Publications
2013
Synthetic biology: Challenging life in order to grasp, use, or extend it.
Biological Theory 8: 376–382 (2013)
Exploration for Triatoma virus (TrV) infection in laboratory-reared triatomines of Latin America: a collaborative study.
Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci., 33, 294–304 (2013).
Crystal structure and functional mechanism of a human antimicrobial membrane channel.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110, 4586-4591 (2013).
Structures of oncogenic, suppressor and rescued p53 core-domain variants: mechanisms of mutant p53 rescue.
Acta Cryst. D69, 2146–2156 (2013).
Structure and function of the PorB porin from disseminating Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Biochem J. 449, 631-642 (2013).
Dermcidin: what is its antibiotic potential?.
Future Microbiol. 8, 817-819 (2013).
Intrinsically disordered protein threads through the bacterial outer-membrane porin OmpF
Science. 2013 Jun 28;340(6140):1570-4.
Proapoptotic Bax and Bak proteins form stable protein-permeable pores of tunable size.
J. Biol Chem. 288, 33241-33252 (2013).
Inoculation of triatoma virus (Dicistroviridae:Cripavirus) elicits a non-infective immune response in mice.
Parasit. Vectors. 6, 66 (2013).
Integrated conformational and lipid-sensing regulation of endosomal ArfGEF BRAG2.
PLoS Biol. 11, (9) e1001652 (2013).
Theoretical conditions for the stationary reproduction of model protocells.
Integr. Biol. 5, 324-341 (2013).
Fluorescence nanoscopy. Methods and applications.
J. Chem. Biol. 6, 97-120 (2013).
Novel functional APOB mutations outside LDL-binding region causing familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Hum Mol Genet. 23, 1817-1828. (2013).
Multistep protein unfolding during nanopore translocation
Nature Nanotechnology. 2013 Apr;8(4):288-95.
Subtype-selective activation of Kv7 Channels by AaTXK?(2-64), a novel toxin variant from the Androctonus australis scorpion venom.
Mol Pharmacol. 84, 763-773 (2013).
Thermodynamic signatures of macromolecular complexes-insights on the stability and interactions of nucleoplasmin, a nuclear chaperone.
In: Applications of Calorimetry in a Wide Context - Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and Microcalorimetry. Chapter 7, Intech, Rijeta, Croatia, 153-182 (2013).
Structure of the Triatoma virus capsid.
Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 69, 1026-1037 (2013).
Oxidative damage in young alcohol drinkers: A preliminary study.
Alcohol 47, 501-504 (2013).
Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors used in type-2 diabetes inhibit a phospholipase C: a case of promiscuous scaffolds in proteins.
F1000 Res. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-286.v1 (2013).
Brassinosteroids regulate the thylakoid membrane architectureand the photosystem II function.
J Photochem Photobiol B. 126, 97–104 (2013).
Liposomes decorated with Apo2L/TRAIL overcome chemoresistance of human hematologic tumor cells.
Mol. Pharm. 10, 893-904 (2013).
Systems biophysics of gene expression.
Biophys. J. 104, 2574–2585 (2013).
Cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of triatoma virus particles: a clue to unravel genome delivery and capsid disassembly.
J. Gen. Virol. 94, 1058-1068 (2013).
Conformational plasticity of the essential membrane-associated mannosyltransferase PimA from mycobacteria.
J Biol Chem. 288, 29797-29808 (2013).
Charge pair interactions in transmembrane helices and turn propensity of the connecting sequence promote helical hairpin insertion.
J Mol Biol. 425, 830-840 (2013).
2012
The effect of amyloidogenic peptides on bacterial aging correlates with their intrinsic aggregation propensity.
J. Mol. Biol. 421, 270-281 (2012).
The Kv7.2/Kv7.3 heterotetramer assembles with a random subunit arrangement.
J Biol Chem. 287, 11870-11877 (2012).
Binding of b-Amyloid (1–42) peptide to negatively charged phospholipid membranes in the liquid-ordered state: modeling and experimental studies.
Biophys. J. 103, 453–463 (2012).
Facilitation of AMPA receptor synaptic delivery as a molecular mechanism for cognitive enhancement.
PLoS Biol 10, e1001262, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001262 (2012)
Ribose Found in the Gas Phase
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 3119-3124 (2012)
Mechanistic insights into the retaining glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from mycobacteria.
J Biol. Chem. 287, 24649-24661 (2012).
Far-from-equilibrium processes without net thermal exchange via energy sorting.
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 064115 (2012).
Lipid bilayers in the gel phase become saturated by Triton X-100 at lower surfactant concentrations than those in the fluid phase.
Biophys. J. 102 1–7 (2012).
Molecular recognition of a single sphingolipid species by a protein’s transmembrane domain.
Nature 481, 525-529 (2012)
Viroporins: structure and biological functions.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 10, 563-74 (2012).
Model systems of precursor cellular membranes: long-chain alcohols stabilize spontaneously formed oleic acid vesicles.
Biophys. J. 102, 278–286 (2012).
Recognition of membrane-bound fusion-peptide/MPER complexes by the HIV-1 neutralizing 2F5 antibody: implications for Anti-2F5 immunogenicity.
PLoS One, 7, e52740. doi: 10.1371 (2012).
Phospholipases C and sphingomyelinases: Lipids as substrates and modulators of enzyme activity.
Prog Lipid Res 51, 238–266 (2012).
A global survey of CRM1-dependent nuclear export sequences in the human deubiquitinase family.
Biochem. J. 441, 209–217 (2012).
Insights into sphingolipid miscibility: separate observation of sphingomyelin and ceramide N-acyl chain melting.
Biophys J. 103, 2465-2474 (2012).