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Solid-State Molecular Rectifier Based on Self-Organized Metalloproteins by Rinaldi, R., Biasco, A., Maruccio, G., Cingolani, R., Alliata, D., Andolfi, L., Facci, P., De Rienzo, F., Di Felice, R., Molinari, E.

“…A protein‐based solid‐state electronic device that operates in air is reported; it is fabricated by interconnecting an azurin monolayer immobilized on SiO2…”
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Electronic rectification in protein devices by Rinaldi, R., Biasco, A., Maruccio, G., Arima, V., Visconti, P., Cingolani, R., Facci, P., De Rienzo, F., Di Felice, R., Molinari, E., Ph. Verbeet, M., Canters, G. W.

“…We show that the electron-transfer protein azurin can be used to fabricate biomolecular rectifiers exploiting its native redox properties, chemisorption…”
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Protein interaction property similarity analysis by Wade, R. C., Gabdoulline, R. R., De Rienzo, F.

“…We describe how similarity indices may be applied to semiquantitatively compare the molecular interaction fields, such as electrostatic and hydrophobic…”
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Computational approaches to structural and functional analysis of plastocyanin and other blue copper proteins by De Rienzo, F, Gabdoulline, R R, Wade, R C, Sola, M, Menziani, M C

“…Computational techniques are becoming increasingly important in structural and functional biology, in particular as tools to aid the interpretation of…”
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Acylated and unacylated ghrelin levels in normal weight and obese children: Influence of puberty and relationship with insulin, leptin and adiponectin levels by Bellone, S., Prodam, F., Savastio, S., De Rienzo, F., Demarchi, I., Trovato, L., Petri, A., Rapa, A., Aimaretti, G., Bona, G.

“…Background: Ghrelin circulates in blood as acylated (AG) and unacylated (UAG) ghrelin. The physiological role of the two forms is poorly understood, in…”
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Subsurface geological-geotechnical modelling to sustain underground civil planning by de Rienzo, F., Oreste, P., Pelizza, S.

“…The aim of the paper was to document the use of 3D subsurface geological-geotechnical modelling to optimise the planning and development of subsurface…”
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Blue copper proteins: A comparative analysis of their molecular interaction properties by DE RIENZO, F., GABDOULLINE, R.R., MENZIANI, M.C., WADE, R.C.

“…Blue copper proteins are type-I copper-containing redox proteins whose role is to shuttle electrons from an electron donor to an electron acceptor in bacteria…”
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Etiopathogenetic advances and management of holoprosencephaly: from bench to bedside by Bellone, S, De Rienzo, F, Prodam, F, Savastio, S, Busti, A, Genoni, G, Aimaretti, G, Bona, G

“…Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a complex brain malformation caused by impaired or incomplete midline division of the prosencephalon. It's characterized by cerebral…”
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Azurin for Biomolecular Electronics: a Reliability Study by Bramanti, Alessandro, Pompa, Pier Paolo, Maruccio, Giuseppe, Calabi, Franco, Arima, Valentina, Cingolani, Roberto, Corni, Stefano, Felice, Rosa Di, Rienzo, Francesca De, Rinaldi, Ross

“…The metalloprotein azurin, used in biomolecular electronics, is investigated with respect to its resilience to high electric fields and ambient conditions,…”
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Theoretical descriptors for the quantitative rationalisation of plastocyanin mutant functional propertiess by De Rienzo, F, Grant, G H, Menziani, M C

“…A quantitative rationalisation of the effect of specific amino acids on the recognition process and redox characteristics of plastocyanin towards cytochrome f,…”
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Free Energy of Transition for the Individual Alkaline Conformers of Yeast Iso-1-cytochrome c by Battistuzzi, Gianantonio, Borsari, Marco, De Rienzo, Francesca, Di Rocco, Giulia, Ranieri, Antonio, Sola, Marco

“…Direct protein electrochemistry was used to obtain the thermodynamic parameters of transition from the native (state III) to the alkaline (state IV) conformer…”
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Electrostatic Analysis and Brownian Dynamics Simulation of the Association of Plastocyanin and Cytochrome F by De Rienzo, Francesca, Gabdoulline, Razif R., Menziani, M. Cristina, De Benedetti, Pier G., Wade, Rebecca C.

“…The oxidation of cytochrome f by the soluble cupredoxin plastocyanin is a central reaction in the photosynthetic electron transfer chain of all oxygenic…”
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Role of the electronic properties of azurin active site in the electron-transfer process by Corni, Stefano, De Rienzo, Francesca, Di Felice, Rosa, Molinari, Elisa

“…Electron transfer proteins, such as azurin (a blue copper protein), are promising candidates for the implementation of biomolecular nanoelectronic devices. To…”
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A computational protocol to probe the role of solvation effects on the reduction potential of azurin mutants by Barone, Vincenzo, De Rienzo, Francesca, Langella, Emma, Menziani, M. Cristina, Rega, Nadia, Sola, Marco

“…Semiquantitative relationships between thermodynamic parameters of Cu2+ reduction experimentally measured for a series of azurin mutants and the solvation free…”
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Control of Metalloprotein Reduction Potential:  The Role of Electrostatic and Solvation Effects Probed on Plastocyanin Mutants by Battistuzzi, Gianantonio, Borsari, Marco, Loschi, Lodovica, Menziani, Maria Cristina, De Rienzo, Francesca, Sola, Marco

“…The changes in the thermodynamics of Cu(II) reduction for spinach plastocyanin induced by point mutations altering the electrostatic potential in proximity of…”
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Theoretical investigation of substrate specificity for cytochromes P450 IA2, P450 IID6 and P450 IIIA4 by De Rienzo, F, Fanelli, F, Menziani, M C, De Benedetti, P G

“…Three-dimensional models of the cytochromes P450 IA2, P450 IID6 and P450 IIIA4 were built by means of comparative modeling using the X-ray crystallographic…”
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Theoretical descriptors for the quantitative rationalisation of plastocyanin mutant functional properties by De Rienzo, F, Grant, G H, Menziani, M C

“…A quantitative rationalisation of the effect of specific amino acids on the recognition process and redox characteristics of plastocyanin towards cytochrome f,…”
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Development of an IL-6 antagonist peptide that induces apoptosis in 7TD1 cells by Manfredini, Rossella, Tenedini, Elena, Siena, Michela, Tagliafico, Enrico, Montanari, Monica, Grande, Alexis, Zanocco-Marani, Tommaso, Poligani, Cristina, Zini, Roberta, Gemelli, Claudia, Bergamaschi, Anna, Vignudelli, Tatiana, De Rienzo, Francesca, De Benedetti, Pier Giuseppe, Menziani, Maria Cristina, Ferrari, Sergio

“…Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells and in the pathogenesis…”
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