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  1. Structure of NO16, a marine non-tailed vibriophage with an unusual symmetry-mismatched vertex arrangement

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2026, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  2. Protease-driven remodeling of stabilization networks during adenovirus assembly

    Article • August 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  3. Rab9 depletion enhances human adenovirus type 26 transduction efficiency through increased internalization and reduced late endosomal/lysosomal retention

    Article • February 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  4. Structure of NO16, a marine non-tailed vibriophage with a global distribution

    Article • November 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  5. Aviadenovirus structure: A highly thermostable capsid in the absence of stabilizing proteins

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2025, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  6. Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal DNA Viruses and Retroviruses Subcommittee, 2025

    Article • Journal of General Virology, July 2025, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  7. Aviadenovirus structure: a highly thermostable capsid in the absence of stabilizing proteins

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  8. Haptophyte-infecting viruses change the genome condensing proteins of dinoflagellates

    Article • Communications Biology, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  9. Discovery from in-depth molecular analyses of giant viruses: Haptophyte-infecting viruses change the genome condensing proteins of dinoflagellates

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  10. Architecture and Assembly of Structurally Complex Viruses

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  11. Maturation of Viruses

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  12. Physical Virology in Spain

    Article • Biophysica, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  13. Adenovirus core protein V reinforces the capsid and enhances genome release from disrupted particles

    Article • Science Advances, April 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  14. Surface characterization of alkane viral anchoring films prepared by titanate-assisted organosilanization

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  15. RANBP2 and USP9x regulate nuclear import of adenovirus minor coat protein IIIa

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2022, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  16. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Adenoviridae 2022

    Article • Journal of General Virology, March 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  17. Seeing and touching adenovirus: complementary approaches for understanding assembly and disassembly of a complex virion

    Article • Current Opinion in Virology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  18. Acidification induces condensation of the adenovirus core

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  19. Bromodeoxyuridine Labelling to Determine Viral DNA Localization in Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy: The Case of Adenovirus

    Article • Viruses, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  20. Adenovirus Structure: What Is New?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  21. Long-Range Cooperative Disassembly and Aging During Adenovirus Uncoating

    Article • Physical Review X, April 2021, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  22. Near-atomic structure of an atadenovirus reveals a conserved capsid-binding motif and intergenera variations in cementing proteins

    Article • Science Advances, April 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  23. Fluctuating nonlinear spring theory: Strength, deformability, and toughness of biological nanoparticles from theoretical reconstruction of force-deformation spectra

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  24. Cryo-EM structure of enteric adenovirus HAdV-F41 highlights structural variations among human adenoviruses

    Article • Science Advances, February 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  25. Adenoviruses (Adenoviridae) and Their Structural Relatives

    Article • January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  26. Virucidal Action Mechanism of Alcohol and Divalent Cations Against Human Adenovirus

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, December 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  27. Near Atomic Structure of an Atadenovirus Reveals a Conserved Capsid-Binding Motif and Intergenera Variations in Cementing Proteins

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  28. Cryo-EM structure of enteric adenovirus HAdV-F41 highlights structural divergence among human adenoviruses

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  29. Dynamic competition for hexon binding between core protein VII and lytic protein VI promotes adenovirus maturation and entry

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  30. Multifunctional carbon nanotubes covalently coated with imine-based covalent organic frameworks: exploring structure–property relationships through nanomechanics

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  31. Dynamic competition for hexon binding between core protein VII and lytic protein VI promotes adenovirus maturation and entry

    Article • December 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  32. Regulation of the Ebola Virus VP24 Protein by SUMO

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  33. Adenovirus major core protein condenses DNA in clusters and bundles, modulating genome release and capsid internal pressure

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  34. Virus Maturation

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  35. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document

    Article • Database, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel Prieto, Associate Professor James A.L. Brown, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Docent Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Professor Miguel Viveiros, MD Diego A. Valera-Cornejo, Dr Soroush Safaei, Dr Carmen San Martín, Piero Carninci, Dr Florian Rehfeldt, Dr Yoichi Watanabe, Kazuki Ide, Mr Alvin Wong, PD Dr. Adrian Meule, Dr Maurizio Petrelli, Dr Christine McGarrigle, Dr Tristan Reddan, Dr Nicola Roberts, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Cyrille Goarant, Dr Emma C Hobbs, Dr. Saurab Sharma, Ph.D., Dr Farid Rahimi, Prof. Iseult Lynch, Mirella Walker, Dr Luca Galluzzi, Sophie Ohlsson, Professor Tullio Florio, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dr Azubuike Christian Ukubuiwe, Prof Gajendra PS Raghava, Prof Jun Shen, Lubna Razak, ABHISHEKA BANSAL, Craig Billington, Dr Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Joan Albiol, MOURAD TAYEBI, Chuang Ma, Christine Toelzer , Dr. Kathrin Karsay, Professor Andrew M Beale, Professor Hugh James Byrne, Dr Ugo Marzocchi, Ana Nordberg, Martin Bartas, Natalia Echeverría, Dr Patricia M Graves, Dr Elvis A F Martis, Dr marco cascella, Dr. Giuseppe Lanza, Dr Michael Boah, Professor Bryan M. Wong, Luria Founou, Dr Marco J Haenssgen

  36. The so far farthest reaches of the double jelly roll capsid protein fold

    Article • Virology Journal, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  37. Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Viruses with AFM

    Article • October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  38. Structure of a Reptilian Adenovirus Reveals a Phage Tailspike Fold Stabilizing a Vertebrate Virus Capsid

    Article • Structure, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  39. Role of Condensing Particles in Polymer Confinement: A Model for Virus-Packed “Minichromosomes”

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  40. Localization of adenovirus morphogenesis players, together with visualization of assembly intermediates and failed products, favor a model where assembly and packaging occur concurrently at the periphery of the replication center

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  41. Regulation of Ebola virus VP40 matrix protein by SUMO

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Nature

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  42. Albumin-binding adenoviruses circumvent pre-existing neutralizing antibodies upon systemic delivery

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  43. Mechanics of Viral Chromatin Reveals the Pressurization of Human Adenovirus

    Article • ACS Nano, November 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  44. Fluorescence Tracking of Genome Release during Mechanical Unpacking of Single Viruses

    Article • ACS Nano, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  45. Transmission electron microscopy and the molecular structure of icosahedral viruses

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  46. Structures of Adenovirus Incomplete Particles Clarify Capsid Architecture and Show Maturation Changes of Packaging Protein L1 52/55k

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  47. Distribution of DNA-condensing protein complexes in the adenovirus core

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  48. Correction: Crystal Structure of the Fibre Head Domain of the Atadenovirus Snake Adenovirus 1

    Article • PLOS One, March 2015, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  49. Quantitative nanoscale electrostatics of viruses

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Carmen San Martín, Pedro J. de Pablo

  50. First Atadenovirus fibre head structure

    Article • PLOS One, December 2014, PLOS

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  51. Structure, Function and Dynamics in Adenovirus Maturation

    Article • Viruses, November 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  52. Penton architecture of Lizard AtAdenovirus 2

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  53. Crystallization of the C-terminal domain of the fibre protein from snake adenovirus 1, an atadenovirus

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, November 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  54. Processing of the L1 52/55k Protein by the Adenovirus Protease: a New Substrate and New Insights into Virion Maturation

    Article • Journal of Virology, November 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  55. Biophysical Methods to Monitor Structural Aspects of the Adenovirus Infectious Cycle

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  56. Monitoring dynamics of human adenovirus disassembly induced by mechanical fatigue

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2013, Nature

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  57. Structure and Assembly of Complex Viruses

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  58. San Martín, C., Correction: Latest Insights on Adenovirus Structure and Assembly. Viruses 2012, 4, 847-877.

    Article • Viruses, December 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  59. Regulation of a Viral Proteinase by a Peptide and DNA in One-dimensional Space: II. ADENOVIRUS PROTEINASE IS ACTIVATED IN AN UNUSUAL ONE-DIMENSIONAL BIOCHEMICAL REACTION

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  60. Regulation of a Viral Proteinase by a Peptide and DNA in One-dimensional Space: IV. VIRAL PROTEINASE SLIDES ALONG DNA TO LOCATE AND PROCESS ITS SUBSTRATES

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  61. The Role of Capsid Maturation on Adenovirus Priming for Sequential Uncoating

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  62. Latest Insights on Adenovirus Structure and Assembly

    Article • Viruses, May 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  63. Minimizing tip–sample forces in jumping mode atomic force microscopy in liquid

    Article • Ultramicroscopy, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  64. Self-inactivating helper virus for the production of high-capacity adenoviral vectors

    Article • Gene Therapy, April 2011, Nature

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  65. Using the Whole-Genome Sequence To Characterize and Name Human Adenoviruses

    Article • Journal of Virology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  66. Structure and Uncoating of Immature Adenovirus

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Sjors Scheres, Dr Carmen San Martín

  67. Automatic particle selection from electron micrographs using machine learning techniques

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  68. Localization of the N-Terminus of Minor Coat Protein IIIa in the Adenovirus Capsid

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  69. Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Capsid Assembly and Maturation by Structural Rearrangements of a Transient Molecular Switch

    Article • Journal of Virology, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  70. Polymorphism and Double Hexamer Structure in the Archaeal Minichromosome Maintenance (MCM) Helicase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  71. Double Hexamer Disruption and Biochemical Activities of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum MCM

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  72. Classification of single-projection reconstructions for cryo-electron microscopy data of icosahedral viruses

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Sjors Scheres, Dr Carmen San Martín

  73. Insights into assembly from structural analysis of bacteriophage PRD1

    Article • November 2004

    Dr Sarah Jane Butcher, Dr Carmen San Martín

  74. Minor proteins, mobile arms and membrane–capsid interactions in the bacteriophage PRD1 capsid

    Article • Nature Structural Biology, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sarah Jane Butcher, Dr Juha T Huiskonen, Dr Carmen San Martín

  75. Polymorphic quaternary organization of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 replicative helicase (G 40 P) 1 1Edited by W. Baumeister

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  76. Six molecules of SV40 large T antigen assemble in a propeller-shaped particle around a channel

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  77. ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

    Article • January 1997, IOS Press

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  78. Xmipp: An Image Processing Package for Electron Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  79. Cpn60 is exclusively localized into mitochondria of rat liver and embryonicDrosophila cells

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, October 1995, Wiley

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  80. A Structural Model for the Escherichia coli DnaB Helicase Based on Electron Microscopy Data

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, May 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  81. Characterization of a Human Astrovirus Serotype 2 Structural Protein (VP26) That Contains an Epitope Involved in Virus Neutralization

    Article • Virology, June 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  82. Topographical analysis of canine parvovirus virions and recombinant VP2 capsids

    Article • Journal of General Virology, September 1993, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  83. Subcellular localization of type I thionins in the endosperms of wheat and barley

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, March 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  84. A structural model for the GroEL chaperonin

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carmen San Martín

  85. 1,2-Dioleoylglycerol promotes calcium-induced fusion in phospholipid vesicles

    Article • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, October 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Carmen San Martín