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Francesco Francia

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology

Academic discipline: BIO/10 Biochemistry

Publications

F. Francia; M. Malferrari; S. Sacquin-Mora; G. Venturoli, Charge recombination kinetics and protein dynamics in wild type and carotenoid-less bacterial reaction centers: studies in trehalose glasses., «JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. B, CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS, SURFACES, INTERFACES & BIOPHYSICAL», 2009, 113, pp. 10389 - 10398 [Scientific article]

Coordination of a Research Project: XAFS study of the Zn binding site in native and genetically modified transhydrogenase. SC-2540..

Coordination of a Research Project: Matrix effects on the local structure and dynamics of Fe in cytochrome c: a comparison between sucrose and trehalose glassy matrices. SC-2487..

F. Francia; M. Dezi; A. Mallardi; G. Palazzo; L. Cordone; G. Venturoli, Protein-matrix coupling/uncoupling in "dry" systems of photosynthetic reaction center embedded in trehalose/sucrose: the origin of trehalose peculiarity, «JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY», 2008, 130, pp. 10240 - 10246 [Scientific article]

G. Veronesi; L. Giachini; F. Francia; A. Mallardi; G. Palazzo; F. Boscherini; G. Venturoli, The Fe2+ site of photosynthetic reaction centers probed by multiple scattering X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy: improving structure resolution in dry matrices., «BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2008, 95, pp. 814 - 822 [Scientific article]

R.J. Cogdell ; A.T. Gardiner ; M. Gabrielsen ;A.W. Roszak ; J. Southall ;T. Brotosudarmo ;N.W. Isaccs ;H. Hashimoto ; J. Baier ; S. Oellerich ; M. Richter ;J. Koehler ;F. Francia ;G. Venturoli ;D. Oesterhelt, The structure of purple bacterial antenna complexes: From single molecules to native membranes, in: EBEC 2008 Abstract Book Supplement, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2008, 1777, pp. S3 - S3 (atti di: 15th European Bioenergetic Conference, Trinity Coll, Dublin, IRELAND, JUL 19-24, 2008) [Abstract]

G. Palazzo; F. Francia; A. Mallardi; M. Giustini; F. Lopez; G. Venturoli, Water activity regulates the QA- to QB electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, «JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY», 2008, 130, pp. 9353 - 9363 [Scientific article]

Dezi M.; Francia F.; Mallardi A.; Palazzo G.; Venturoli G, Confinement of cardiolipin and ubiquinone in reaction center core complexes purified from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY», 2007, 56, pp. 259 - 264 [Scientific article]

L. Giachini; F. Francia; L. Cordone; F. Boscherini; G. Venturoli, Cytochrome c in a dry trehalose matrix: structural and dynamical effects probed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy., «BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2007, 92, pp. 1350 - 1360 [Scientific article]

L. Giachini; F. Francia; F. Boscherini; C. Pacelli; T. Cocco; S. Papa; G. Venturoli, EXAFS reveals a structural zinc binding site in the bovine NADH-Q oxidoreductase, «FEBS LETTERS», 2007, 581, pp. 5645 - 5648 [Scientific article]

Gubellini F.; Francia F.; Turina P.; Lévy D.; Venturoli G.; Melandri B.A., Heterogeneity of photosynthetic membranes from Rhodobacter capsulatus: Size dispersion and ATP synthase distribution, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2007, 1767(11), pp. 1340 - 1352 [Scientific article]

M. Dezi; F. Francia; A. Mallardi; G. Colafemmina; G. Palazzo; G. Venturoli, Stabilization of charge separation and cardiolipin confinement in antenna-reaction center complexes purified from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2007, 1767, pp. 1041 - 1056 [Scientific article]

M.F. Richter; J. Baier; T. Prem; S. Oellerich; F. Francia; G. Venturoli; D. Oesterhelt; J. Southall; R.J. Cogdell; J. Koehler, Symmetry matters for the electronic structure of core complexes from Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX-, «PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA», 2007, 104, pp. 6661 - 6665 [Scientific article]

F. Francia; L. Giachini; F. Boscherini; G. Venturoli; G. Capitanio; P.L. Martino; S. Papa, The inhibitory binding site(s) of Zn2+ in cytochrome c oxidase, «FEBS LETTERS», 2007, 581, pp. 611 - 616 [Scientific article]

Borsetti F.; Francia F.; Turner R.J.; Zannoni D., The thiol:disulfide oxidoreductase DsbB mediates the oxidizing effects of the toxic metalloid tellurite (TeO32-) on the plasma membrane redox system of the facultative phototroph Rhodobacter capsulatus, «JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY», 2007, 189, pp. 851 - 859 [Scientific article]

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