About two million new cases of leishmaniasis with 50 000 associated deaths occur worldwide each year. Promastigotes of the causative Leishmania spp. develop from the procyclic stage to the highly virulent metacyclic stage within the sand fly vector. We hypothesized
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(19), 15453-15463 (2010-09-10)
The present study deals with the morphological modifications of giant dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine vesicles (DOPC GUVs) induced by the nonionic surfactant n-octyl β,D-glucopyranoside at sublytic levels, i.e., in the first steps of the vesicle-to-micelle transition process, when surfactant inserts into the
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 101(1), 92-101 (2011-09-17)
Membrane proteins are attractive therapeutic targets, however the presence of detergents complicates biophysical binding measurements. Difficulties in determining quantitative dissociation constants for problematic membrane proteins were addressed by combining analytical ultracentrifugation and classical light scattering techniques. Validation of the algorithm
A new β-glucosidase (DtGH) representing 40% identity with an apple seed glycosidase (ASG) was cloned from Dictyoglomus thermophilum. DtGH showed extremely high thermostability in aqueous solution, with half-lives of 533, 44, and 5 h measured at 70, 80 and 90
The Journal of surgical research, 183(1), 56-67 (2012-12-27)
The use of extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from decellularized tissue is increasingly frequent in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. However, it is recognized that currently used decellularization procedures have negative effects on ECM integrity. The objective of this study was
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