Search Results - "GOLDBAUM, Fernando A"
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Improvement of Cellulomonas fimi endoglucanase CenA by multienzymatic display on a decameric structural scaffold
Published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology (01-07-2023)“…The development of multifunctional particles using polymeric scaffolds is an emerging technology for many nanobiotechnological applications. Here we present a…”
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Single domain antibodies: promising experimental and therapeutic tools in infection and immunity
Published in Medical microbiology and immunology (01-08-2009)“…Antibodies are important tools for experimental research and medical applications. Most antibodies are composed of two heavy and two light chains. Both chains…”
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Blue-Light-Activated Histidine Kinases: Two-Component Sensors in Bacteria
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-08-2007)“…Histidine kinases, used for environmental sensing by bacterial two-component systems, are involved in regulation of bacterial gene expression, chemotaxis,…”
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Dimer Asymmetry and Light Activation Mechanism in Brucella Blue-Light Sensor Histidine Kinase
Published in mBio (20-04-2021)“…The ability to sense and respond to environmental cues is essential for adaptation and survival in living organisms. In bacteria, this process is accomplished…”
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Light regulates attachment, exopolysaccharide production, and nodulation in Rhizobium leguminosarum through a LOV-histidine kinase photoreceptor
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-07-2012)“…Rhizobium leguminosarum is a soil bacterium that infects root hairs and induces the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on leguminous plants. Light, oxygen,…”
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A Fijivirus Major Viroplasm Protein Shows RNA-Stimulated ATPase Activity by Adopting Pentameric and Hexameric Assemblies of Dimers
Published in mBio (25-04-2023)“…Fijiviruses replicate and package their genomes within viroplasms in a process involving RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions. Here, we demonstrate that the 24…”
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LOV Histidine Kinase Modulates the General Stress Response System and Affects the virB Operon Expression in Brucella abortus
Published in PloS one (19-05-2015)“…Brucella is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease brucellosis, and its success as an intracellular pathogen relies on its ability to adapt to the harsh…”
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Brucella spp. Lumazine Synthase Induces a TLR4-Mediated Protective Response against B16 Melanoma in Mice
Published in PloS one (14-05-2015)“…Brucella Lumazine Synthase (BLS) is a highly immunogenic decameric protein which can accept the fusion of foreign proteins at its ten N-termini. These chimeras…”
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Identification and Characterization of RibN, a Novel Family of Riboflavin Transporters from Rhizobium leguminosarum and Other Proteobacteria
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-10-2013)“…Rhizobia are symbiotic bacteria able to invade and colonize the roots of legume plants, inducing the formation of nodules, where bacteria reduce atmospheric…”
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The superfamily keeps growing: Identification in trypanosomatids of RibJ, the first riboflavin transporter family in protists
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (13-04-2017)“…Trypanosomatid parasites represent a major health issue affecting hundreds of million people worldwide, with clinical treatments that are partially effective…”
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A polymeric protein induces specific cytotoxicity in a TLR4 dependent manner in the absence of adjuvants
Published in PloS one (24-09-2012)“…Lumazine synthase from Brucella spp. (BLS) is a highly immunogenic decameric protein. It is possible to insert foreign peptides or proteins at its ten-amino…”
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Crystallization and initial X-ray diffraction analysis of the multi-domain Brucella blue light-activated histidine kinase LOV-HK in its illuminated state
Published in Biochemistry and biophysics reports (01-12-2018)“…The pathogenic bacterium Brucella abortus codes for a multi-domain dimeric cytoplasmic histidine kinase called LOV-HK, which is a key blue light-activated…”
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A Polymeric Bacterial Protein Activates Dendritic Cells via TLR4
Published in Journal of Immunology (15-02-2006)“…The enzyme lumazine synthase from Brucella spp. (BLS) is a highly immunogenic protein that folds as a stable dimer of pentamers. It is possible to insert…”
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Relevance of the diversity among members of the Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase family analyzed with camelids single-domain antibodies
Published in PloS one (24-10-2008)“…The sialic acid present in the protective surface mucin coat of Trypanosoma cruzi is added by a membrane anchored trans-sialidase (TcTS), a modified sialidase…”
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Structural Mechanism for Affinity Maturation of an Anti-Lysozyme Antibody
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-03-2004)“…In the immune response against a typical T cell-dependent protein antigen, the affinity maturation process is fast and is associated with the early class…”
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Heterologous Prime-Boost Oral Immunization with GK-1 Peptide from Taenia crassiceps Cysticerci Induces Protective Immunity
Published in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (01-07-2011)“…Classifications Services CVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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X-Ray Crystal Structure of an Anti-Buckminsterfullerene Antibody Fab Fragment: Biomolecular Recognition of C60
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-10-2000)“…We have prepared a monoclonal Buckminsterfullerene specific antibody and report the sequences of its light and heavy chains. We also show, by x-ray…”
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Brucella Lumazine Synthase Elicits a Mixed Th1-Th2 Immune Response and Reduces Infection in Mice Challenged with Brucella abortus 544 Independently of the Adjuvant Formulation Used
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-10-2003)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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High Order Quaternary Arrangement Confers Increased Structural Stability to Brucella sp. Lumazine Synthase
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (27-02-2004)“…The penultimate step in the pathway of riboflavin biosynthesis is catalyzed by the enzyme lumazine synthase (LS). One of the most distinctive characteristics…”
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Affinity Maturation Increases the Stability and Plasticity of the Fv Domain of Anti-protein Antibodies
Published in Journal of molecular biology (16-11-2007)“…The somatic mutations accumulated in variable and framework regions of antibodies produce structural changes that increase the affinity towards the antigen…”
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