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  1. Comments onStructural studies of haemoglobin from pisces species shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) at 1.9 Å resolutionby P. Rameshet al.(2013).J. Synchrotron Rad.20, 843–847

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, June 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  2. Interactions of gold-based drugs with proteins: crystal structure of the adduct formed between ribonuclease A and a cytotoxic gold(iii) compound

    Article • Metallomics, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alessandro Vergara, Professor Maria Agostina Cinellu, Antonello Merlino

  3. Structural modifications induced by the switch from an endogenous bis-histidyl to an exogenous cyanomet hexa-coordination in a tetrameric haemoglobin

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alessandro Vergara

  4. Compositional and thermal treatment effects on Raman gain and bandwidth in nanostructured silica based glasses

    Article • Optical Materials, December 2013, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara, dr. Giancarlo C. Righini

  5. Investigating the Ruthenium Metalation of Proteins: X-ray Structure and Raman Microspectroscopy of the Complex between RNase A and AziRu

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  6. Reaction of Hg2+ Insertion into Cysteine Pairs Within Bovine Insulin Crystals Followed via Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Solution Chemistry, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Vergara

  7. Role of tertiary structures on the Root effect in fish hemoglobins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2013, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  8. Molecular basis of the NO trans influence in quaternary T-state human hemoglobin: A computational study

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2013, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  9. An Overview of Biological Macromolecule Crystallization

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2013, MDPI AG

    Alessandro Vergara, Associate professor Filomena Sica

  10. A novel interdomain interface in crystallins: structural characterization of the βγ-crystallin fromGeodia cydoniumat 0.99 Å resolution

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  11. Interaction of Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds with Proteins: High-Resolution X-ray Structures and Raman Microscopy Studies of the Adduct between Hen Egg White Lysozyme and AziRu

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  12. The mode of action of anticancer gold-based drugs: a structural perspective

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alessandro Vergara, Professor Maria Agostina Cinellu, Antonello Merlino

  13. Selective X-ray-induced NO photodissociation in haemoglobin crystals: evidence from a Raman-assisted crystallographic study

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, December 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara, Dr Florian Sven Nico Dworkowski

  14. Wet Chemical Method for Making Graphene-like Films from Carbon Black

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  15. Role of the tertiary and quaternary structure in the formation of bis-histidyl adducts in cold-adapted hemoglobins

    Article • Biochimie, April 2012, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  16. Identification of an active dimeric intermediate populated during the unfolding process of the cambialistic superoxide dismutase from Streptococcus mutans

    Article • Biochimie, March 2012, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  17. ATP regulation of the ligand-binding properties in temperate and cold-adapted haemoglobins. X-ray structure and ligand-binding kinetics in the sub-Antarctic fish Eleginops maclovinus

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alessandro Vergara

  18. Improving Protein Crystal Quality by the Without-Oil Microbatch Method: Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Glutathione Synthetase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2011, MDPI AG

    Alessandro Vergara

  19. Large Raman Gain in a Stable Nanocomposite Based on Niobiosilicate Glass

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, August 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara, dr. Giancarlo C. Righini

  20. Occurrence and formation of endogenous histidine hexa-coordination in cold-adapted hemoglobins

    Article • IUBMB Life, April 2011, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  21. Polymerization of hemoglobins in Arctic fish: Lycodes reticulatus and Gadus morhua

    Article • IUBMB Life, April 2011, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  22. Protonation of histidine 55 affects the oxygen access to heme in the alpha chain of the hemoglobin from the Antarctic fish Trematomus bernacchii

    Article • IUBMB Life, March 2011, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  23. Structure and flexibility in cold-adapted iron superoxide dismutases: The case of the enzyme isolated from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  24. Crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction studies and Raman microscopy of the major haemoglobin from the sub-Antarctic fishEleginops maclovinusin the carbomonoxy form

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, October 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  25. The hemoglobins of sub-Antarctic fishes of the suborder Notothenioidei

    Article • Polar Science, August 2010, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  26. ChemInform Abstract: Mutual and Intra Diffusion in Pseudobinary Systems

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  27. Free-Energy Profile for CO Binding to Separated Chains of Human and Trematomus newnesi Hemoglobin: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Perturbed Matrix Method

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  28. Combined crystallographic and spectroscopic analysis ofTrematomus bernacchiihemoglobin highlights analogies and differences in the peculiar oxidation pathway of Antarctic fish hemoglobins

    Article • Biopolymers, December 2009, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  29. Toward an antitumor form of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease: The crystal structure of three noncovalent dimeric mutants

    Article • Biopolymers, December 2009, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  30. Quaternary Diffusion Coefficients in a Protein−Polymer−Salt−Water System Determined by Rayleigh Interferometry

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  31. Correlation between Hemichrome Stability and the Root Effect in Tetrameric Hemoglobins

    Article • Biophysical Journal, August 2009, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  32. The hemoglobins of the sub-Antarctic fishCottoperca gobio, a phyletically basal species - oxygen-binding equilibria, kinetics and molecular dynamics

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 2009, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  33. The bis-histidyl complex in hemoproteins: A detailed conformational analysis of database protein structures and the case of Antarctic fish hemoglobins

    Article • Marine Genomics, March 2009, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara, Associate professor Filomena Sica

  34. Phase behavior and crystallogenesis under counter-diffusion conditions of the collagen-model peptide (Pro–Pro–Gly)10

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, January 2009, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara, Rita Berisio

  35. The Hemoglobins of Fishes Living at Polar Latitudes - Current Knowledge on Structural Adaptations in a Changing Environment

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, December 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Alessandro Vergara

  36. Structure and crystallization behavior of mixed potassium-lithium niobiosilicate glasses

    Article • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, November 2008, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  37. Correlation between Raman and X-ray crystallography data of (Pro-Pro-Gly)10

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, September 2008, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara, Associate professor Filomena Sica

  38. Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Characterization of a Tetrameric Hemoglobin Oxidation Reveals Structural Features of the Functional Intermediate Relaxed/Tense State

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  39. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a Psychrophilic Iron Superoxide Dismutase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, May 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Alessandro Vergara, Associate professor Filomena Sica

  40. A novel method for detection of selenomethionine incorporation in protein crystalsviaRaman microscopy

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, January 2008, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  41. Bis-histidyl Ferric Adducts in Tetrameric Haemoglobins

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Vergara

  42. Spectroscopic and Crystallographic Characterization of bis‐Histidyl Adducts in Tetrameric Hemoglobins

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  43. Reduction of ferric hemoglobin fromTrematomus bernacchiiin a partial bis-histidyl state produces a deoxy coordination even when encapsulated into the crystal phase

    Article • Spectroscopy An International Journal, January 2008, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Alessandro Vergara

  44. Hemoglobin structure/function and globin-gene evolution in the Arctic fish Liparis tunicatus

    Article • Gene, December 2007, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  45. Structural Characterization of Ferric Hemoglobins from Three Antarctic Fish Species of the Suborder Notothenioidei

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2007, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  46. The Root effect – a structural and evolutionary perspective

    Article • Antarctic Science, May 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Alessandro Vergara

  47. Sol–gel synthesis and structural characterization of niobium-silicon mixed-oxide nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alessandro Vergara

  48. High resolution crystal structure of deoxy hemoglobin from Trematomus bernacchii at different pH values: The role of histidine residues in modulating the strength of the root effect

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, August 2006, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  49. Lysozyme Mutual Diffusion in Solutions Crowded by Poly(ethylene glycol)

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luigi Paduano, Alessandro Vergara

  50. Lessons from crystals grown in the Advanced Protein Crystallisation Facility for conventional crystallisation applied to structural biology

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, December 2005, Elsevier

    Alessandro Vergara

  51. Minimal structural requirements for root effect: Crystal structure of the cathodic hemoglobin isolated from the antarctic fish Trematomus newnesi

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, November 2005, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  52. Distinct Diffusion in Macromolecule-Solvent Mixtures

    Article • Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, January 2005, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  53. Cover Picture: Macromol. Theory Simul. 1/2005

    Article • Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, January 2005, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  54. Multicomponent Diffusion in Crowded Solutions. 2. Mutual Diffusion in the Ternary System Tetra(ethylene glycol)−NaCl−Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, January 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  55. Electrostatic and Excluded Volume Effects on the Transport of Electrolytes in Poly(ethylene glycol)−Water “Mixed Solvents”

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  56. Hard-Sphere Hydrodynamics as Reference State in Velocity Cross-Correlation Analysis of Real Systems

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  57. Novel Method for Calculating the Diffusion Coefficients of a Ternary System Containing a Polydisperse Component. Applications to the Gouy Interferometry

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  58. Precision of Interferometric Diffusion Coefficients in a Four-Component System Relevant to Protein Crystal Growth:  Lysozyme−Tetra(ethylene glycol)−NaCl−H2O

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  59. Crystallization of the collagen-like polypeptide (PPG)10aboard the International Space Station. 3. Analysis of residual acceleration-induced motion

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, March 2003, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  60. Physical aspects of protein crystal growth investigated with the Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility in reduced-gravity environments

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, December 2002, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  61. Crystallization of the collagen-like polypeptide (PPG)10 aboard the International Space Station. 1. Video observation

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, September 2002, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara

  62. Crystallization of the collagen-like polypeptide (PPG)10 aboard the International Space Station. 2. Comparison of crystal quality by X-ray diffraction

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, September 2002, International Union of Crystallography

    Alessandro Vergara, Rita Berisio

  63. Mechanism of Protein−Poly(ethylene glycol) Interaction from a Diffusive Point of View

    Article • Macromolecules, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luigi Paduano, Alessandro Vergara

  64. Kirkwood–Buff integrals for polymer–solvent mixtures. Preferential solvation and volumetric analysis in aqueous PEG solutions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alessandro Vergara

  65. Velocity-correlation analysis in polymer-solvent mixtures

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, November 2001, Wiley

    Alessandro Vergara

  66. Diffusion Coefficient Matrix in Nonionic Polymer−Solvent Mixtures

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  67. Multicomponent Diffusion in Systems Containing Molecules of Different Size. 1. Mutual Diffusion in the Ternary System Poly(ethylene glycol) 2000 + Poly(ethylene glycol) 200 + Water

    Article • Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, July 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  68. Multicomponent Diffusion in Crowded Solutions. 1. Mutual Diffusion in the Ternary System Poly(ethylene glycol) 400−NaCl−Water

    Article • Macromolecules, January 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Luigi Paduano, Alessandro Vergara

  69. Multicomponent diffusion in systems containing molecules of different size. Part 3. Mutual diffusion in the ternary system hexa(ethylene glycol)–di(ethylene glycol)–water

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alessandro Vergara

  70. Multicomponent Diffusion in Systems Containing Molecules of Different Size. 4. Mutual Diffusion in the Ternary System Tetra(ethylene glycol)−Di(ethylene glycol)−Water

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, December 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara

  71. Mechanism of 2,5-Dioxopiperazine Formation

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alessandro Vergara