Search Results - "Bloch Jr, Carlos"
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Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for identification of environmental yeasts and development of supplementary database
Published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology (01-06-2014)“…Yeast identification using traditional methods which employ morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics can be considered a hard task as it…”
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Ruthenium(II) complexes of 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione: Cytotoxicity against tumor cells and anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity enhanced upon combination with benznidazole
Published in Journal of inorganic biochemistry (01-03-2016)“…Three new mixed and mononuclear Ru(II) complexes containing 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione (tzdtH) were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic analysis,…”
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Covalent Binding and Anchoring of Cytochrome c to Mitochondrial Mimetic Membranes Promoted by Cholesterol Carboxyaldehyde
Published in Chemical research in toxicology (21-10-2013)“…Mitochondrial cholesterol has been reported to be increased under specific pathological conditions associated with enhanced oxidative stress parameters. In…”
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Characterization of the first two toxins isolated from the venom of the ancient scorpion Tityus (Archaeotityus) mattogrossensis (Borelli, 1901)
Published in The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases (2021)“…Almost all characterized toxins are from subgenera and , there are only a few data about toxins produced by , an ancient group in genus. crude venom was…”
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Secretome analysis of the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma harzianum ALL 42 cultivated in different media supplemented with Fusarium solani cell wall or glucose
Published in Proteomics (Weinheim) (01-02-2016)“…Trichoderma harzianum is a fungus well known for its potential as a biocontrol agent against many fungal phytopathogens. The aim of this study was to…”
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Susceptibility of Human Pathogenic Bacteria to Antimicrobial Peptides from Sesame Kernels
Published in Current microbiology (01-08-2007)“…Hospital infection caused by Gram-negative bacteria is a serious and common problem, especially in developing countries. Aiming to reduce these infections,…”
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Unusual Chromophore and Cross-Links in Ranasmurfin: A Blue Protein from the Foam Nests of a Tropical Frog
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (29-09-2008)“…A smurfin' good structure: The 1.16 Å resolution crystal structure of ranasmurfin, a blue protein extracted from the foam nests of the Malaysian tree frog…”
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Occurrence and evolutionary conservation analysis of α‐helical cationic amphiphilic segments in the human proteome
Published in The FEBS journal (01-02-2024)“…The existence of encrypted fragments with antimicrobial activity in human proteins has been thoroughly demonstrated in the literature. Recently, algorithms for…”
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Release of immunomodulatory peptides at bacterial membrane interfaces as a novel strategy to fight microorganisms
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-04-2023)“…Cationic and amphiphilic peptides can be used as homing devices to accumulate conjugated antibiotics to bacteria-enriched sites and promote efficient microbial…”
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Probing human proteins for short encrypted antimicrobial peptides reveals Hs10, a peptide with selective activity for gram-negative bacteria
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects (01-01-2023)“…Some cationic and amphiphilic α-helical segments of proteins adsorb to prokaryotic membranes when synthesized as individual polypeptide sequences, resulting in…”
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Whey hydrolysate-based ingredient with dual functionality: From production to consumer's evaluation
Published in Food research international (01-08-2019)“…The aim of the present study concerns the development, characterization and sensory evaluation of a dual-functional whey hydrolysate. Four concentrations of…”
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Leptodactylus ocellatus (Amphibia): mechanism of defense in the skin and molecular phylogenetic relationships
Published in Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology (01-01-2010)“…Amphibian antimicrobial peptides have been known for many decades and several of them have already been isolated. However, the number of species investigated…”
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Purification and characterization of a small (7.3 kDa) putative lipid transfer protein from maize seeds
Published in Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences (25-08-2003)“…The present study reports, for the first time in literature, the purification and biochemical characterization of a small basic protein from maize seeds…”
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Molecular identification of four different alpha-amylase inhibitors from baru (Dipteryx alata) seeds with activity toward insect enzymes
Published in Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology (31-07-2007)“…The endophytic bruchid pest Callosobruchus maculatus causes severe damage to storage cowpea seeds, leading to economical losses. For this reason the use of…”
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Lipopeptides Produced by a Soil Bacillus Megaterium Strain
Published in Microbial ecology (01-02-2009)“…A soil microorganism identified as Bacillum megaterium was found to produce several antibiotics substances after growth for 20 h at 37°C in a mineral culture…”
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Skin secretion peptides: the molecular facet of the deimatic behavior of the four-eyed frog, Physalaemus nattereri (Anura, Leptodactylidae)
Published in Rapid communications in mass spectrometry (15-11-2015)“…Rationale Amphibians can produce a large amount of bioactive peptides over the skin. In order to map the precise tissue localization of these compounds and…”
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Comparative Proteomical Analysis of Zygotic Embryo and Endosperm from Coffea arabica Seeds
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (26-11-2008)“…During coffee seed development, proteins are predominantly deposited in cotyledons and in the endosperm. Reserve proteins of the 11S family are the most…”
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Identification of a novel storage glycine-rich peptide from guava ( Psidium guajava) seeds with activity against Gram-negative bacteria
Published in Peptides (New York, N.Y. : 1980) (01-08-2008)“…Bacterial pathogens cause an expressive negative impact worldwide on human health, with ever increasing treatment costs. A significant rise in resistance to…”
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In vivo proteome analysis of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in the interaction with the host plant Brassica oleracea
Published in FEMS microbiology letters (01-04-2008)“…The genus Xanthomonas is composed of several species that cause severe crop losses around the world. In Latin America, one of the most relevant species is…”
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Inhibition of trypsin by cowpea thionin: Characterization, molecular modeling, and docking
Published in Proteins, structure, function, and bioinformatics (01-08-2002)“…Higher plants produce several families of proteins with toxic properties, which act as defense compounds against pests and pathogens. The thionin family…”
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