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List of works by Emilia Chiancone

Antioxidant Dps protein from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus

scientific article published on 3 October 2006

Ca2+ binding to bovine lactoferrin enhances protein stability and influences the release of bacterial lipopolysaccharide

scientific article published in January 2002

Complex modulation of L-type Ca(2+) current inactivation by sorcin in isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes

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Crystal structure and ligand binding properties of the truncated hemoglobin from Geobacillus stearothermophilus

scientific article published on 30 October 2006

DNA condensation and self-aggregation of Escherichia coli Dps are coupled phenomena related to the properties of the N-terminus

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Dps proteins prevent Fenton-mediated oxidative damage by trapping hydroxyl radicals within the protein shell

scientific article published on 3 November 2009

Effect of the charge distribution along the "ferritin-like" pores of the proteins from the Dps family on the iron incorporation process.

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Evaluating cooperativity in dimeric hemoglobins

scientific article published in January 2004

Ferritin from the spleen of the Antarctic teleost Trematomus bernacchii is an M-type homopolymer

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Homocoupling of arylboronic acids and potassium aryltrifluoroborates catalyzed by protein-stabilized palladium nanoparticles under air in water

Information transfer in the penta-EF-hand protein sorcin does not operate via the canonical structural/functional pairing. A study with site-specific mutants

scientific article published on 23 April 2003

Iron and hydrogen peroxide detoxification properties of DNA-binding protein from starved cells. A ferritin-like DNA-binding protein of Escherichia coli.

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Iron and proteins for iron storage and detoxification

scientific article published in June 2004

Iron incorporation into Escherichia coli Dps gives rise to a ferritin-like microcrystalline core

scientific article published on 5 August 2002

Iron translocation into and out of Listeria innocua Dps and size distribution of the protein-enclosed nanomineral are modulated by the electrostatic gradient at the 3-fold "ferritin-like" pores

scientific article published on 20 May 2009

Kineococcus radiotolerans Dps forms a heteronuclear Mn-Fe ferroxidase center that may explain the Mn-dependent protection against oxidative stress

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Maurizio Brunori turns 70: nothing but a brilliant future behind him.

scientific article published on August 2007

Molecular basis for the impaired function of the natural F112L sorcin mutant: X-ray crystal structure, calcium affinity, and interaction with annexin VII and the ryanodine receptor

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Periplasmic Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase and cytoplasmic Dps concur in protecting Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from extracellular reactive oxygen species

scientific article published on 14 December 2007

Properties of ferritin from the earthworm Octolasium complanatum

Protecting Gram-negative bacterial cell envelopes from human lysozyme: Interactions with Ivy inhibitor proteins from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Reassessment of protein stability, DNA binding, and protection of Mycobacterium smegmatis Dps.

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Role of Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells) aggregation on DNA.

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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium growth is inhibited by the concomitant binding of Zn(II) and a pyrrolyl-hydroxamate to ZnuA, the soluble component of the ZnuABC transporter

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Sorcin modulates cardiac L-type Ca2+ current by functional interaction with the alpha1C subunit in rabbits

scientific article published on 4 July 2008

Study of manganese binding to the ferroxidase centre of human H-type ferritin

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles in Listeria innocua Dps (DNA-binding protein from starved cells): a study with the wild-type protein and a catalytic centre mutant

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The Dps protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens does not bind to DNA but protects it toward oxidative cleavage: x-ray crystal structure, iron binding, and hydroxyl-radical scavenging properties

scientific article (publication date: 30 May 2003)

The Salmonella enterica ZinT structure, zinc affinity and interaction with the high-affinity uptake protein ZnuA provide insight into the management of periplasmic zinc

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The characterization of Thermotoga maritima ferritin reveals an unusual subunit dissociation behavior and efficient DNA protection from iron-mediated oxidative stress

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

The crystal structure of the sorcin calcium binding domain provides a model of Ca2+-dependent processes in the full-length protein

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The expression of the dodecameric ferritin in Listeria spp. is induced by iron limitation and stationary growth phase

scientific article published on August 2002

The ferritin-like protein Frm is a target for the humoral immune response to Listeria monocytogenes and is required for efficient bacterial survival

scientific article published on 10 March 2006

The interplay between heme iron and protein sulfhydryls in the reaction of dimeric Scapharca inaequivalvis hemoglobin with nitric oxide

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The multifaceted capacity of Dps proteins to combat bacterial stress conditions: Detoxification of iron and hydrogen peroxide and DNA binding

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The mutation K30D disrupts the only salt bridge at the subunit interface of the homodimeric hemoglobin from Scapharca inaequivalvis and changes the mechanism of cooperativity

scientific article published on 12 December 2001

The mutations Lys 114 --> Gln and Asp 126 --> Asn disrupt an intersubunit salt bridge and convert Listeria innocua Dps into its natural mutant Listeria monocytogenes Dps. Effects on protein stability at Low pH

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The neutrophil-activating Dps protein of Helicobacter pylori, HP-NAP, adopts a mechanism different from Escherichia coli Dps to bind and condense DNA.

scientific article published on 19 March 2007

The truncated oxygen-avid hemoglobin from Bacillus subtilis: X-ray structure and ligand binding properties

scientific article published on 7 December 2004

The unusual intersubunit ferroxidase center of Listeria innocua Dps is required for hydrogen peroxide detoxification but not for iron uptake. A study with site-specific mutants

scientific article published in April 2005

The yeast penta-EF protein Pef1p is involved in cation-dependent budding and cell polarization

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Thermosynechococcus elongatus DpsA binds Zn(II) at a unique three histidine-containing ferroxidase center and utilizes O2 as iron oxidant with very high efficiency, unlike the typical Dps proteins

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Transcription of the Listeria monocytogenes fri gene is growth-phase dependent and is repressed directly by Fur, the ferric uptake regulator

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Unusually strong H-bonding to the heme ligand and fast geminate recombination dynamics of the carbon monoxide complex of Bacillus subtilis truncated hemoglobin

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pH-, temperature- and ion-dependent oligomerization of Sulfolobus solfataricus recombinant amidase: a study with site-specific mutants

scientific article published on 17 February 2009