List of works - Elba Villegas

A comparison between the recombinant expression and chemical synthesis of a short cysteine-rich insecticidal spider peptide.

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Amino acid substitutions in an alpha-helical antimicrobial arachnid peptide affect its chemical properties and biological activity towards pathogenic bacteria but improves its therapeutic index.

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Antimicrobial Activity and Stability of Short and Long Based Arachnid Synthetic Peptides in the Presence of Commercial Antibiotics.

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Antimicrobial activity and structure of a consensus human β-defensin and its comparison to a novel putative hBD10

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

Antimicrobial peptides from arachnid venoms and their microbicidal activity in the presence of commercial antibiotics.

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Biochemical characterization of cysteine-rich peptides from Oxyopes sp. venom that block calcium ion channels.

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Characterization of antibacterial and hemolytic activity of synthetic pandinin 2 variants and their inhibition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Characterization of unique amphipathic antimicrobial peptides from venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator.

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Distinct primary structures of the major peptide toxins from the venom of the spider Macrothele gigas that bind to sites 3 and 4 in the sodium channel.

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Growth of Candida utilis in solid state fermentation

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Heterologous expression of five disulfide-bonded insecticidal spider peptides.

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

Improved protease stability of the antimicrobial peptide Pin2 substituted with D-amino acids.

scientific article published on August 2013

Insecticidal peptides from the theraposid spider Brachypelma albiceps: an NMR-based model of Ba2

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Isolation and molecular cloning of beta-neurotoxins from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides suffusus suffusus.

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Oxyopinins, large amphipathic peptides isolated from the venom of the wolf spider Oxyopes kitabensis with cytolytic properties and positive insecticidal cooperativity with spider neurotoxins.

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Pore formation of phospholipid membranes by the action of two hemolytic arachnid peptides of different size.

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Rapid and efficient identification of cysteine-rich peptides by random screening of a venom gland cDNA library from the hexathelid spider Macrothele gigas.

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Solid state fermentation: Acid protease production in controlled CO2 and O2 environments ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1993

Solution structure and alanine scan of a spider toxin that affects the activation of mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels

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List of works by Elba Villegas

A comparison between the recombinant expression and chemical synthesis of a short cysteine-rich insecticidal spider peptide.

Amino acid substitutions in an alpha-helical antimicrobial arachnid peptide affect its chemical properties and biological activity towards pathogenic bacteria but improves its therapeutic index.

Antimicrobial Activity and Stability of Short and Long Based Arachnid Synthetic Peptides in the Presence of Commercial Antibiotics.

Antimicrobial activity and structure of a consensus human β-defensin and its comparison to a novel putative hBD10

Antimicrobial peptides from arachnid venoms and their microbicidal activity in the presence of commercial antibiotics.

Biochemical characterization of cysteine-rich peptides from Oxyopes sp. venom that block calcium ion channels.

Characterization of antibacterial and hemolytic activity of synthetic pandinin 2 variants and their inhibition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Characterization of unique amphipathic antimicrobial peptides from venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator.

Distinct primary structures of the major peptide toxins from the venom of the spider Macrothele gigas that bind to sites 3 and 4 in the sodium channel.

Growth of Candida utilis in solid state fermentation

Heterologous expression of five disulfide-bonded insecticidal spider peptides.

Improved protease stability of the antimicrobial peptide Pin2 substituted with D-amino acids.

Insecticidal peptides from the theraposid spider Brachypelma albiceps: an NMR-based model of Ba2

Isolation and molecular cloning of beta-neurotoxins from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides suffusus suffusus.

Oxyopinins, large amphipathic peptides isolated from the venom of the wolf spider Oxyopes kitabensis with cytolytic properties and positive insecticidal cooperativity with spider neurotoxins.

Pore formation of phospholipid membranes by the action of two hemolytic arachnid peptides of different size.

Rapid and efficient identification of cysteine-rich peptides by random screening of a venom gland cDNA library from the hexathelid spider Macrothele gigas.

Solid state fermentation: Acid protease production in controlled CO2 and O2 environments ⬇️

Solution structure and alanine scan of a spider toxin that affects the activation of mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels