The cone-rod homeobox (CRX) protein is a critical K50 homeodomain transcription factor responsible for the differentiation and maintenance of photoreceptor… Continue reading Structural and functional analysis of the human cone-rod homeobox transcription factor
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Amphiphilic block copolymers with a thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) block and a glycopeptide block are synthesized and particle formation as well as… Continue reading Thermoresponsive Glycopolypeptide Containing Block Copolymers, Particle Formation, and Lectin Interaction
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
The canonical double helical π-stacked array of base pairs within DNA interior has inspired the interest in supramolecular double helical… Continue reading Double helical π-aggregate nanoarchitectonics for amplified circularly polarized luminescence
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Post-translational protein modifications by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers regulate many major pathways in the cell. These modifications can be reversed… Continue reading Structural basis for the SUMO protease activity of the atypical ubiquitin-specific protease USPL1
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
In this study, we investigated the axial coordination reaction between pyridine and zinc meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (ZnTPPS) incorporated in a transparent layered… Continue reading Ultra-sensitive detection of pyridine in water using zinc porphyrin incorporated in a transparent hydrophobic film
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the two photosystems functioning in light-energy harvesting, transfer, and electron transfer in photosynthesis. However,… Continue reading Structure of a tetrameric photosystem I from a glaucophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Guest capture and release are important properties of self-assembling nanostructures. Over time, a significant fraction of guests might engage in… Continue reading Hyper-CEST NMR of metal organic polyhedral cages reveals hidden diastereomers with diverse guest exchange kinetics
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Cyclophilins, or immunophilins, are proteins found in many organisms including bacteria, plants and humans. Most of them display peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans… Continue reading Cyclophilin anaCyp40 regulates photosystem assembly and phycobilisome association in a cyanobacterium
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Complement activation on cell surfaces leads to the massive deposition of C3b, iC3b, and C3dg, the main complement opsonins. Recognition… Continue reading The crystal structure of iC3b-CR3 αI reveals a modular recognition of the main opsonin iC3b by the CR3 integrin receptor
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Paramagnetic metallohost systems can bind guest molecules and find application as biomimetic catalysts. Due to the presence of the paramagnetic… Continue reading Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement NMR as a tool to probe guest binding and exchange in metallohosts
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Homochirality is a fundamental feature of living systems, and its origin is still an unsolved mystery. Previous investigations showed that… Continue reading Chirality transfer from a 3D macro shape to the molecular level by controlling asymmetric secondary flows
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
The enhanced electrocaloric (EC) effect in solid-state-based lead-free ferroelectric Ba0.875(Bi0.5Li0.5)0.125TiO3 system is investigated under light as an external stimulus. The… Continue reading Photoelectrocaloric effect in ferroelectric oxide
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Stable and efficient heterogenous nanocatalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) has attracted much attention in recent years. In this… Continue reading Heterogenous nanocomposite catalysts with rhenium nanostructures for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Carbon dots (CDs) are light-emitting nanoparticles that show great promise for applications in biology and medicine due to the ease… Continue reading Revealing the nature of optical activity in carbon dots produced from different chiral precursor molecules
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
A series of activated carbons (ACs) derived from spent disposable wooden chopsticks was prepared via steam activation and used to… Continue reading Valorization of spent disposable wooden chopstick as the CO2 adsorbent for a CO2/H2 mixed gas purification
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Photocatalysts are promising materials for solid-state antiviral coatings to protect against the spread of pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This paper… Continue reading Inactivation of various variant types of SARS-CoV-2 by indoor-light-sensitive TiO2-based photocatalyst
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
α-Sn and SnGe alloys are attracting attention as a new family of topological quantum materials. However, bulk α-Sn is thermodynamically… Continue reading Growth of α-Sn on silicon by a reversed β-Sn to α-Sn phase transformation for quantum material integration
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Modern biology investigations on phytochromes as near-infrared fluorescent pigments pave the way for the development of new biosensors, as well… Continue reading Improved fluorescent phytochromes for in situ imaging
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Exfoliated clay nanosheets (CNSs) of synthetic hectorite (s-hectorite) have been used for synthesizing advanced functional materials and gels that exhibit… Continue reading Gelation and anomalous viscosity dynamics in aqueous dispersions of synthetic hectorite
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022
Carlos Morillo
April 18, 2022