular characterization and organization of porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus strain 37B4. Gene 183: 61-68

Trieschmann, M.D.A.; Pattus, F. and Tadros, M.H. (1996) Molecular analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus B10 porin (porCa) gene; purification and biochemical characterisation of the porin protein. Mol.Gen.Genet. Band 253: 253-258

Trieschmann, M.D.A.; Hirsch A.; Welte W. and Tadros, M.H. (1996) Differences of porin isolated from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Microb. Research 151: 319-324

Hübner, P.; Dame, G.; Sandmeier, U.; Vandekerckhove, J.; Beyer, P. and Tadros, M.H. (1996) Molecular analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus chaperonin (groESL) operon - purification and characterization of CPN60. Archives of Microbiology. 166 (3): 193-203

Forkl, H.; Drews, G. and Tadros, M.H. (1996) Promoter analysis of the catalase-peroxidase gene (cpeA) from Rhodobacter capsulatus. FEMS Microbiology Letters 137 (2-3): 169-174

Tadros, M.H.; Hagemann, G. E.; Katsiou, E.; Dierstein, R. and Schiltz, E. (1995) Isolation and complete amino acid sequence of the beta- and alpha-polypeptidesfrom the peripheral light-harvesting pigment-protein complex II of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus. FEBS Letters 368 (2): 243-247

Sturgis, J. N.; Hagemann, G.; Tadros, M.H. and Robert, B. (1995) Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the B800-850 light-harvesting complex from Rhodobacter sulphidophilus and its B800-830 spectral form. Biochemistry 34 (33): 10519-10524

Nievelstein, V.; Vandekerckhove, J.; Tadros, M.H.; Lintig, J.V.; Nitschke, W. and Beyer, P. (1995) Carotene desaturation is linked to a respiratory redox pathway in Narcissus pseudonarcissus chromoplast membranes. Involvement of a 23-kDa oxygen-evolving-complex-like protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 233 (3): 864-872

Kroeniger, W.; Rennenberg, H.; Tadros, M.H. and Polle, A. (1995) Purification and properties of manganese superoxide dismutase from Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst). Plant & Cell Physiology 36 (1): 191-196

Hagemann, G. E.; Gad'on, N.; Garcia, A.; Drews, G. and Tadros, M.H. (1995) The light-harvesting complex II (B800-850) of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus: Characterization and formation under different growth conditions. FEMS Microbiology Letters 126 (1): 7-12

Brand, M.; Garcia, A. F.; Pucheu, N.; Meryandini, A.; Kerber, N.; Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1995) Phosphorylation of the light-harvesting polypeptide LHI-alpha of Rhodobacter capsulatus at serine after membrane insertion under chemotrophic and phototrophic growth conditions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1231 (2): 169-175

Hansel, A.; Schmid, A.; Tadros, M.H. and Juergens, U. J. (1994) Isolation and characterization of porin from the outer membrane of Synechococcus PCC 6301. Archives of Microbiology 161 (2): 163-167

Garcia, A. F.; Meryandini, A.; Brand, M.; Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1994) Phosphorylation of the alpha and beta polypeptides of the light-harvesting complex I (B870) of Rhodobacter capsulatus in an in vitro translation system. FEMS Microbiology Letters 124 (1): 87-91

Tadros, M.H.; Katsiou, E.; Hoon, M. A.; Yurkova, N.; Ramji, D. P. (1993) Cloning of a new antenna gene cluster and expression analysis of the antenna gene family of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. European Journal of Biochemistry 217 (3): 867-875

Forkl H.; Vandekerckhove J.; Drews G. and Tadros, M.H. (1993) Molecular cloning, sequence analysis and expression of the gene for catalase-peroxidase (cpeA) from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus B10. European Journal of Biochemistry. 214 (1): 251-258

Cortez, N.; Garcia, A. F.; Tadros, M.H.; Gad'on, N.; Schiltz, E. and Drews, G. (1992) Redox-controlled, in vivo and in vitro phosphorylation of the α subunit of the light-harvesting complex I in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Arch. Microbiol. 158: 315-319

Garcia, A. F.; Mäntele, W.; Gad'on, N.; Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1991) Growth and photosynthetic activities of wild-type and antenna-deficient mutant strains of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 205-209

Dipak, P.R.; Tadros, M.H.; Hardon, E.M. and Cortese, R. (1991) The Transcription Factor LF-A1 Interacts With a Bipartite Recognition Sequence in the Promoter Regions of Several Liver-Specific Genes. Nucl. Acids. Res., Vol. 19, No. 5: 1139-1146

Tadros, M.H.; Garcia, A. F.; Drews, G.; Gad'on, N. and Skatchkov, M. P. (1990) Isolation and characterization of a light-harvesting complex II lacking the Gamma polypeptide from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1019: 245-249

Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1990) Pigment-proteins of antenna complexes from purple non-sulfur bacteria: Localization in the membrane, alignments of primary structure and structural predictions, eds. G. Drews and E. Dawson. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, 181-192

Tadros, M.H. (1990) Gene structure, organisation and expression of the light-harvesting B800-850 α and ß polypeptides in photosynthetic bacteria, eds. G. Drews and E. Dawson. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, 19-32

Tadros, M.H. and Waterkamp, K. (1989) Multiple copies of the coding regions for the light-harvesting B800-850 α and ß polypeptides are present in the Rhodopseudomonas palustris genome. EMBO J. 8: 1303-1308

Tadros, M.H.; Garcia, A. F.; Gad'on, N. and Drews, G. (1989) Characterization of a pseudo-B870 light-harvesting complex isolated from the mutant strain Ala+Pho- of Rhodobacter capsulatus which contains B800-850-type polypeptides. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 976: 161-167

Golecki, J.R.; Tadros, M.H.; Ventura, C. and Oelze, J. (1989) Intracyto-plasmic membrane vesiculation in light-harvesting mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus. FEMS Microbiol. Letter 65: 315-318

Tadros, M.H.; Spormann, D. and Drews, G. (1988) The localization of pigment-binding polypeptides in membranes of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. FEMS Microbiol. Letter 55: 243-248

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, R.; Takemoto, J.Y. and Drews, G. (1988) Localisation of reaction center and B800-850 antenna pigment proteins in membranes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J. Bacteriol. 170: 2758-2762

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, R.; Dörge, B.; Gad'on, N.; Takemoto, J.Y. and Drews, G. (1987) Orientation of the B800-850, B870 and reaction center polypeptides on the cytoplasmic and periplasmic surfaces of Rhodobacter capsulata membranes. Biochemistry 26: 7680-7687

Takemoto, J.Y.; Peterson, R.; Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1987) Transverse membrane topography of the B875 light-harvesting polypeptides of wild-type Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J. Bacteriol. 169: 4731-4736

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, R. and Drews, G. (1986) Localization of the exposed N-terminal region of the B800-850α and ß light-harvesting polypeptides on the cytoplasmic surface of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata chromatophores. J. Bacteriol. 167: 96-100

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, R. and Drews, G. (1986) Localization of the N-terminal regions of the B870α,ß and of reaction center L polypeptides on the cytoplasmic surface of the chromatophores Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. FEBS Letter 196: 233-236

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, G.; Zuber, H. and Drews, G. (1985) The complete amino acid sequence of the large bacteriochlorophyll-binding polypeptide B870α from the light-harvesting complex B870 of R. capsulata. FEBS Letter 190: 41-44

Gruner, G.; Tadros, M.H. and Plapp, R. (1985) Isolation of labeled lipoprotein from Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis after incubation with (C) penicillin. Z. Naturforsch. 40c: 415-420

Tadros, M.H.; Frank, R. and Drews, G. (1985) The complete amino-acid sequence of the small bacteriochlorophyll-binding polypeptide from light-harvesting complex II (B800-850) of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. FEBS Letter 183: 91-94

Dierstein, R.; Tadros, M.H. and Drews, G. (1984) Turnover of the B870 pigment-binding protein in a mutant of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata which is defective in assembling reaction center and B870 into membranes. FEMS Microbiol. Letter 24: 219-223

Tadros, M.H.; Dierstein, R. and Drews, G. (1984) Occurrence of the Bacteriochlorophyll-Binding Polypeptides B870α and B800-B850α in the Mutant Strains Y5 and A1a+ of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata, which are Defective in Formation of the Light-Harvesting Complexes B870 and B800-850, Respectively. Z. Naturforsch. 39c: 922-926

Tadros, M.H.; Suter, F.; Seydewitz, H.H.; Witt, I.; Zuber, H. and Drews, G. (1984) Isolation and complete amino-acid sequence of the small polypeptide from light-harvesting pigment-protein complex I (B870) of R. capsulata. Eur.J.Biochem. 138: 209-212

Bachmann, R.C.; Tadros, M.H.; Oelze, J. and Takemoto, J.Y. (1983) Purification and characterization of the B875 light-harvesting complex of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. J. Biochem. Int., Vol. 7, No. 5: 629-634

Tadros, M.H.; Suter, F.; Drews, G. and Zuber, H. (1983) The complete amino-acid sequence of the large bacteriochlorophyll-binding polypeptide from light-harvesting complex II (B800-850) of R. capsulata. Eur.J.Biochem. 129: 533-536

Tadros, M.H.; Zuber, H. and Drews, G. (1982) The polypeptide components from light-harvesting pigment-protein complex II (B800-850) of R. capsulata. Eur.J.Biochem. 127: 315-318

Tadros, M. H. and Drews, G. (1982) Peptidoglycan and protein, the major cell wall constituents of the obligate halophilic bacterium Rhodospirillum salexigens. Z. Naturforsch. 37c: 210-212

Tadros, M.H. (1981) Isolation, characterization, enzymatic degradation and elucidation of the C-terminal sequence of lipoprotein isolated from the outer membrane of Proteus mirabilis D52. Ph. D. Microbiology Dept., Kaiserslautern University

Tadros, M.H. (1977) Kinetic studies of inhibition of some bacterial systems. (Inhibition of biosynthesis of DNA, RNA and protein by Nhydroxyurea, rifampicin and chloramphenicol, respectively). M.Sc. University of Wales, Aberystwth

Poster and congress presentations

Klix V., Beshara M. and Tadros M. (2012). Expression, isolation and purification of the antiviral peptide Alloferon-1. Poster presentation on International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides – IMAP2012, 30.-31.08.2012, Leipzig, Germany.

Tadros M., Präg G., Rapsch K., Bier F. F., Meißner D., Klix V. and von Nickisch-Rosenegk M. (2012). Expression, isolation and purification of the antimicrobial peptide BMAP-27 and its application as a bacteri-/fungicidal surface. Poster presentation on International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides – IMAP2012, 30.-31.08.2012, Leipzig, Germany.

Rapsch K., Bier F.F., Tadros M. and von Nickisch-Rosenegk M. (2012). Optimization and characterization of a BMAP-27 based antimicrobial surface coating. Poster presentation on International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides – IMAP2012, 30.-31.08.2012, Leipzig, Germany.

Von Brehmer S, Richardt A, Dierstein R, Tadros MH (2004). Development of Biomonitoring Systems for the Identification and surveillance of oil contamination. 14. General meeting for environmental technology mutual weapons development, Berlin, Germany.

Von Brehmer S, Niederwöhrmeyer B, Dierstein R, Tadros MH (2004). Characterisation and over production of cationic antimicrobial peptides in combination with biological buffer system and/or enzymes and its applications for B-decontamination and water. 14. General meeting for environmental technology mutual weapons development, Berlin, Germany.

Ritzenthaler R, von Brehmer, Tadros MH and Wagner E (2004). Electrokinetic Removal of Cadmium from Contaminated Soil at NATO Camp Bergen-Biomonitoring of the Process. 14. General meeting for environmental technology mutual weapons development, Berlin, Germany.

von Brehmer S, Ziehl TA, Niederwöhrmeier B, Köhne S, Dierstein R, Tadros MH (2001). Characterization of cationic antimicrobial peptides in combination with enzymes and its application for B-Decontamination and food preservation. International symposium on applications of enzymes in chemical and biological defense, Orlando, USA.

Eich J, Tadros M, Wagner E (2001). Detection and assessment of risk potential in soil pollution using a multi-parametric test combination unit. International congress for pollution prevention technology. Washington DC, USA.