This paper introduces cotton fibers impregnated with biogenic silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), synthesized from a Fusarium oxysporum fungal filtrate (FF) solution, and open… Continue reading Antimicrobial textiles: Biogenic silver nanoparticles against Candida and Xanthomonas
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A label-free sensing strategy employing aptamers, SYBR Gold, and exonuclease I (Exo I) for ochratoxin A (OTA) detection was designed.… Continue reading Label-free aptasensor for ochratoxin A detection using SYBR Gold as a probe
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the effect of chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) conjugation on the immunogenicity of porcine circovirus type-2 (PCV2)… Continue reading Enhanced immune response to inactivated porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccine by conjugation of chitosan oligosaccharides
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The conversion of α-synuclein from its natively unfolded and α-helical tetrameric forms to an amyloid conformation is central to the… Continue reading An extract of the marine alga Alaria esculenta modulates α-synuclein folding and amyloid formation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has been extensively exploited for the past decade as the matrix material in organic electronics and nonlinear… Continue reading Thermal stability of the solid DNA as a novel optical material
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Starch branching enzyme is a highly conserved protein from plants to algae. This enzyme participates in starch granule assembly by… Continue reading Identification and characterization of a novel starch branching enzyme from the picoalgae Ostreococcus tauri
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Over the past few decades, genetically encoded fluorescent proteins have been widely used as efficient probes to explore and investigate… Continue reading Engineering an FMN-based iLOV protein for the detection of arsenic ions
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Here we report the first major example of anionic amphibian host defence peptides (HDPs) with anticancer activity. Maximin H5 is… Continue reading Maximin H5 is an anticancer peptide
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A cell-targeted, reduction-/pH-responsive polyionic complex (PIC) nanogel system was developed by simply mixing cationic lactobionolatone/lipoic acid-modified poly(L-lysine) (PLL-g-(Lipo–Lac)) and anionic… Continue reading Cell-targeted, dual reduction- and pH-responsive saccharide/lipoic acid-modified poly(L-lysine) and poly(acrylic acid) polyionic complex nanogels for drug delivery
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The luminescent square-planar Pt(II) complexes of the type [Pt(C^N)(N^N)]+X- have been synthesised, where (C^N) is cyclometallated 2-phenylpyridine ligand, (N^N) a chiral… Continue reading Luminescent water-soluble cycloplatinated complexes: structural, photophysical, electrochemical and chiroptical properties
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 24, 2018
The macromolecular crowding progressively has been gaining prominence in recent years as it acts as a sword with double-edge on… Continue reading Characterization of Intermediate State of Myoglobin in the Presence of PEG 10 under Physiological Conditions
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Rieske proteins play an essential role in electron transfer in the bc1 complex. Rieske proteins contain a [2Fe–2S] cluster with one iron… Continue reading Reactive sites and course of reduction in the Rieske protein
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Myosins play countless critical roles in the cell, each requiring it to be activated at a specific location and time.… Continue reading Investigations of human myosin VI targeting using optogenetically controlled cargo loading
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
β-amyloid 1-42 (Aβ1-42) is a self-assembling peptide that goes through many conformational and morphological changes before forming the fibrils that… Continue reading Amyloidogenicity and toxicity of the reverse and scrambled variants of Amyloid-β 1-42
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are secreted by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and are the most common causative agent in staphylococcal food poisoning.… Continue reading Thermal stability and structural changes in bacterial toxins responsible for food poisoning
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The effect of the metal ion and ligand design on the enantioselectivity and linkage isomerization of neutral cobalt and zinc… Continue reading Effect of the metal ion on the enantioselectivity and linkage isomerization of thiosemicarbazone helicates
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Eight lindenane dimers, chololactones A-H, along with two known compounds, were isolated from the roots of Chloranthus holostegius. Their structures were… Continue reading Sesquiterpene dimers from the roots of Chloranthus holostegius with moderate anti-inflammatory activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017