Klaus Förstemann
bio chemistry
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Germany
Biography
Prof. Dr. Klaus Förstemann Department Biochemie und Genzentrum München Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 81377 München, Studied Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen and the University of Washington, Seattle / USA 2002 PhD at the Swiss Institute of Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Lausanne/Switzerland 2002-2003 Postdoctoral research at ISREC, Lausanne/Switzerland 2004-2005 Postdoctoral research at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester/USA Since 2006 Tenure-Track Professor at the Gene Center, LMU
Research Interest
Biogenesis of microRNAs and RISC complexes Biological relevance of microRNA-mediated regulation Transport and sub-cellular localization of microRNA precursors
Publications
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Tants JN, Fesser S, Kern T, Stehle R, Geerlof A, Wunderlich C, Juen M, Hartlmüller C, Böttcher R, Kunzelmann S, Lange O, Kreutz C, Förstemann K, Sattler M. (2017): Molecular basis for asymmetry sensing of siRNAs by the Drosophila Loqs-PD/Dcr-2 complex in RNA interference, Nucleic Acids Research in press, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx886
