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MOSTMICRO articles published in 2020

       Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals indexed in Scopus:

  1. Abreu, B., Lopes, E. F., Oliveira, A. S. F., Soares, C. M. F508del Disturbs the Dynamics of the Nucleotide Binding Domains of CFTR before and after ATP Hydrolysis. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 2020, 88, 113–126. Epub: 2019 Jul 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.25776 (*)
  2. Agostinho, M., Moniz Alves, C., Aresta, S., Borrego, F., Borlido-Santos, J., Cortez, J., Lima Costa, T., António Lopes, J., Moreira, S., Santos, J., Trindade, M., Varela, C. & Vidal, S. The interface of science: The case for a broader definition of research management. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 2020, 24(1), 19-27. doi:10.1080/13603108.2018.1543215
  3. Aires-De-Sousa, M., Ortiz De La Rosa, J. M., Goncalves, M. L., Costa, A., Nordmann, P., & Poirel, L. Occurrence of NDM-1-producing morganella morganii and proteus mirabilis in a single patient in portugal: Probable in vivo transfer by conjugation. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2020, 75(4), 903-906. doi:10.1093/jac/dkz542 (*)
  4. Aires-de-Sousa, M., Fournier, C., Lopes, E., de Lencastre, H., Nordmann, P., Poirel, L. High Colonization Rate and Heterogeneity of ESBL- and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Gull Feces in Lisbon, Portugal. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1487. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101487 (*)
  5. Aires-de-Sousa, M., Lopes, E., Gonçalves, M. L., Pereira, A. L., Machado e Costa, A., de Lencastre, H., Poirel, L. Intestinal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae at Admission in a Portuguese Hospital. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2020, 39, 783–790. Epub: 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03798-3 (*)
  6. Albors-Vaquer, A., Rizvi, A., Matzapetakis, M., Lamosa, P., Coelho, A. V., Patel, A. B., Mande, S. C., Gaddam, S., Pineda-Lucena, A., Banerjee, S., et al. Active and Prospective Latent Tuberculosis Are Associated with Different Metabolomic Profiles: Clinical Potential for the Identification of Rapid and Non-Invasive Biomarkers. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020, 9, 1131–1139. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1760734 (*)
  7. Almeida, S. T., A. C. Paulo, F. Froes, H. de Lencastre and R. Sá-Leão. Dynamics of pneumococcal carriage in adults: a new look at an old paradigm. J. Infect Dis 2020. Jiaa558. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaa558 (*)
  8. Almeida, S. T., Pedro, T., Paulo, A. C., de Lencastre, H., Sá-Leão, R. Re-Evaluation of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Carriage in Portuguese Elderly by qPCR Increases Carriage Estimates and Unveils an Expanded Pool of Serotypes. Scientific Reports 2020, 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65399-x (*)
  9. Ankenbauer, A., Schäfer, R. A., Viegas, S. C., Pobre, V., Voß, B., Arraiano, C. M., Takors, R. Pseudomonas putidaKT2440 Is Naturally Endowed to Withstand Industrial-scale Stress Conditions. Microbial Biotechnology 2020, 13, 1145–1161. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13571
  10. Apura, P., Saramago, M., Peregrina, A., Viegas, S. C., Carvalho, S. M., Saraiva, L. M., Arraiano, C. M., Domingues, S. Tailor-Made sRNAs: a Plasmid Tool to Control the Expression of Target mRNAs in Pseudomonas Putida. Plasmid 2020, 109, 102503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2020.102503
  11. Arguedas, A., Trzciński, K., O’Brien, K. L., Ferreira, D. M., Wyllie, A. L., Weinberger, D., Danon, L., Pelton, S. I., Azzari, C., Hammitt, L. L., et al. Upper Respiratory Tract Colonization with Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Adults. Expert Review of Vaccines 2020, 19, 353–366. https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2020.1750378 (*)
  12. B. Santos, R., Nascimento, R., V. Coelho, A., Figueiredo, A. Grapevine–Downy Mildew Rendezvous: Proteome Analysis of the First Hours of an Incompatible Interaction. Plants 2020, 9, 1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111498
  13. Barbosa, C., Silveira, C. M., Silva, D., Brissos, V., Hildebrandt, P., Martins, L. O., Todorovic, S. Immobilized Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase (DyP) and Directed Evolution Variants for Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensing. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2020, 153, 112055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112055
  14. Barbosa, T. M., Baltazar, C. S. A., Cruz, D. R., Lousa, D., Soares, C. M. Studying O2 Pathways in [NiFe]- and [NiFeSe]-Hydrogenases. Scientific Reports 2020, 10. 10540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67494-5
  15. Barreto, H. C., Cordeiro, T. N., Henriques, A. O., Gordo, I. Rampant Loss of Social Traits During Domestication of a Bacillus Subtilis Natural Isolate. Scientific Reports 2020, 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76017-1
  16. Belcher Dufrisne, M., Jorge, C. D., Timóteo, C. G., Petrou, V. I., Ashraf, K. U., Banerjee, S., Clarke, O. B., Santos, H., Mancia, F. Structural and Functional Characterization of Phosphatidylinositol-Phosphate Biosynthesis in Mycobacteria. Journal of Molecular Biology 2020, 432, 5137–5151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.04.028 (*)
  17. Borges, P. T., Brissos, V., Hernandez, G., Masgrau, L., Lucas, M. F., Monza, E., Frazão, C., Cordeiro, T. N., Martins, L. O. Methionine-Rich Loop of Multicopper Oxidase McoA Follows Open-to-Close Transitions with a Role in Enzyme Catalysis. ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 7162–7176. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01623
  18. Bouchami, O., Fraqueza, M. J., Faria, N. A., Alves, V., Lawal, O. U., de Lencastre, H., Miragaia, M. Evidence for the Dissemination to Humans of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ST398 through the Pork Production Chain: A Study in a Portuguese Slaughterhouse. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1892. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121892 (*)
  19. Calhau, I. B., Gomes, A. C., Bruno, S. M., Coelho, A. C., Magalhães, C. I. R., Romão, C. C., Valente, A. A., Gonçalves, I. S., Pillinger, M. One-Pot Intercalation Strategy for the Encapsulation of a CO-Releasing Organometallic Molecule in a Layered Double Hydroxide. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 2020, 2726–2736. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000202
  20. Carpenter, J. M., Zhong, F., Ragusa, M. J., Louro, R. O., Hogan, D. A., Pletneva, E. V. Structure and Redox Properties of the Diheme Electron Carrier Cytochrome c4 from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2020, 203, 110889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110889
  21. Carvalho, L. A. R., Almeida, V. T., Brito, J. A., Lum, K. M., Oliveira, T. F., Guedes, R. C., Gonçalves, L. M., Lucas, S. D., Cravatt, B. F., Archer, M., et al. 3-Oxo-β-sultam as a Sulfonylating Chemotype for Inhibition of Serine Hydrolases and Activity-Based Protein Profiling. ACS Chemical Biology 2020, 15, 878–883. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.0c00090
  22. Cheleuitte-Nieves, C. E., Diaz, L. L., Pardos de la Gandara, M., Gonzalez, A., Freiwald, W. A., de Lencastre, H. M., Tomasz, A., Euler, C. W. Evaluation of Topical Lysostaphin as a Novel Treatment for Instrumented Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) Infected with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Comparative Medicine 2020, 70, 335–347. https://doi.org/10.30802/AALAS-CM-19-000102 (*)
  23. Chernyh, N. A., Neukirchen, S., Frolov, E. N., Sousa, F. L., Miroshnichenko, M. L., Merkel, A. Y., Pimenov, N. V., Sorokin, D. Y., Ciordia, S., Mena, M. C., et al. Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction in the Archaeon “Candidatus Vulcanisaeta Moutnovskia” Sheds Light on the Evolution of Sulfur Metabolism. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5, 1428–1438. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0776-z
  24. Correia, V.G., Bento, A., Pais, J., Rodrigues, R., Haliński, Ł.P., Frydrych, M., Greenhalgh, A., Stepnowski, P., Vollrath, F., King, A.W.T. & Silva Pereira, C.. The molecular structure and multifunctionality of the cryptic plant polymer suberin. Materials Today Bio 2020, 5 doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2019.100039
  25. Cruz, A., Núñez-Montenegro, A., Mateus, P., & Delgado, R. Monitoring inorganic pyrophosphatase activity with the fluorescent dizinc(ii) complex of a macrocycle bearing one dansylamidoethyl antenna. Dalton Transactions 2020, 49(27), 9487-9494. doi:10.1039/d0dt01673j
  26. Cruz, F., Faria, J. P., Rocha, M., Rocha, I., Dias, O. A Review of Methods for the Reconstruction and Analysis of Integrated Genome-Scale Models of Metabolism and Regulation. Biochemical Society Transactions 2020, 48, 1889–1903. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20190840
  27. Da Silva, J. A., Meneghetti, M. R., Soares, C. M. Molecular Dynamics Simulations Suggest a Possible Role for NO in the Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanostructures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124, 24279–24288. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08338
  28. Do, T., Schaefer, K., Santiago, A. G., Coe, K. A., Fernandes, P. B., Kahne, D., Pinho, M. G., Walker, S. Staphylococcus Aureus Cell Growth and Division Are Regulated by an Amidase That Trims Peptides from Uncrosslinked Peptidoglycan. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5, 291–303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0632-1 (*)
  29. Dobrzanski, T., Pobre, V., Moreno, L. F., Barbosa, H. C. de S., Monteiro, R. A., de Oliveira Pedrosa, F., de Souza, E. M., Arraiano, C. M., Steffens, M. B. R. In Silico Prediction and Expression Profile Analysis of Small Non-Coding RNAs in Herbaspirillum Seropedicae SmR1. BMC Genomics 2020, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6402-x
  30. Dos Santos, R. F., Andrade, J. M., Pissarra, J., Deutscher, M. P., Arraiano, C. M. Hfq and RNase R Mediate rRNA Processing and Degradation in a Novel RNA Quality Control Process. mBio 2020, 11. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02398-20
  31. Dufey, E., Bravo-San Pedro, J. M., Eggers, C., González-Quiroz, M., Urra, H., Sagredo, A. I., Sepulveda, D., Pihán, P., Carreras-Sureda, A., Hazari, Y., et al. Genotoxic Stress Triggers the Activation of IRE1α-Dependent RNA Decay to Modulate the DNA Damage Response. Nature Communications 2020, 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15694-y
  32. Edwardes Moore, E., Andrei, V., Zacarias, S., Pereira, I. A. C., Reisner, E. Integration of a Hydrogenase in a Lead Halide Perovskite Photoelectrode for Tandem Solar Water Splitting. ACS Energy Letters 2020, 5, 232–237. Epub: 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02437
  33. Edwards, M. J., Richardson, D. J., Paquete, C. M., & Clarke, T. A.. Role of multiheme cytochromes involved in extracellular anaerobic respiration in bacteria. Protein Science 2020, 29(4), 830-842. doi:10.1002/pro.3787
  34. Esteves, C. V., Costa, J., Bernard, H., Tripier, R., & Delgado, R. A squaraine-based dipicolylamine derivative acting as a turn-on mercury(ii) fluorescent probe in water. New Journal of Chemistry 2020, 44(16), 6589-6600. doi:10.1039/d0nj00852d
  35. Fanna, D. J., Lima, L. M. P., Wei, G., Li, F., & Reynolds, J. K. A colorimetric chemosensor for quantification of exchangeable Cu2+ in soil. Chemosphere 2020, 238 doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124664 (*)
  36. Ferlizza, E., Isani, G., Dondi, F., Andreani, G., Vasylyeva, K., Bellei, E., Almeida, A.M. & Matzapetakis, M. Urinary proteome and metabolome in dogs (canis lupus familiaris): The effect of chronic kidney disease. Journal of Proteomics 2020, 222 doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103795
  37. Fernandes, A. R., Mendonça-Martins, I., Santos, M. F. A., Raposo, L. R., Mendes, R., Marques, J., Romão, C. C., Romão, M. J., Santos-Silva, T., Baptista, P. V. Improving the Anti-Inflammatory Response via Gold Nanoparticle Vectorization of CO-Releasing Molecules. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2020, 6, 1090–1101. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01936 (*)
  38. Fernandes, M. B., Costa, M., Ribeiro, M. F., Siquenique, S., Sá Santos, S., Martins, J., Coelho, A. V., Silva, M. F. B., Rodrigues, C. M. P., Solá, S. Reprogramming of Lipid Metabolism as a New Driving Force Behind Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid-Induced Neural Stem Cell Proliferation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2020, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00335 (*)
  39. Ferreira, A. R., Guedes, P., Mateus, E. P., Ribeiro, A. B., & Couto, N.. Emerging organic contaminants in soil irrigated with effluent: Electrochemical technology as a remediation strategy. Science of the Total Environment 2020, 743 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140544 (*)
  40. Ferreira, S., Pereira, R., Wahl, S. A., Rocha, I. Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Butanol Production in Escherichia Coli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2020, 117, 2571–2587. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27377 (*)
  41. Folgado, A., Pires, A. S., Figueiredo, A. C., Pimentel, C., Abranches, R. Toward Alternative Sources of Milk Coagulants for Cheese Manufacturing: Establishment of Hairy Roots Culture and Protease Characterization from Cynara Cardunculus L. Plant Cell Reports 2020, 39, 89–100. Epub: 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-019-02475-1 (*)
  42. Fournier, C., Aires de Sousa, M., Fuster Escriva, B., Sales, L., Nordmann, P., & Poirel, L. Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae among healthcare students, at the portuguese red cross health school of lisbon, portugal. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2020, 22, 733-737. doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.004 (*)
  43. Fournier, C., Aires-de-Sousa, M., Nordmann, P., & Poirel, L. Occurrence of CTX-M-15- and MCR-1-producing enterobacterales in pigs in Portugal: Evidence of direct links with antibiotic selective pressure. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2020, 55(2) doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.09.006 (*)
  44. Freitas, C., Plannic, J., Isticato, R., Pelosi, A., Zilhão, R., Serrano, M., Baccigalupi, L., Ricca, E., Elsholz, A. K. W., Losick, R., et al. A Protein Phosphorylation Module Patterns the Bacillus Subtilis Spore Outer Coat. Molecular Microbiology 2020, 114, 934–951. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14562 (*)
  45. Galego, L., Barahona, S., Romão, C. V., Arraiano, C. M. Phosphorylation Status of BolA Affects Its Role in Transcription and Biofilm Development. The FEBS Journal 2020, 288, 961–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15447 (*)
  46. Gaspar-Cordeiro, A., da Silva, S., Aguiar, M., Rodrigues-Pousada, C., Haas, H., Lima, L. M. P., Pimentel, C. A copper(II)-Binding Triazole Derivative with Ionophore Properties Is Active Against Candida Spp. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 25, 1117–1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-020-01828-6 (*)
  47. Gomes, A., Godinho-Pereira, J., Oudot, C., Sequeira, C.O., Macià, A., Carvalho, F., Motilva, M.J., Pereira, S.A., Matzapetakis, M., Brenner, C. & Santos, C.N. Berry fruits modulate kidney dysfunction and urine metabolome in dahl salt-sensitive rats. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2020, 154, 119-131. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.05.002 (*)
  48. Gomes, L. P., Anjo, S. I., Manadas, B., Coelho, A. V., & Paschoalin, V. M. F. Proteomic analyses reveal new insights on the antimicrobial mechanisms of chitosan biopolymers and their nanosized particles against escherichia coli. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21(1) doi:10.3390/ijms21010225 (*)
  49. Hamdi, A., Széliová, D., Ruckerbauer, D. E., Rocha, I., Borth, N., Zanghellini, J. Key Challenges in Designing CHO Chassis Platforms. Processes 2020, 8, 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/PR8060643
  50. Harrison, M. A., Faulds-Pain, A., Kaur, H., Dupuy, B., Henriques, A. O., Martin-Verstraete, I., Wren, B. W., Dawson, L. F. Clostridioides Difficile Para -Cresol Production Is Induced by the Precursor Para -Hydroxyphenylacetate. Journal of Bacteriology 2020, 202. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00282-20 (*)
  51. Hubloher, J. J., Zeidler, S., Lamosa, P., Santos, H., Averhoff, B., & Müller, V. Trehalose-6-phosphate-mediated phenotypic change in acinetobacter baumannii. Environmental Microbiology 2020, 22(12), 5156-5166. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15148
  52. Invernici, M., Trindade, I. B., Cantini, F., Louro, R. O., Piccioli, M. Measuring Transverse Relaxation in Highly Paramagnetic Systems. Journal of Biomolecular NMR 2020, 74, 431–442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-020-00334-w
  53. Kint, N., Alves Feliciano, C., Martins, M. C., Morvan, C., Fernandes, S. F., Folgosa, F., Dupuy, B., Texeira, M., Martin-Verstraete, I. How the Anaerobic Enteropathogen Clostridioides Difficile Tolerates Low O 2 Tensions. mBio 2020, 11. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01559-20 (*)
  54. Lebègue, E., Costa, N. L., Louro, R. O., Barrière, F. Communication—Electrochemical Single Nano-Impacts of Electroactive Shewanella Oneidensis Bacteria onto Carbon Ultramicroelectrode. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2020, 167, 105501. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab9e39
  55. Leitão, M. I. P. S., Gonzalez, C., Francescato, G., Filipiak, Z., Petronilho, A. On the Reactivity of mRNA Cap0: C–H Oxidative Addition of 7-Methylguanosine to Pt0 and Base Pairing Studies. Chemical Communications 2020, 56, 13365–13368. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc06075e
  56. Lieven, C., Beber, M. E., Olivier, B. G., Bergmann, F. T., Ataman, M., Babaei, P., Bartell, J. A., Blank, L. M., Chauhan, S., Correia, K., et al. MEMOTE for Standardized Genome-Scale Metabolic Model Testing. Nature Biotechnology 2020, 38, 272–276. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0446-y
  57. Löffler, M., Feldhues, J., Venceslau, S. S., Kammler, L., Grein, F., Pereira, I. A. C., Dahl, C. DsrL Mediates Electron Transfer Between NADH and rDsrAB inAllochromatium Vinosum. Environmental Microbiology 2020, 22, 783–795. Epub: 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14899
  58. Löffler, M., Wallerang, K. B., Venceslau, S. S., Pereira, I. A. C., Dahl, C. The Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein DsrL as NAD(P)H:Acceptor Oxidoreductase in Oxidative and Reductive Dissimilatory Sulfur Metabolism. Frontiers in Microbiology 2020, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.578209
  59. Lopes, E., Saavedra, M. J., Costa, E., de Lencastre, H., Poirel, L., Aires-de-Sousa, M. Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Northern Portugal: Predominance of KPC-2 and OXA-48. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2020, 22, 349–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.007 (*)
  60. Lousa, D., Pinto, A. R. T., Campos, S. R. R., Baptista, A. M., Veiga, A. S., Castanho, M. A. R. B., Soares, C. M. Effect of pH on the Influenza Fusion Peptide Properties Unveiled by Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics Simulations Combined with Experiment. Scientific Reports 2020, 10. 20082 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77040-y (*)
  61. Lucena, S., Coelho, A. V., Muñoz-Prieto, A., Anjo, S. I., Manadas, B., Capela e Silva, F., Lamy, E., Tvarijonaviciute, A. Changes in the Salivary Proteome of Beagle Dogs after Weight Loss. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 2020, 72, 106474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2020.106474
  62. Magoch, M., Nogly, P., Grudnik, P., Ma, P., Boczkus, B., Neves, A. R., Archer, M., Dubin, G. Crystal Structure of Mannose Specific IIA Subunit of Phosphotransferase System from Streptococcus Pneumoniae. Molecules 2020, 25, 4633. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25204633 (*)
  63. Martins, C., Hartmann, D. O., Varela, A., Coelho, J. A. S., Lamosa, P., Afonso, C. A. M., Silva Pereira, C. Securing a Furan-based Biorefinery: Disclosing the Genetic Basis of the Degradation of Hydroxymethylfurfural and Its Derivatives in the Model Fungus Aspergillus Nidulans. Microbial Biotechnology 2020, 13, 1983–1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13649
  64. Martins, F., Gonçalves, L. G., Pojo, M., & Serpa, J. Take advantage of glutamine anaplerosis, the kernel of the metabolic rewiring in malignant gliomas. Biomolecules 2020, 10(10), 1-25. doi:10.3390/biom10101370 (*)
  65. Mateus, P., & Delgado, R. Zinc(ii) and copper(ii) complexes as tools to monitor/inhibit protein phosphorylation events. Dalton Transactions 2020, 49(47), 17076-17092. doi:10.1039/d0dt03503c
  66. Matos, R. G., Viegas, S. C., Arraiano, C. M. In Vitro Characterization of the Prokaryotic Counterparts of the Exosome Complex. The Eukaryotic RNA Exosome 2020, 47–61. Epub: 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9822-7_3
  67. Meiresonne, N. Y., & Den, T. The in vitro non-tetramerizing zapai83e mutant is unable to recruit zapb to the division plane in vivo in escherichia coli. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21(9) doi:10.3390/ijms21093130
  68. Mesquita, I., Ferreira, C., Moreira, D., Kluck, G.E.G., Barbosa, A.M., Torrado, E., Dinis-Oliveira, R.J., Gonçalves, L.G., Beauparlant, C.-., Droit, A., Berod, L., Sparwasser, T., Bodhale, N., Saha, B., Rodrigues, F., Cunha, C., Carvalho, A., Castro, A.G., Estaquier, J. & Silvestre, R. The absence of HIF-1α increases susceptibility to leishmania donovani infection via activation of BNIP3/mTOR/SREBP-1c axis. Cell Reports 2020, 30(12), 4052-4064.e7. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.098 (*)
  69. Monteiro, T., Wysocka, M., Tellez, E., Monteiro, O., Spencer, L., Veiga, E., Monteiro, S., de Pina, C., Gonçalves, D., de Pina, S., et al. A Five-Year Retrospective Study Shows Increasing Rates of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Cabo Verde for Both Staphylococcus Aureus and Escherichia Coli. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 2020, 22, 483–487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.002 (*)
  70. Moreira, C. J. S., Bento, A., Pais, J., Petit, J., Escórcio, R., Correia, V. G., Pinheiro, Â., Haliński, Ł. P., Mykhaylyk, O. O., Rothan, C.& Silva Pereira, C. An Ionic Liquid Extraction That Preserves the Molecular Structure of Cutin Shown by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Plant Physiology 2020, 184, 592–606. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.01049
  71. Moro, A. J., Santos, M., Outis, M., Mateus, P., & Pereira, P. M. Selective coordination of Cu2+ and subsequent anion detection based on a naphthalimide-triazine(DPA)2 chemosensor. Biosensors 2020, 10(9) doi:10.3390/BIOS10090129
  72. Oliveira, A.R., Mota, C., Mourato, C., Domingos, R.M., Santos, M.F.A., Gesto, D., Guigliarelli, B., Santos-Silva, T., Romão, M.J. & Cardoso Pereira, I.A. Toward the mechanistic understanding of enzymatic CO2 reduction. ACS Catalysis 2020, 10(6), 3844-3856. doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c00086 (*)
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       Books of international distribution, essays in collections (including books edition and book chapters):

  1. Andrade, J. M., dos Santos, R. F., & Arraiano, C. M. (2020). RNA structure analysis by chemical probing with DMS and CMCT doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0231-7_13
  2. dos Santos, R. F., Arraiano, C. M., & Andrade, J. M. (2020). Isolation and analysis of bacterial ribosomes through sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0231-7_19
  3. Graça, G., Lau, C. -. E., & Gonçalves, L. G. (2020). Exploring cancer metabolism: Applications of metabolomics and metabolic phenotyping in cancer research and diagnostics doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34025-4_19 (*)
  4. Trindade, I.B., Moe, E., and Louro, R.O (2020). Siderophore-interacting proteins. June 2020. Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry.

 

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