Search Results - "Oliveira , Cristiano L. P."
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Self-assembly of a nanoscale DNA box with a controllable lid
Published in Nature (07-05-2009)“…The unique structural motifs and self-recognition properties of DNA can be exploited to generate self-assembling DNA nanostructures of specific shapes using a…”
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Structure of Micelles of a Nonionic Block Copolymer Determined by SANS and SAXS
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (06-10-2011)“…The micellar state of Pluronic P123, which is a poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b- poly(ethylene oxide) block polymer (EO20PO70EO20), has been…”
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Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-01-2017)“…A new photonic structure is produced from cellulose nanocrystal iridescent films reflecting both right and left circularly polarized light. Micrometer‐scale…”
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Changes in lipoproteins associated with lipid-lowering and antiplatelet strategies in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Published in PloS one (30-08-2022)“…Background Despite lipid-lowering and antiplatelet therapy, the pattern of residual lipoproteins seems relevant to long-term cardiovascular outcomes. This…”
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Kinetics of the Formation of 2D-Hexagonal Silica Nanostructured Materials by Nonionic Block Copolymer Templating in Solution
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (06-10-2011)“…The different steps of the self-assembly in solution of several 2D-hexagonal silica nanostructured SBA-15 materials have been investigated by SAXS and SANS in…”
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Structure of the Exon Junction Core Complex with a Trapped DEAD-Box ATPase Bound to RNA
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (29-09-2006)“…In higher eukaryotes, a multiprotein exon junction complex is deposited on spliced messenger RNAs. The complex is organized around a stable core, which serves…”
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A Simple and Fast Semiautomatic Procedure for the Atomistic Modeling of Complex DNA Polyhedra
Published in Journal of chemical information and modeling (23-05-2016)“…A semiautomatic procedure to build complex atomistic covalently linked DNA nanocages has been implemented in a user-friendly, free, and fast program. As a test…”
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Unfolding and folding pathway of lysozyme induced by sodium dodecyl sulfate
Published in Soft matter (01-01-2015)“…Proteins may exhibit an unfolding or folding state in the presence of a surfactant. In the present study, the unfolding and folding pathway of hen egg white…”
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New routes to food gels and glasses
Published in Faraday discussions (01-01-2012)“…We describe the possibility to create solid-like protein samples whose structural and mechanical properties can be varied and tailored over an extremely large…”
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Steric-Induced Effects on Stabilizing a Lamellar Structure
Published in Langmuir (12-11-2013)“…We investigate the behavior of multilamellar phases composed of lecithin and a commercial cosurfactant (Simusol), which is a mixture of ethoxylated fatty…”
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Influence of the single-strand linker composition on the structural/dynamical properties of a truncated octahedral DNA nano-cage family
Published in Biopolymers (01-10-2014)“…ABSTRACT The structural/dynamical properties of three truncated octahedral DNA nano‐cages composed by identical double helices but single strand linkers with…”
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Amyloid Formation by Short Peptides in the Presence of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Membranes
Published in Langmuir (08-12-2020)“…The aggregation of two short peptides, [RF] and [RF]4 (where R = arginine and F = phenylalanine), at dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) model membranes was…”
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Conformational Changes in Mannan-Binding Lectin Bound to Ligand Surfaces
Published in Journal of Immunology (01-03-2007)“…The binding of soluble proteins to target surfaces is vital in triggering the immune response. However, structural insight into such processes is still…”
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Increased Cytotoxicity of Bimetallic Ultrasmall Silver-Platinum Nanoparticles (2 nm) on Cells and Bacteria in Comparison to Silver Nanoparticles of the Same Size
Published in Materials (26-07-2024)“…Ultrasmall nanoparticles (diameter 2 nm) of silver, platinum, and bimetallic nanoparticles (molar ratio of Ag:Pt 0:100; 20:80; 50:50; 70:30; 100:0), stabilized…”
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Water-in-Oil Micro-Emulsion Enhances the Secondary Structure of a Protein by Confinement
Published in Chemphyschem (17-09-2012)“…A scheme is presented in which an organic solvent environment in combination with surfactants is used to confine a natively unfolded protein inside an inverse…”
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Divalent cations and redox conditions regulate the molecular structure and function of visinin-like protein-1
Published in PloS one (02-11-2011)“…The NCS protein Visinin-like Protein 1 (VILIP-1) transduces calcium signals in the brain and serves as an effector of the non-retinal receptor guanylyl…”
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Controlling the Surface Functionalization of Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles by Sequence‐Defined Macromolecules
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (18-01-2021)“…Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (diameter about 2 nm) were surface‐functionalized with cysteine‐carrying precision macromolecules. These consisted of…”
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Self-Assembly of a Designed Alternating Arginine/Phenylalanine Oligopeptide
Published in Langmuir (21-04-2015)“…A model octapeptide peptide consisting of an alternating sequence of arginine (Arg) and phenylalanine (Phe) residues, namely, [Arg-Phe]4, was prepared, and its…”
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The allosteric activation mechanism of a phospholipase A2-like toxin from Bothrops jararacussu venom: a dynamic description
Published in Scientific reports (01-10-2020)“…The activation process of phospholipase A 2 -like (PLA 2 -like) toxins is a key step in their molecular mechanism, which involves oligomeric changes leading to…”
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Structure of PEP-PEO block copolymer micelles: exploiting the complementarity of small-angle X-ray scattering and static light scattering
Published in Journal of applied crystallography (01-06-2011)“…The structure of large block copolymer micelles is traditionally determined by small‐angle neutron scattering (SANS), covering a large range of scattering…”
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