Search Results - "Morales, V. A."

Isolation of an orally active insecticidal toxin from the venom of an Australian tarantula by Hardy, Margaret C, Daly, Norelle L, Mobli, Mehdi, Morales, Rodrigo A V, King, Glenn F

“…Many insect pests have developed resistance to existing chemical insecticides and consequently there is much interest in the development of new insecticidal…”
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NDEI-BASED MAPPING OF LAND SURFACE CHANGES by Morales, V. A., Galvis, J. R., García, E. G., Salcedo, I. L.

“…Topography measurements of land surface elevation changes are essential for geomorphological studies and research on natural hazards. However, conventional…”
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Evaluation of Phage Display Biopanning Strategies for the Selection of Anti-Cell Surface Receptor Antibodies by Panagides, Nadya, Zacchi, Lucia F., De Souza, Mitchell J., Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Karnowski, Alexander, Liddament, Mark T., Owczarek, Catherine M., Mahler, Stephen M., Panousis, Con, Jones, Martina L., Fercher, Christian

“…Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are one of the most successful and versatile protein-based pharmaceutical products used to treat multiple pathological conditions…”
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De novo sequencing of peptides from the parotid secretion of the cane toad, Bufo marinus (Rhinella marina) by Rash, Lachlan D., Morales, Rodrigo A.V., Vink, Simone, Alewood, Paul F.

“…Amphibian skin secretions are well known as a rich source of bioactive peptides. However, little is known about the presence or role of peptides in the highly…”
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Conformational exchange in the potassium channel blocker ShK by Iwakawa, Naoto, Baxter, Nicola J., Wai, Dorothy C. C., Fowler, Nicholas J., Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Sugase, Kenji, Norton, Raymond S., Williamson, Mike P.

“…ShK is a 35-residue disulfide-linked polypeptide produced by the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus , which blocks the potassium channels Kv1.1 and Kv1.3…”
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Guiding the Immune Response to a Conserved Epitope in MSP2, an Intrinsically Disordered Malaria Vaccine Candidate by Seow, Jeffrey, Das, Sreedam C., Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Ataide, Ricardo, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Silk, Mitchell, Chalmers, David K., Richards, Jack, Anders, Robin F., MacRaild, Christopher A., Norton, Raymond S.

“…The malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) has shown promise in clinical trials and is in part responsible for a reduction in parasite…”
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The Single Disulfide-Directed β‑Hairpin Fold. Dynamics, Stability, and Engineering by Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Morales, Rodrigo A. V, MacRaild, Christopher A, Sadek, Maiada, Leung, Eleanor W. W, Robinson, Samuel D, Pennington, Michael W, Norton, Raymond S

“…Grafting bioactive peptide sequences onto small cysteine-rich scaffolds is a promising strategy for enhancing their stability and value as novel peptide-based…”
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Ag2O/TiO2 nanostructures for the photocatalytic mineralization of the highly recalcitrant pollutant iopromide in pure and tap water by Durán-Álvarez, J.C., Hernández-Morales, V.A., Rodríguez-Varela, M., Guerrero-Araque, D., Ramirez-Ortega, D., Castillón, F., Acevedo-Peña, P., Zanella, R.

“…[Display omitted] •Several loadings of Ag2O nanoparticles deposited on TiO2 by deposition-precipitation.•High mineralization of iopromide using Ag2O/TiO2…”
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Human peripheral and gastric lymphocyte responses to Helicobacter pylori NapA and AphC differ in infected and uninfected individuals by Windle, H J, Ang, Y S, Morales, V A, McManus, R, Kelleher, D

“…Background: In this study, we identify the nature of the immunological response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and lamina propria gastric…”
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Lipid interactions modulate the structural and antigenic properties of the C‐terminal domain of the malaria antigen merozoite surface protein 2 by Das, Sreedam C., Morales, Rodrigo A.V., Seow, Jeffrey, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Dissanayake, Ravindu, Anders, Robin F., MacRaild, Christopher A., Norton, Raymond S.

“…Merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) is a highly abundant, GPI‐anchored antigen on the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. MSP2 induces an immune response in…”
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Transient antibody-antigen interactions mediate the strain-specific recognition of a conserved malaria epitope by Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Sugiki, Toshihiko, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Seow, Jeffrey, Fujiwara, Toshimichi, Wilde, Karyn L., Norton, Raymond S., MacRaild, Christopher A.

“…Transient interactions in which binding partners retain substantial conformational disorder play an essential role in regulating biological networks,…”
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Modulation of Lymphocyte Potassium Channel KV1.3 by Membrane-Penetrating, Joint-Targeting Immunomodulatory Plant Defensin by Ong, Seow Theng, Bajaj, Saumya, Tanner, Mark R, Chang, Shih Chieh, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Ng, Xuan Rui, Morales, Rodrigo A. V, Chen, Ming Wei, Luo, Dahai, Patel, Dharmeshkumar, Yasmin, Sabina, Ng, Jeremy Jun Heng, Zhuang, Zhong, Nguyen, Hai M, El Sahili, Abbas, Lescar, Julien, Patil, Rahul, Charman, Susan A, Robins, Edward G, Goggi, Julian L, Tan, Peng Wen, Sadasivam, Pragalath, Ramasamy, Boominathan, Hartimath, Siddana V, Dhawan, Vikas, Bednenko, Janna, Colussi, Paul, Wulff, Heike, Pennington, Michael W, Kuyucak, Serdar, Norton, Raymond S, Beeton, Christine, Chandy, K. George

“…We describe a cysteine-rich, membrane-penetrating, joint-targeting, and remarkably stable peptide, EgK5, that modulates voltage-gated KV1.3 potassium channels…”
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Pyogenic granuloma after cosmetic eye whitening by Romero-Morales, V A, Marchese, A, Miserocchi, E, Bandello, F, Modorati, G

“…CLINICAL CASEA 46-year-old caucasian male with a history of chronic conjunctival hyperemia, presented at our clinic 5 years after he underwent the surgical…”
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Snail blocks the cell cycle and confers resistance to cell death by Vega, Sonia, Morales, Aixa V, Ocaña, Oscar H, Valdés, Francisco, Fabregat, Isabel, Nieto, M Angela

“…The Snail zinc-finger transcription factors trigger epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs), endowing epithelial cells with migratory and invasive properties…”
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Venomic analyses of Scolopendra viridicornis nigra and Scolopendra angulata (Centipede, Scolopendromorpha): Shedding light on venoms from a neglected group by Rates, Breno, Bemquerer, Marcelo P., Richardson, Michael, Borges, Márcia H., Morales, Rodrigo A.V., De Lima, Maria Elena, Pimenta, Adriano M.C.

“…Centipedes are venomous arthropods responsible for a significant number of non-lethal human envenomations. Despite this, information about the composition and…”
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Study on the transfructosylation activity of Aspergillus oryzae IPT‐301 cells in a packed bed reactor aiming at fructooligosaccharide production by Dias, Giancarlo S, Santos, Erica D, Xavier, Michelle CA, Almeida, Alex F, Silva, Elda S, Maiorano, Alfredo E, Perna, Rafael F, Morales, Sergio AV

“…BACKGROUND Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are prebiotic sugars used in the production of functional foods. These sugars can be produced by the…”
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Gomesin inhibits melanoma growth by manipulating key signaling cascades that control cell death and proliferation by Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Pineda, Sandy S., Cabezas-Sainz, Pablo, Winnen, Brit, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Brust, Andreas, Sánchez, Laura, Alewood, Paul F., Ramm, Grant A., Miles, John J., King, Glenn F.

“…Consistent with their diverse pharmacology, peptides derived from venomous animals have been developed as drugs to treat disorders as diverse as hypertension,…”
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Entrapment of glutaraldehyde-crosslinked cells from Aspergillus oryzae IPT-301 in calcium alginate for high transfructosylation activity by Gonçalves, Maria Carolina P., Morales, Sergio A. V., Silva, Elda S., Maiorano, Alfredo E., Perna, Rafael F., Kieckbusch, Theo G.

“…BACKGROUND: Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are sweeteners produced through the use of enzymes called fructosyltransferases (FTases) (EC 2.4.1.9). However,…”
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Periodic Lunatic fringe Expression Is Controlled during Segmentation by a Cyclic Transcriptional Enhancer Responsive to Notch Signaling by Morales, Aixa V., Yasuda, Yuko, Ish-Horowicz, David

“…A molecular oscillator regulates the pace of vertebrate segmentation. Here, we show that the oscillator (clock) controls cyclic initiation of transcription in…”
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Tentacle Transcriptomes of the Speckled Anemone (Actiniaria: Actiniidae: Oulactis sp.): Venom-Related Components and Their Domain Structure by Mitchell, Michela L., Tonkin-Hill, Gerry Q., Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Purcell, Anthony W., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Norton, Raymond S.

“…Cnidarians are one of the oldest known animal lineages (ca. 700 million years), with a unique envenomation apparatus to deliver a potent mixture of peptides…”
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