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Reprints of selected group publications

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Membrane phase separation/Rafts

  • R. F. M. de Almeida, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2003. Sphingomyelin / Phosphatidylcholine / Cholesterol phase diagram: Boundaries and composition of raft structures. Biophys. J. 85, 2406-2416. Reprint Abstract
  • R. F. M. de Almeida, L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2002. Non-equilibrium phenomena in the phase separation of a two-component lipid bilayer. Biophys. J., 82, 823-834. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2001. Fluid-fluid membrane microheterogeneity. A fluorescence energy transfer study. Biophys. J., 80, 776-788. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2001. Exclusion of a cholesterol analogue from the cholesterol-rich phase in model membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 1511, 236-243. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2000. Membrane probe distribution heterogeneity: A resonance energy transfer study J. Phys. Chem.B. 104, 6920-6931. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2000. Partition of membrane probes in a gel/fluid two-component lipid system: a fluorescence resonance energy transfer study. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 1467, 101-112. Reprint Abstract

Lipid-protein interaction

  • F. Fernandes, L. M. S. Loura, R. Koehorst, R. B. Spruijt, M. A. Hemminga, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2004. Quantification of protein-lipid selectivity using FRET. Application to the M13 major coat protein. Biophys. J.87, 344-352. Reprint Abstract
  • R. F. M. de Almeida, L. M. S. Loura, M. Prieto, A. Watts, A. Fedorov, F. J. Barrantes. 2004. Cholesterol modulates the organization of the gamma M4 transmembrane domain of the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biophys. J. 86, 2261-2272. Reprint Abstract
  • F. Fernandes, L. M. S. Loura, M. Prieto, R. Koehorst, R. Spruijt, M. Hemminga. 2003. Dependence of M13 major coat protein oligomerization and lateral segregation on bilayer composition. Biophys. J. 85, 2430-2441. Reprint Abstract
  • J. A. Poveda, M. Prieto, J. A. Encinar. J. M. Gónzalez-Ros, C. R. Mateo.2003. Intrinsic tyrosine fluorescence as a tool to study the interaction of the shaker B "ball" peptide with anionic membranes. Biochemistry,42, 7124-7132. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, R. F. M. de Almeida, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. 2003. Interaction of peptides with binary phospholipid membranes: Application of fluorescence methodologies. (invited review), Chem. Phys. Lipids, 122, 77-96. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. Contreras, J. Villalaín, R. F. M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. 2001. Interaction of a-melanocyte stimulating hormone with binary phospholipid membranes. Structural changes and relevance of phase behavior. Biophys. J.,80, 2273-2283. Reprint Abstract
  • F. J. Barrantes, S. S. Antollini, M. P. Blanton, M. Prieto. 2000. Topography of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor membrane-embedded domains. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 37333-37339. Reprint Abstract
  • N. C. Santos, M. Prieto, M. A. R. B. Castanho. 1998. Interaction of the major epitope region of the HIV protein gp41 with membrane model systems. A fluorescence study. Biochemistry 37, 8674-8682. Reprint Abstract

Polyene antibiotics

  • A. Coutinho, L. Silva, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2004. Cholesterol and ergosterol influence nystatin surface aggregation: Relation to pore formation. Biophys. J., 87, 3264 Reprint Abstract
  • L. Silva, A. Coutinho, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2003. Solution conformation of a nitrobenzoxadiazole derivative of the polyene antibiotic nystatin: A FRET study. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 72, 17-26. Reprint Abstract
  • L. Silva, A. Coutinho, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2003. Conformation and self-assembly of a nystatin nitrobenzoxadiazole derivative in lipid membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1617, 69-79. Reprint Abstract
  • A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. 2003. Cooperative partition model of nystatin interaction with phospholipids vesicles. Biophys. J. 84, 3061-3078. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, M. Castanho, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2001. A photophysical study of the polyene antibiotic filipin. Self-aggregation and filipin-ergosterol interaction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 1510, 125-135. Reprint Abstract
  • M. A. R. B. Castanho, M. Prieto, D. M. Jameson 1999. Filipin incorporated in DPPC bilayers shows preference for more rigid media. A fluorescence pressure dependence study. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1419, 1-14. Reprint Abstract
  • N. C. Santos, E. Ter-Ovanesyan, J.A. Zasadzinski, M. Prieto, M. A. R. B. Castanho. 1998. Filipin induced lesions in planar phospholipid bilayers imaged by atomic force microscopy. Biophys. J., 75, 1869-1873. Reprint Abstract

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) theory and review articles

  • L. M. S. Loura, R. F. M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. 2003. Methodologies and formalisms of resonance energy transfer in biophysics. Application to membrane model systems. (invited review). Int. J. Photoenergy, 5, 223-231. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, R. F. M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. 2001. Detection and characterization of membrane microheterogeneity by resonance energy transfer (invited review), J. Fluorescence, 11, 197-209. Reprint Abstract
  • L. M. S. Loura, M. Prieto. 2000. Resonance energy transfer in heterogeneous planar and bilayer systems. Theory and simulation. J. Phys. Chem. B. 104, 6911-6919. Reprint Abstract

Other membrane-related articles

  • C. Madeira, L. M. S. Loura, M. R. Aires-Barros, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. 2003. Characterization of DNA/lipid complexes by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Biophys. J. 85, 3106-3119. Reprint Abstract
  • N. C. Santos, M. Prieto, M. Castanho. 2003. Quantifying molecular partition into model systems of biomembranes: An emphasis on optical spectroscopic methods. (invited review), Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1612, 123-135. Reprint Abstract
  • C. Rodrigues, P. Gameiro, M. Prieto, B. de Castro. 2003. Interaction of rifampicin and isoniazid with large unilamellar liposomes: spectroscopic location studies. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1620, 151-159. Reprint Abstract
  • S. Lopes, M. X. Fernandes, M. Prieto, M. Castanho. 2001. Orientational order of the polyene fatty acid membrane probe trans-parinaric acid in Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer films. J. Phys. Chem. B. 105, 562-568. Reprint Abstract
  • C. R. Mateo, M. Prieto, V. Micol, S. Shapiro, J. Villalaín. 2000. A fluorescence study of the interaction and location of (+)-totarol, a diterpenoid bioactive molecule, in model membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 1509, 167-175. Reprint Abstract
  • A. R. Fernandes, M. Prieto, I. Sá-Correia. 2000. Modification of plasma membrane lipid order and H+-ATPase activity as part of the response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to cultivation under mild and high copper stress. Arch. Microbiol. 173, 262-268. Reprint Abstract
  • M. Castanho, M. Prieto. 1998. Fluorescence quenching data interpretation in biological systems. The use of microscopic models for data analysis and interpretation of complex systems. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1373, 1-16. Reprint Abstract