Search Results - "Pinto, José R."

Pathogenic variants in TNNC2 cause congenital myopathy due to an impaired force response to calcium by van de Locht, Martijn, Donkervoort, Sandra, de Winter, Josine M, Conijn, Stefan, Begthel, Leon, Kusters, Benno, Mohassel, Payam, Hu, Ying, Medne, Livija, Quinn, Colin, Moore, Steven A, Foley, A Reghan, Seo, Gwimoon, Hwee, Darren T, Malik, Fady I, Irving, Thomas, Ma, Weikang, Granzier, Henk L, Kamsteeg, Erik-Jan, Immadisetty, Kalyan, Kekenes-Huskey, Peter, Pinto, José R, Voermans, Nicol, Bönnemann, Carsten G, Ottenheijm, Coen Ac

“…Troponin C (TnC) is a critical regulator of skeletal muscle contraction; it binds Ca2+ to activate muscle contraction. Surprisingly, the gene encoding fast…”
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Proteomic View of the Venom from the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta Buren by dos Santos Pinto, José R. A, Fox, Eduardo G. P, Saidemberg, Daniel M, Santos, Lucilene D, da Silva Menegasso, Anally R, Costa-Manso, Eliúde, Machado, Ednildo A, Bueno, Odair C, Palma, Mario S

“…Fire ants are well-known by their aggressive stinging behavior, causing many stinging incidents of medical importance. The limited availability of fire ant…”
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Optimizing biomass estimates of savanna woodland at different spatial scales in the Brazilian Cerrado: Re-evaluating allometric equations and environmental influences by Roitman, Iris, Bustamante, Mercedes M C, Haidar, Ricardo F, Shimbo, Julia Z, Abdala, Guilherme C, Eiten, George, Fagg, Christopher W, Felfili, Maria Cristina, Felfili, Jeanine Maria, Jacobson, Tamiel K B, Lindoso, Galiana S, Keller, Michael, Lenza, Eddie, Miranda, Sabrina C, Pinto, José Roberto R, Rodrigues, Ariane A, Delitti, Wellington B C, Roitman, Pedro, Sampaio, Jhames M

“…Cerrado is the second largest biome in South America and accounted for the second largest contribution to carbon emissions in Brazil for the last 10 years,…”
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Does size matter? Conservation implications of differing woody population sizes with equivalent occurrence and diversity of species for threatened savanna habitats by Mews, Henrique A, Pinto, José Roberto R, Eisenlohr, Pedro V, Lenza, Eddie

“…The Cerrado stands out from other savannas of the world for hosting the highest biodiversity and for its ongoing massive destruction. Savannas on plain relief…”
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No evidence of intrinsic spatial processes driving Neotropical savanna vegetation on different substrates by Mews, Henrique A, José Roberto R. Pinto, Pedro V. Eisenlohr, Eddie Lenza

“…The relationships between floristic patterns and environmental variation in tropical savannas have been the focus of many studies worldwide. However, important…”
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Tree Species Distribution along Environmental Gradients in an Area Affected by a Hydroelectric Dam in Southern Amazonia by Moser, Pamela, Oliveira, Washington L, Medeiros, Marcelo B, Pinto, José R, Eisenlohr, Pedro V, Lima, Isabela L, Silva, Glocimar P, Simon, Marcelo F

“…We describe the patterns of composition and abundance of tree species and their relationships to environmental factors in an area affected by the Jirau…”
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Do patterns of insect mortality in temperate and tropical zones have broader implications for insect ecology and pest management? by Pinto, José R L, Fernandes, Odair A, Higley, Leon G, Peterson, Robert K D

“…Understanding how biotic and abiotic factors affect insect mortality is crucial for both fundamental knowledge of population ecology and for successful pest…”
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Delimiting floristic biogeographic districts in the Cerrado and assessing their conservation status by Françoso, Renata D., Dexter, Kyle G., Machado, Ricardo B., Pennington, R. Toby, Pinto, José R. R., Brandão, Reuber A., Ratter, James A.

“…The Cerrado is a biodiversity hotspot in central Brazil that is the largest expanse of savanna in the Neotropics. Here, we aim to identify and delimit…”
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Sirolimus monotherapy as maintenance immunosuppression: a multicenter experience by Pinto, José R, Arellano Torres, Edgar M, Franco, Antonio, Morales, José M, Ruiz, Juan C, Diekmann, Fritz, Alperovich, Gabriela, Campistol, Josep M

“…The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate safety and feasibility of sirolimus (SRL) monotherapy in kidney transplant recipients. Patients older…”
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Species Turnover across Different Life Stages from Seedlings to Canopy Trees in Swamp Forests of Central Brazil by Pinto, José Roberto R., Walter, Bruno M. T., Fontes, Clarissa G., Damasco, Gabriel

“…Processes driving the assembly of swamp forest communities have been poorly explored. We analyzed natural regeneration and adult tree communities data of a…”
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Diversity and structural changes in Cerrado Rupestre under effects of disturbances by Rocha, Lilian Gomes da S., Pinto, José Roberto R.

“…Vegetation formations are undergoing constant floristic and structural change over time and space. Assessing these changes represents an important step to…”
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Species distribution models of rare tree species as an evaluation tool for synergistic human impacts in the Amazon rainforest by Silva, Tamilis R., Medeiros, Marcelo B., Noronha, Sérgio E., Pinto, José Roberto R.

“…In the present work, we have considered the vulnerability of some rare tree species to human disturbances in a high biodiversity tropical region. In this…”
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Fine-scale effects of fire on non-woody species in a southern Amazonian seasonal wetland by Jancoski, Halina S., Pinto, José Roberto R., Nogueira, Denis S., Mews, Henrique A., Abad, Juan Carlo S., Scalon, Marina C., Marimon, Beatriz S.

“…Grasslands and wetlands are non-forested highly biodiverse ecosystems. Although fire is a major factor controlling and maintaining biodiversity in different…”
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Constitutive Phosphorylation of Cardiac Myosin Regulatory Light Chain in Vivo by Chang, Audrey N., Battiprolu, Pavan K., Cowley, Patrick M., Chen, Guohua, Gerard, Robert D., Pinto, Jose R., Hill, Joseph A., Baker, Anthony J., Kamm, Kristine E., Stull, James T.

“…In beating hearts, phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) at a single site to 0.45 mol of phosphate/mol by cardiac myosin light chain kinase…”
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Angiosperm species of “Cerrado” sensu stricto in Terra Ronca State Park, Brazil: floristics, phytogeography and conservation by Teixeira, Ana Magalhães C., Pinto, José Roberto R., Amaral, Aryanne G., Munhoz, Cássia Beatriz R.

“…We conducted a floristic survey of “Cerrado” sensu stricto on Quartzipsamment soils in the northeastern state of Goiás, Brazil, in Terra Ronca State Park…”
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Analysis of the Molecular Pathogenesis of Cardiomyopathy-Causing cTnT Mutants I79N, ΔE96, and ΔK210 by Bai, Fan, Caster, Hannah M., Pinto, Jose R., Kawai, Masataka

“…Three troponin T (TnT) mutants that cause hypertrophic, restrictive, and dilated cardiomyopathy (I79N, ΔE96, and ΔK210, respectively), were examined using the…”
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Fluorescent Protein-Based Ca2+ Sensor Reveals Global, Divalent Cation-Dependent Conformational Changes in Cardiac Troponin C by Badr, Myriam A, Pinto, Jose R, Davidson, Michael W, Chase, P Bryant

“…Cardiac troponin C (cTnC) is a key effector in cardiac muscle excitation-contraction coupling as the Ca2+ sensing subunit responsible for controlling…”
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Amide hydrogens reveal a temperature-dependent structural transition that enhances site-II Ca2+-binding affinity in a C-domain mutant of cardiac troponin C by Veltri, Tiago, de Oliveira, Guilherme A. P., Bienkiewicz, Ewa A., Palhano, Fernando L., Marques, Mayra de A., Moraes, Adolfo H., Silva, Jerson L., Sorenson, Martha M., Pinto, Jose R.

“…The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-associated mutant D145E, in cardiac troponin C (cTnC) C-domain, causes generalised instability at multiple sites in the…”
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From sample to pixel: multi‐scale remote sensing data for upscaling aboveground carbon data in heterogeneous landscapes by Leitão, Pedro J., Schwieder, Marcel, Pötzschner, Florian, Pinto, José R. R., Teixeira, Ana M. C., Pedroni, Fernando, Sanchez, Maryland, Rogass, Christian, Linden, Sebastian, Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., Hostert, Patrick

“…In times of rapid global change, ecosystem monitoring is of utmost importance. Combined field and remote sensing data enable large‐scale ecosystem assessments,…”
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Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats by Winck, Nadjarriny, Colli, Guarino R., Mews, Henrique A., Silvério, Divino V., Abadia, Ana C., Pinto, José R. R., Vieira, Thiago B., Purificação, Keila N., Lenza, Eddie

“…By favouring long-distance dispersal, anemochory is often associated with open and patchy habitats, whereas zoochory enables short-distance dispersal and…”
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