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  1. Cardiolipin is required in vivo for the stability of bacterial translocon and optimal membrane protein translocation and insertion

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  2. Importance of phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cycles on lipid-dependent modulation of membrane protein topology by posttranslational phosphorylation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2019, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  3. The lipid-dependent structure and function of LacY can be recapitulated and analyzed in phospholipid-containing detergent micelles

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  4. Lipid-Assisted Membrane Protein Folding and Topogenesis

    Article • Journal of Protein Chemistry, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  5. Eicosapentaenoic acid in combination with EPHA2 inhibition shows efficacy in preclinical models of triple-negative breast cancer by disrupting cellular cholesterol efflux

    Article • Oncogene, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  6. Lipids as Determinants of Membrane Protein Structure

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  7. Escherichia coli FtsA forms lipid-bound minirings that antagonize lateral interactions between FtsZ protofilaments

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2017, Nature

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  8. Abstract 1235: EPHA2-targeted therapy enhances the cytotoxicity of eicosapentaenoic acid against triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer

    Article • Cancer Research, July 2017, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  9. Effects of mixed proximal and distal topogenic signals on the topological sensitivity of a membrane protein to the lipid environment

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  10. Impact of Membrane Phospholipid Alterations in Escherichia coli on Cellular Function and Bacterial Stress Adaptation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  11. Functional Roles of Individual Membrane Phospholipids in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  12. Dynamic Lipid-dependent Modulation of Protein Topology by Post-translational Phosphorylation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  13. Dynamic membrane protein topological switching upon changes in phospholipid environment

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  14. May the Force Be With You: Unfolding Lipid-Protein Interactions By Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy

    Article • Structure, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  15. Lipids and topological rules governing membrane protein assembly

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  16. Protein Gymnastics in Thelipid Bilayer: Lipides as Determinants of Protein Structure

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  17. In vitro reconstitution of lipid-dependent dual topology and postassembly topological switching of a membrane protein

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  18. Proper Fatty Acid Composition Rather than an Ionizable Lipid Amine Is Required for Full Transport Function of Lactose Permease fromEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  19. Amyloid Fibrils Formed by the Programmed Cell Death Regulator Bcl-xL

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  20. Accessibility Changes within Diphtheria Toxin T Domain upon Membrane Penetration Probed by Hydrogen Exchange and Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  21. Lipids and Topological Rules of Membrane Protein Assembly

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2011, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  22. Lipids and Topological “rules” of Membrane Protein Assembly: Testing the Generality of Net Charge Balance Rule

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  23. Accessibility changes within diphtheria toxin T domain when in the functional molten globule state, as determined using hydrogen/deuterium exchange measurements

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  24. Characterization of the Structure and Intermolecular Interactions between the Connexin40 and Connexin43 Carboxyl-terminal and Cytoplasmic Loop Domains

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  25. Cholesterol in amyloid plaques: Analysis by laser capture microdissection combined with mass spectrometry

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  26. Radiolytic Yield of Cardiolipin Peroxidation by Gamma Rays in Large Unilamellar Vesicles of Phosphatidylcholine

    Article • Radiation Research, May 2009, Radiation Research Society

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  27. Marked difference in cytochrome c oxidation mediated by HO· and/or O2·− free radicals in vitro

    Article • Biochimie, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  28. Membrane Interaction of Botulinum Neurotoxin A Translocation (T) Domain

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  29. Quantification of the water/lipid affinity of melatonin and a pinoline derivative in lipid models

    Article • Journal of Pineal Research, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  30. Interactions of apomyoglobin with membranes: Mechanisms and effects on heme uptake

    Article • Protein Science, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Vitrac

  31. Hydroperoxide characterisation as a signature of the micelle/monomer balance in radiation-induced peroxidation of arachidonate

    Article • Free Radical Research, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heidi Vitrac