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M. Mergler, F. Dick, B. Sax, P. Weiler and T. Vorherr The Aspartimide Problem in Fmoc-based SPPS. Part I J. Peptide Sci. 9, 36-46 (2003)

M. D. Lanigan, H. Wulff, S. Singh, S. Botsko, G. Crossley, G. A. Gutman, M. D. Cahalan, M. Pennington and K. G. Chandy A novel fluorescent toxin to detect and investigate Kv1.3 channel upregulation in chronically activated T lymphocytes J. Biol. Chem. 278, 9928-37 (2003)

M. D. Lanigan, K. Kalman, Y. Lefievre, M. W. Pennington, K. G. Chandy and R. S. Norton Mutating a Critical Lysine in ShK Toxin Alters Its Binding Configuration in the Pore-Vestibule Region of the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel, Kv1.3 Biochemistry 41, 11963-71 (2002)

J. Vizzavona, F. Dick and T. Vorherr Synthesis and Application of an Auxiliary Group for Chemical Ligation at the X-Gly Site Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 12, 1963-65 (2002)

C. Beeton, H. Wulff, Jocelyne Barbaria, O. Clot-Faybesse, M. Pennington, Dominique Bernard, M. D. Cahalan, K. G. Chandy and Evelyne Béraud Selective blockade of T lymphocyte K channels ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a model for multiple sclerosis PNAS 98, 13942-47 (2001)

M. D. Lanigan, M. W. Pennington, Y. Lefievre, H. Rauer and R. S. Norton Designed Peptide Analogues of the Potassium Channel Blocker ShK Toxin Biochemistry 40, 15528-15537 (2001)

M.Mergler , F.Dick, B.Sax, J.Schwindling and Th.Vorherr Synthesis and Application of Fmoc-His(3-Bum)-OH J.Pept.Sci. 7, 502-510 (2001)

K.G.Chandy, M.Cahalan, M.Pennington, R.S.Norton, H.Wulff and G.A.Gutman Potassium channels in T lymphocytes: toxins to therapeutic immunosuppressants Toxicon 39, 1269-76 (2001)

M.D.Lanigan, J.E.Tudor, M.W.Pennington and R.S.Norton A helical capping motif in ShK toxin and its role in helix stabilization Biopolymers 58, 422-436 (2001)

M.Mergler, F.Dick, J.Gosteli, and R.Nyfeler. Protected Peptide p-Nitroanilides by Solid-Phase Synthesis Lett.Pept.Sci. 7, 1-7 (2000)

Th.Mindt, U.Michel and F.Dick Synthesis and Evaluation of Enantiomeric Purity of Protected alpha-Amino and Peptide Aldehydes Helvetica Chimica Acta 82, 1960 (1999)

M.W.Pennington,M.Lanagin, K.Kalman, V.M.Mahnir, H.Rauer, C.T.McVaugh, D.Behm, D.Donaldson, K.G.Chandy, W.R.Kem and R.S.Norton The Role of Disulfide Bonds in the Structure and Potassium Channel Blocking Activity of ShK Toxin Biochemistry 38, 14549-58 (1999)

H.Rauer, M.W.Pennington, M.Cahalan, and K.G.Chandy Structural Conservation of the Pores of Calcium-Activated and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Determined by a Sea Anemone Toxin J.Biol.Chem. 274, 21885-92 (1999)

W.R.Kem, M.W.Pennington, and R.S.Norton Sea Anemone Toxins as Templates for the Design of Immunosuppressant Drugs Perspect. Drug Discov. Design. 15/16, 111-129 (1999)

M.Mergler SASRINTM. A Review of Its Manifold Applications Including Many Useful Procedures Brochure published by BACHEM (1st ed. 1995, 2nd revised and enlarged ed. 1999)

M.Mergler and R.Nyfeler Polymeric Diphenyldiazomethane. A Useful Resin for SPPS and Solid-Phase Organic Chemistry Proceedings of the 5th Int. Symp. Innovation and Perspectives in SPPS, London (1997). Mayflower Scientific Ltd., Birmingham (1999)

M.Mergler, J.Gosteli, P.Grogg, R.Nyfeler, and R.Tanner. SASRINTM Resin, a Versatile Tool in Peptide Synthesis and Solid Phase Organic Chemistry CHIMIA 53, 29 (1999)

M.Mergler, F.Dick, J.Gosteli, and R.Nyfeler. Solid Phase Synthesis of Fully Protected Peptide Alcohols Tetrahedron Letters 40, 4663 (1999)

T.R.Pray, A.M.Nomura, M.W.Pennington, and C.S.Craik. Auto-inactivation by cleavage whitin the dimer interface of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus protease J. Mol. Biol. 289, (2), 197-203 (1999)

F.Dick, E.Kulow, R.Nyfeler, B.Rohwedder, and T.Vorherr. Racemization upon activation and coupling to a fluorophore containing building block p.254 in: Peptides 1998, Proceedings of the 25th European Peptide Symposium, August 30 - September 4, 1998, Budapest, Hungary, edited by S. Bajusz and F. Hudecz (1999)