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  1. Human Helicase DDX5 is Hijacked by SARS-CoV-2 Nsp13 Helicase to Enhance RNA Unwinding

    Article • ACS Omega, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  2. Mycobacterium tuberculosis sulfurtransferase SseA is activated by its neighboring gene product Rv3284

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 2025, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  3. Crystal structure and biophysical characterisation of the enterococcal foldase PpiC, a cross‐opsonic antigen against gram‐positive nosocomial pathogens

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 2025, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  4. A Self-Assembling Cross-Protective Antigen Against Multiple Gram-Positive Nosocomial Pathogens

    Article • ACS Omega, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  5. Discovery of p-Trifluoromethylbenzohydrazide Derivatives as Potent Antiviral Agents against Monkeypox Virus

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  6. Structure-based targeting of the lipid A-modifying enzyme PmrC to contrast colistin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2024, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  7. Structural studies of KCTD1 and its disease-causing mutant P20S provide insights into the protein function and misfunction

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, October 2024, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  8. A rationally designed antigen elicits protective antibodies against multiple nosocomial Gram-positive pathogens

    Article • npj Vaccines, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Berisio

  9. HtpG—A Major Virulence Factor and a Promising Vaccine Antigen against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Biomolecules, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  10. Klebsiella phage KP34gp57 capsular depolymerase structure and function: from a serendipitous finding to the design of active mini-enzymes against K. pneumoniae

    Article • mBio, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Rita Berisio

  11. Virulence Factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: Structural and Functional Studies

    Article • Biomolecules, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  12. Structural Basis of PE_PGRS Polymorphism, a Tool for Functional Modulation

    Article • Biomolecules, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  13. Unveiling CD59-Antibody Interactions to Design Paratope-Mimicking Peptides for Complement Modulation

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  14. A Structural View at Vaccine Development against M. tuberculosis

    Article • Cells, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  15. Molecular Immunology in Bacterial Vaccine Discovery

    Article • Cells, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  16. Understanding Molecular Actors of SARS-CoV-2 Virulence to Tackle COVID-19 Outbreak

    Article • Cells, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  17. Conformational stability of ageritin, a metal binding ribotoxin-like protein of fungal origin

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, November 2022, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  18. PGRS domain structures: Doomed to sail the mycomembrane

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2022, PLOS

    Rita Berisio

  19. Structure based design of effective HtpG-derived vaccine antigens against M. tuberculosis

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, August 2022, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  20. Resveratrol Reverts Tolerance and Restores Susceptibility to Chlorhexidine and Benzalkonium in Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria and Yeasts

    Article • Antibiotics, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  21. Structural and Binding Properties of the Active Cell Wall Hydrolase RipA from M. tuberculosis, a Promising Biosensing Molecule for Early Warning Bacterial Detection

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, July 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  22. Structure-Based Development of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Interactors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  23. Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Dictyoglomus thermophilum, a Hyperthermostable and Halotolerant Cellulase

    Article • Catalysts, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  24. Inhibition of AdeB, AceI, and AmvA Efflux Pumps Restores Chlorhexidine and Benzalkonium Susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2022, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  25. Protein with negative surface charge distribution, Bnr1, shows characteristics of a DNA‐mimic protein and may be involved in the adaptation of Burkholderia cenocepacia

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, February 2022, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  26. A global analysis of conservative and non-conservative mutations in SARS-CoV-2 detected in the first year of the COVID-19 world-wide diffusion

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Berisio

  27. AlphaFold-Predicted Structures of KCTD Proteins Unravel Previously Undetected Relationships among the Members of the Family

    Article • Biomolecules, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  28. A structure-based approach for the development of a bicyclic peptide acting as a miniaturized anti-CD55 antibody

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, July 2021, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  29. Rational Vaccine Design in Times of Emerging Diseases: The Critical Choices of Immunological Correlates of Protection, Vaccine Antigen and Immunomodulation

    Article • Pharmaceutics, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  30. PE_PGRS3 ensures provision of the vital phospholipids cardiolipin and phosphatidylinositols by promoting the interaction betweenM. tuberculosisand host cells

    Article • Virulence, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  31. Thinking Outside the Bug: Targeting Outer Membrane Proteins for Burkholderia Vaccines

    Article • Cells, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  32. PE_PGRS33, an Important Virulence Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Potential Target of Host Humoral Immune Response

    Article • Cells, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  33. Host DDX Helicases as Possible SARS-CoV-2 Proviral Factors: A Structural Overview of Their Hijacking Through Multiple Viral Proteins

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, December 2020, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  34. Structural features of HtpGMtb and HtpG-ESAT6Mtb vaccine antigens against tuberculosis: Molecular determinants of antigenic synergy and cytotoxicity modulation

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, September 2020, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  35. PE_PGRS proteins ofMycobacterium tuberculosis: A specialized molecular task force at the forefront of host–pathogen interaction

    Article • Virulence, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  36. Structural and Functional Studies of a Klebsiella Phage Capsule Depolymerase Tailspike: Mechanistic Insights into Capsular Degradation

    Article • Structure, June 2020, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  37. A Structural View of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Replication Machinery: RNA Synthesis, Proofreading and Final Capping

    Article • Cells, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  38. The non-swapped monomeric structure of the arginine-binding protein from Thermotoga maritima

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, November 2019, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  39. Molecular Biomarkers of Disease for Diagnosis and Drug Development

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, October 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  40. Binding and enzymatic properties of Ageritin, a fungal ribotoxin with novel zinc-dependent function

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, September 2019, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  41. Structural and dynamic studies provide insights into specificity and allosteric regulation of ribonuclease as, a key enzyme in mycobacterial virulence

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  42. Streptococcal Collagen-like Protein 1 Binds Wound Fibronectin: Implications in Pathogen Targeting

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, June 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Daniela Marasco, Rita Berisio

  43. Molecular Biomarkers of Disease for Diagnosis and Drug Development

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, June 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  44. The Cell Wall Hydrolytic NlpC/P60 Endopeptidases in Mycobacterial Cytokinesis: A Structural Perspective

    Article • Cells, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  45. Adaptation of the group A Streptococcus adhesin Scl1 to bind fibronectin type III repeats within wound‐associated extracellular matrix: implications for cancer therapy

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2019, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  46. Structural and enzymatic properties of Ageritin, a novel metal-dependent ribotoxin-like protein with antitumor activity

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, December 2018, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  47. Domain communication in Thermotoga maritima Arginine Binding Protein unraveled through protein dissection

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, November 2018, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  48. Phage-Borne Depolymerases Decrease Klebsiella pneumoniae Resistance to Innate Defense Mechanisms

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2018, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  49. Collagen degradation in tuberculosis pathogenesis: the biochemical consequences of hosting an undesired guest

    Article • Biochemical Journal, October 2018, Portland Press Ltd.

    Rita Berisio

  50. Domain swapping dissection in Thermotoga maritima arginine binding protein: How structural flexibility may compensate destabilization

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2018, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  51. PASTA sequence composition is a predictive tool for protein class identification

    Article • Amino Acids, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Berisio

  52. Surface-exposed loops and an acidic patch in the Scl1 protein of group A Streptococcus enable Scl1 binding to wound-associated fibronectin

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2018, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  53. The novel thermostable cellulose-degrading enzyme DtCel5H from Dictyoglomus thermophilum: crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, January 2018, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  54. A structural overview of mycobacterial adhesins: Key biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics

    Article • Protein Science, December 2017, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  55. Chemistry of Peptidoglycan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Life Cycle: An off-the-wall Balance of Synthesis and Degradation

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2017, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  56. Structural Versatility of Hepatitis C Virus Proteins: Implications for the Design of Novel Anti-HCV Intervention Strategies

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio, Daniela Barone

  57. Molecular Players in Tuberculosis Drug Development: Another Break in the Cell Wall

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  58. Defense Against Pathogens: Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Chitin Induced Activation of Innate Immunity

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  59. Editorial: Molecular Scenarios Behind Infectious Diseases

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  60. PASTA in Penicillin Binding Proteins and Serine/Threonine Kinases: A Recipe of Structural, Dynamic and Binding Properties

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  61. Collagen‐like proteins of pathogenic streptococci

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2017, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  62. Capsule-Targeting Depolymerase, Derived from Klebsiella KP36 Phage, as a Tool for the Development of Anti-Virulent Strategy

    Article • Viruses, December 2016, MDPI AG

    Rita Berisio

  63. a key bactrial protein that can serve as a vaccine

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2016, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  64. Use of Hydrolytic Enzymes for Algal Biomass Treatment

    Article • Current Biotechnology, November 2016, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  65. Unique Footprint in the scl1.3 Locus Affects Adhesion and Biofilm Formation of the Invasive M3-Type Group A Streptococcus

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, August 2016, Frontiers

    Rita Berisio

  66. Structural and dynamic features of PASTA domains with different functional roles

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  67. Structure and dynamics of the multi-domain resuscitation promoting factor RpfB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  68. Identification of an OmpW homologue in Burkholderia pseudomallei, a protective vaccine antigen against melioidosis

    Article • Vaccine, May 2016, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  69. The structure of Resuscitation promoting factor B from M. tuberculosis reveals unexpected ubiquitin-like domains

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, February 2016, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  70. MAbs against cyclic Epitope I of HCV E2

    Article • Journal of Virology, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Arvind H Patel, Rita Berisio

  71. NMR Structure and Dynamics of the Resuscitation Promoting Factor RpfC Catalytic Domain

    Article • PLOS One, November 2015, PLOS

    Rita Berisio

  72. A product of RpfB and RipA joint enzymatic action promotes the resuscitation of dormant mycobacteria

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, May 2015, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  73. Differential thermodynamic behaviours of the extra-cellular regions of two Ser/Thr PrkC kinases revealed by calorimetric studies

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, May 2015, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  74. Exit from Mycobacterial Dormancy: A Structural Perspective

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  75. Antimicrobial Peptides as an Opportunity Against Bacterial Diseases

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    stefania galdiero, Rita Berisio

  76. Structure and Function of RNase AS: A Novel Virulence Factor From Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  77. Editorial (Thematic Issue: Molecular Determinants of Bacterial Diseases)

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  78. Chemistry of Lipid A: At the Heart of Innate Immunity

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2014, Wiley

    Rita Berisio, Roman Jerala

  79. Mutational and structural study of RipA, a key enzyme inMycobacterium tuberculosiscell division: evidence for theL-to-Dinversion of configuration of the catalytic cysteine

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, August 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  80. A Loose Domain Swapping Organization Confers a Remarkable Stability to the Dimeric Structure of the Arginine Binding Protein from Thermotoga maritima

    Article • PLOS One, May 2014, PLOS

    Rita Berisio

  81. Structure and Function of RNase AS, a Polyadenylate-Specific Exoribonuclease Affecting Mycobacterial Virulence In Vivo

    Article • Structure, May 2014, Elsevier

    Astrid van der Sar, Rita Berisio

  82. Structural and binding properties of the PASTA domain of PonA2, a key penicillin binding protein fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Biopolymers, April 2014, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  83. The Crystal Structure of the Streptococcal Collagen-like Protein 2 Globular Domain from Invasive M3-type Group A Streptococcus Shows Significant Similarity to Immunomodulatory HIV Protein gp41

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2014, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  84. Chitin-induced activation of immune signaling by the rice receptor CEBiP relies on a unique sandwich-type dimerization

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Rita Berisio

  85. Conformational Modifications of gB from Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Analyzed by Synthetic Peptides

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Massimiliano Galdiero, Rita Berisio

  86. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the variable domain of Scl2.3, a streptococcal collagen-like protein from invasive M3-typeStreptococcus pyogenes

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

    Rita Berisio

  87. Structures of free and inhibited forms of theL,D-transpeptidase LdtMt1fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

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

    Rita Berisio

  88. Carbohydrate Recognition by RpfB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Unveiled by Crystallographic and Molecular Dynamics Analyses

    Article • Biophysical Journal, June 2013, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  89. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of theL,D-transpeptidase LdtMt1fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

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

    Rita Berisio

  90. Molecular determinants of inactivation of the resuscitation promoting factor B fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Rita Berisio

  91. Interplay between Peptide Bond Geometrical Parameters in Nonglobular Structural Contexts

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Rita Berisio

  92. Polyproline and Triple Helix Motifs in Host-Pathogen Recognition

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, December 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  93. Bacterial Cell Division Regulation by Ser/Thr Kinases: A Structural Perspective

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, December 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  94. Editorial (Hot Topic: Learning from Pathogens: Exploiting Host-Pathogen Liaison for Therapeutic Development)

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, December 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  95. Editorial (Hot Topic: Cell Processes in Bacterial Diseases)

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, September 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  96. Structural and Dynamic Properties of Incomplete Immunoglobulin-like Fold Domains

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, September 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  97. Structural and enzymatic properties of an in vivo proteolytic form of PD-S2, type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein from seeds of Phytolacca dioica L.

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  98. Enhanced Crystallizability by Protein Engineering Approaches: A General Overview

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, May 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  99. Mapping key interactions in the dimerization process of HBHA fromMycobacterium tuberculosis, insights into bacterial agglutination

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 2012, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  100. Chemical Basis of Peptidoglycan Discrimination by PrkC, a Key Kinase Involved in Bacterial Resuscitation from Dormancy

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  101. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of ligand-free and arginine-bound forms ofThermotoga maritimaarginine-binding protein

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, October 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  102. Heparin-binding hemagglutinin HBHA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects actin polymerisation

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2011, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  103. Role of Hydration in Collagen Recognition by Bacterial Adhesins

    Article • Biophysical Journal, May 2011, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  104. X-ray structural studies of the entire extracellular region of the serine/threonine kinase PrkC from Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Biochemical Journal, March 2011, Portland Press Ltd.

    Rita Berisio

  105. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a major fragment of the resuscitation-promoting factor RpfB fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

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

    Rita Berisio

  106. Dynamical properties of cold shock protein A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2010, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  107. Expression, Purification, Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Crystallographic Analysis of the Peptidoglycan Binding Region of the Ser/Thr Kinase PrkC from Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, October 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  108. Structure and Functional Regulation of RipA, a Mycobacterial Enzyme Essential for Daughter Cell Separation

    Article • Structure, September 2010, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  109. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009: When Biology Turns into Chemistry

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, June 2010, Wiley

    Ehud Keinan, Rita Berisio

  110. Elongation Factors EFIA and EF-Tu: Their Role in Translation and Beyond

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, May 2010, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  111. Dimerisation and structural integrity of Heparin Binding Hemagglutinin A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Implications for bacterial agglutination

    Article • FEBS Letters, February 2010, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  112. The role of the glycan moiety on the structure–function relationships of PD-L1, type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein from P. dioica leaves

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  113. Type 1 Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from the Ombú Tree (Phytolacca dioica L.)

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  114. Expression, Purification, Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Crystallographic Analysis of the Resuscitation Promoting Factor Interacting Protein RipA from M. tuberculosis

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, January 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  115. Crystal structure of PD-L1, a ribosome inactivating protein fromPhytolacca dioicaL. Leaves with the property to induce DNA cleavage

    Article • Biopolymers, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  116. Comment onMicrofibrillar structure of type I collagenin situby Orgelet al.(2006),Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA,103, 9001–9005

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, August 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  117. Crystal structure of the collagen triple helix model [(Pro-Pro-Gly)10]3

    Article • Protein Science, April 2009, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  118. Molecular dynamics studies of the P pilus rod subunit PapA

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, March 2009, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  119. Ribosome's mode of function: myths, facts and recent results

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, March 2009, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  120. Role of side chains in collagen triple helix stabilization and partner recognition

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, March 2009, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  121. 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

  122. Crystal Structure of the Resuscitation-Promoting Factor ΔDUFRpfB from M. tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  123. Conformational states and association mechanism of Yersinia pestis Caf1 subunits

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2008, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  124. Role of hydration in collagen triple helix stabilization

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2008, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  125. Contribution of dipole-dipole interactions to the stability of the collagen triple helix

    Article • Protein Science, May 2008, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  126. Evidence for an Elongated Dimeric Structure of Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2008, ASM Journals

    Rita Berisio

  127. Atomic resolution (1.1 Å) structure of the ribosome-inactivating protein PD-L4 fromPhytolacca dioicaL. leaves

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  128. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a resuscitation-promoting factor fromMycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, September 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  129. A Molecular Dynamics Study of Pilus Subunits: Insights into Pilus Biogenesis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 2007, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  130. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of PD-L1, a Highly Glycosylated Ribosome Inactivating Protein with DNase Activity

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, April 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  131. Fate of prions in soil: Interaction of a recombinant ovine prion protein with synthetic humic-like mineral complexes

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, February 2007, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  132. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of PD-L4, a Ribosome Inactivating Protein from Phytolacca dioica L. leaves

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, January 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antimo Di Maro, Rita Berisio

  133. 23S rRNA 2058A→G Alteration Mediates Ketolide Resistance in Combination with Deletion in L22

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Rita Berisio

  134. Polyproline Helices in Protein Structures: A Statistical Survey

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, August 2006, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  135. The effect of the osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide on the stability of the prion protein at low pH

    Article • Biopolymers, June 2006, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  136. Limited tendency of α-helical residues to form disulfide bridges: a structural explanation

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  137. A crevice adjoining the ribosome tunnel: Hints for cotranslational folding

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2005, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  138. Functional aspects of ribosomal architecture: symmetry, chirality and regulation

    Article • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, August 2004, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  139. Imino Acids and Collagen Triple Helix Stability:  Characterization of Collagen-like Polypeptides Containing Hyp-Hyp-Gly Sequence Repeats

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  140. Ribosomal crystallography: a flexible nucleotide anchoring tRNA translocation, facilitates peptide-bond formation, chirality discrimination and antibiotics synergism

    Article • FEBS Letters, April 2004, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  141. Characterization of collagen-like heterotrimers: Implications for triple-helix stability

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2004, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  142. Crystal structure of the dimeric unswapped form of bovine seminal ribonuclease

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 2003, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  143. Structural Insight into the Antibiotic Action of Telithromycin against Resistant Mutants

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003, ASM Journals

    Rita Berisio

  144. Ribosomal crystallography: Peptide bond formation and its inhibition

    Article • Biopolymers, August 2003, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  145. Structural Insight into the Antibiotic Action of Telithromycin against Resistant Mutants

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2003, ASM Journals

    Rita Berisio

  146. On peptide bond formation, translocation, nascent protein progression and the regulatory properties of ribosomes. Delivered on 20 October 2002 at the 28th FEBS Meeting in Istanbul

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 2003, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  147. Structural insight into the role of the ribosomal tunnel in cellular regulation

    Article • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, March 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rita Berisio

  148. Structural Basis of the Ribosomal Machinery for Peptide Bond Formation, Translocation, and Nascent Chain Progression

    Article • Molecular Cell, January 2003, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  149. 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

  150. Recent Progress on Collagen Triple Helix Structure, Stability and Assembly

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, April 2002, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rita Berisio

  151. Atomic resolution structures of ribonuclease A at six pH values

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

    Rita Berisio

  152. Video observation of protein crystal growth in the advanced protein crystallization facility aboard the space shuttle mission STS-95

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, November 2001, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  153. Atomic resolution structure of a mutant of the spectrin SH3 domain

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, February 2001, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  154. Structural bases of collagen stabilization induced by proline hydroxylation

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2001, Wiley

    Rita Berisio

  155. Effects of microgravity on the crystal quality of a collagen-like polypeptide

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, January 2000, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio

  156. Protein titration in the crystal state

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 1999, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  157. Crystallization of multiple forms of bovine seminal ribonuclease in the liganded and unliganded state

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, January 1999, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  158. Thermodynamic Analysis of α-spectrin SH3 and Two of Its Circular Permutants with Different Loop Lengths:  Discerning the Reasons for Rapid Folding in Proteins,

    Article • Biochemistry, December 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rita Berisio

  159. X-ray crystallographic determination of a collagen-like peptide with the repeating sequence (Pro-Pro-Gly)

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 1998, Elsevier

    Rita Berisio

  160. Protein Crystal Growth in the Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility on the LMS Mission: a Comparison of Sulfolobus solfataricus Alcohol Dehydrogenase Crystals Grown on the Ground and in Microgravity

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 1998, International Union of Crystallography

    Rita Berisio