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Francesco Francia

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology

Academic discipline: BIO/10 Biochemistry

Publications

Coordination of a Research Project: Trehalose-induced elimination of x-ray damage in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. SC-2211..

L. Giachini; F. Francia; G. Veronesi; D.W. Lee; F. Daldal; L.S. Huang; E.A. Berry; T. Cocco; S. Papa; F. Boscherini; G. Venturoli, X-ray absorption studies of Zn2+ binding sites in bacterial, avian, and bovine cytochrome bc1 complexes, «BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2007, 93, pp. 2934 - 2951 [Scientific article]

Gubellini F.; Francia F.; Busselez J.; Venturoli G.; Levy D., Functional and structural analysis of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter veldkampii., «BIOCHEMISTRY», 2006, 45, pp. 10512 - 10520 [Scientific article]

Dezi M.; Francia F.; Palazzo G.; Mallardi A.; Venturoli G., Kinetics of charge recombination and distribution of the ubiquinone pool in reaction center - Light harvesting complexes purified from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, in: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference – 2006 Short Reports, Elsevier, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2006, 1757, pp. 265 - 266 (atti di: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference, Moscow, RUSSIA, JUL 22-27, 2006) [Abstract]

Coordination of a Research Project: Matrix effect on the local structure of Fe in myoglobin, cytochrome c and photosynthetic reaction center. SC-1976..

Venturoli G.; Francia F.; Cordone L.; Giachini L.; Boscherini F., Probing the local structure and dynamics of Fe site in cytochrome c embedded in a dry trehalose matrix: An x-ray absorption spectroscopy study, in: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference – 2006 Short Reports, Elsevier, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2006, 1757, pp. 246 - 247 (atti di: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference, Moscow, RUSSIA, JUL 22-27, 2006) [Abstract]

Francia F.; Giachini L.; Capitanio G.; Martino L.; Papa S.; Boscherini F.; Venturoli G., The local structure of Zn binding sites in the bovine cytochrome c oxidase: An X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy study, in: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference – 2006 Short Reports, Elsevier, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2006, 1757, pp. 163 - 164 (atti di: 14th European Bioenergetic Conference, Moscow, RUSSIA, JUL 22-27, 2006) [Abstract]

Giachini L.; Francia F.; Lee D-W.; Daldal F.; Huang L-S.; Berry EA.; Cocco T.; Papa S.; Boscherini F.; Venturoli G., X-ray absorption studies of Zn2+ binding sites in bacterial, avian and bovine cytochrome bc(1) complexes, in: 14th European Bioenergetics Conference – 2006 Short Reports, Elsevier, «BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS», 2006, 1757, pp. 169 - 170 (atti di: 14th European Bioenergetic Conference, Moscow, RUSSIA, JUL 22-27, 2006) [Abstract]

Coordination of a Research Project: Comparative study of the binding sites of Zn: a proton transfer inhibitor in respiratory enzymes. SC-1853..

Coordination of a Research Project: Matrix effect on the local structure of Fe in myoglobin, cytochrome c and photosynthetic reaction center. SC-1696..

L. GIACHINI; F. FRANCIA; A. MALLARDI; G. PALAZZO; E. CARPENE'; F. BOSCHERINI; VENTUROLI G., Multiple scattering X-ray absorption studies of Zn2+ binding sites in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers., «BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL», 2005, 88, pp. 2038 - 2046 [Scientific article]

Scheuring S.; Busselez J.; Francia F.; Robert B.; Rigaud JL.; Lévy D., Structure of the core complex of Blastochloris viridis and of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, in: Proceedings of the XIIIth International Photosynthesis Congress, LAWRENCE, Alliance Communication Group, 2005, pp. 800 - 801 (atti di: 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis, Montreal, 30/08-3/09 2004) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

VENTUROLI G.; MAMEDOV M.D.; MANSY F.; MUSIANI F.; STROCCHI M.; FRANCIA F.; SEMENOV A.Y.; COWAN J. A.; CIURLI S., Electron transfer from HiPIP to the photo-oxidized tetraheme cytochrome subunit of Allochromatium vinosum reaction center. New insights from site-directed mutagenesis and computational studies, «BIOCHEMISTRY», 2004, 43, pp. 437 - 445 [Scientific article]

F. Francia; L. Giachini; G. Palazzo; A. Mallardi; F. Boscherini; G. Venturoli, Electron transfer kinetics in photosynthetic reaction centers embedded in polyvinyl alcohol films, «BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY», 2004, 63, pp. 73 - 77 [Scientific article]

F. FRANCIA; M. DEZI; A. REBECCHI; A. MALLARDI; G. PALAZZO; B.A. MELANDRI; VENTUROLI G., Light-harvesting complex I stabilizes P+QB- charge separation in reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides., «BIOCHEMISTRY», 2004, 43, pp. 14199 - 14210 [Scientific article]

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