Search Results - "Seno, F."

Contributions of the GABAergic system of the prelimbic cortex and basolateral amygdala to morphine withdrawal-induced contextual fear by Seno, F.Z., Sgobbi, R.F., Nobre, M.J.

“…•Withdrawal from morphine is a learned response.•Morphine withdrawal-related cues elicit fear behaviors.•PrL and BLA modulate learned fear responses.•Reducing…”
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BACHSCORE. A tool for evaluating efficiently and reliably the quality of large sets of protein structures by Sarti, E., Zamuner, S., Cossio, P., Laio, A., Seno, F., Trovato, A.

“…In protein structure prediction it is of crucial importance, especially at the refinement stage, to score efficiently large sets of models by selecting the…”
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Dynamical scaling of the DNA unzipping transition by Marenduzzo, D, Bhattacharjee, Somendra M, Maritan, A, Orlandini, E, Seno, F

“…We report studies of the dynamics of a set of exactly solvable lattice models for the force-induced DNA unzipping transition. Besides yielding the whole…”
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Stretching of a polymer below the theta point by Marenduzzo, D, Maritan, A, Rosa, A, Seno, F

“…The unfolding of a polymer below the theta point when pulled by an external force is studied both in d=2 on the lattice and in d=3 off the lattice. At T=0 and…”
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Protein Sequence and Structure: Is One More Fundamental than the Other? by Banavar, Jayanth R., Hoang, T. X., Seno, F., Trovato, A., Maritan, A.

“…We argue that protein native state structures reside in a novel “phase” of matter which confers on proteins their many amazing characteristics. This phase…”
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Simple solvation potential for coarse-grained models of proteins by Bhattacharyay, A., Trovato, A., Seno, F.

“…We formulate a simple solvation potential based on a coarsed‐grained representation of amino acids with two spheres modeling the Cα atom and an effective…”
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Optimal potentials for predicting inter-helical packing in transmembrane proteins by Dobbs, H., Orlandini, E., Bonaccini, R., Seno, F.

“…A set of pairwise contact potentials between amino acid residues in transmembrane helices was determined from the known native structure of the transmembrane…”
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Stepwise unfolding of collapsed polymers by MARENDUZZO, D, MARITAN, A, ROSA, A, SENO, F

“…Motivated by recent experimental data on DNA stretching in presence of polyvalent counterions, we study the force-induced unfolding of a homopolymer on and off…”
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Form of growing strings by MARENDUZZO, D, HOANG, T. X, SENO, F, VENDRUSCOLO, M, MARITAN, A

“…Patterns and forms adopted by nature are often the results of simple dynamical paradigms. Here we show that a growing self-interacting string attached to a…”
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Elucidation of the disulfide-folding pathway of hirudin by a topology-based approach by Micheletti, C., De Filippis, V., Maritan, A., Seno, F.

“…A theoretical model for the folding of proteins containing disulfide bonds is introduced. The model exploits the knowledge of the native state to favor the…”
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Different pulling modes in DNA overstretching: a theoretical analysis by Marenduzzo, D, Orlandini, E, Seno, F, Trovato, A

“…We study the thermally driven denaturation of a double-stranded polymer in the presence of a stretching force via Monte-Carlo simulations. When one strand only…”
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Protein Design in a Lattice Model of Hydrophobic and Polar Amino Acids by Micheletti, Cristian, Seno, Flavio, Maritan, Amos, Banavar, Jayanth R.

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Percolation, the special FTHETA' point, and the FTHETA-FTHETA' universality puzzle by Vanderzande, C, Stella, AL, Seno, F

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The PASTA server for protein aggregation prediction by Trovato, Antonio, Seno, Flavio, Tosatto, Silvio C.E.

“…Many different proteins aggregate into amyloid fibrils characterized by cross-β structure. β-strands contributed by distinct protein molecules are generally…”
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An optimal procedure to extract interaction potentials for protein folding by Micheletti, C., Seno, F., Maritan, A., Banavar, J.R.

“…A formidable challenge in molecular biology is the prediction of the three-dimensional structures of the native state of proteins from their sequence of amino…”
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Mechanical unfolding of directed polymers in a poor solvent: critical exponents by Rosa, A, Marenduzzo, D, Maritan, A, Seno, F

“…We study the thermodynamics of an exactly solvable model of a self-interacting, partially directed self-avoiding walk in two dimensions when a force is applied…”
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Geometry and Symmetry Presculpt the Free-Energy Landscape of Proteins by Hoang, Trinh Xuan, Trovato, Antonio, Seno, Flavio, Banavar, Jayanth R., Maritan, Amos, Cohen, Morrel H.

“…We present a simple physical model that demonstrates that the native-state folds of proteins can emerge on the basis of considerations of geometry and…”
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Minireview: The compact phase in polymers and proteins by Seno, F., Trovato, A.

“…Proteins are linear molecules. However, the simple model of a polymer viewed as spheres tethered together does not account for many of the observed…”
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Collapse from linear to branched polymer behavior by ORLANDINI, E, SENO, F, STELLA, A. L, TESI, M. C

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Universality class of the d=2 Theta point of linear polymers by Seno, F, Stella, AL, Vanderzande, C

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