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M C Menziani

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Lusvardi G, Malavasi G, Tarsitano F, Menabue L, Menziani M, Pedone A
J Phys Chem B . 2009 Jul; 113(30):10331-8. PMID: 19572677
In this work, the glass transition temperature and chemical durability of bioactive phospho-silicate glasses were experimentally determined and correlated to the structural descriptor Fnet derived from classical molecular dynamics simulations....
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Lusvardi G, Malavasi G, Cortada M, Menabue L, Menziani M, Pedone A, et al.
J Phys Chem B . 2008 Sep; 112(40):12730-9. PMID: 18783268
Glasses belonging to the Na(2)O-CaO-P(2)O(5)-SiO(2) system and modified by CaF(2) substitution for CaO and Na(2)O alternatively, were synthesized and characterized experimentally and computationally. The results of molecular dynamics simulations show...
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Lusvardi G, Malavasi G, Menabue L, Menziani M, Pedone A, Segre U, et al.
J Biomater Appl . 2007 Jul; 22(6):505-26. PMID: 17623710
Two series of glasses of general formula (2-p) SiO2.1.1Na2O.CaO.pP2O5.xZnO (p=0.10, 0.20; x=0.0, 0.16, 0.35, and 0.78) have been analyzed for physico-chemical surface features before and after contact with simulated body...
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Iori F, da Fonseca R, Ramos M, Menziani M
Bioorg Med Chem . 2005 May; 13(14):4366-74. PMID: 15914008
Theoretical descriptors obtained from quantum mechanical calculations on isolated ligands in different media and molecular dynamics simulations of ligand-enzyme complexes have been used to obtain a quantitative rationalization of the...
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De Rienzo F, Gabdoulline R, Wade R, Sola M, Menziani M
Cell Mol Life Sci . 2004 May; 61(10):1123-42. PMID: 15141299
Computational techniques are becoming increasingly important in structural and functional biology, in particular as tools to aid the interpretation of experimental results and the design of new systems. This review...
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De Rienzo F, Grant G, Menziani M
J Comput Aided Mol Des . 2003 Jan; 16(7):501-9. PMID: 12510882
A quantitative rationalisation of the effect of specific amino acids on the recognition process and redox characteristics of plastocyanin towards cytochrome f, as determined by point mutation experiments, has been...
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De Rienzo F, Gabdoulline R, Menziani M, De Benedetti P, Wade R
Biophys J . 2001 Nov; 81(6):3090-104. PMID: 11720977
The oxidation of cytochrome f by the soluble cupredoxin plastocyanin is a central reaction in the photosynthetic electron transfer chain of all oxygenic organisms. Here, two different computational approaches are...
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Battistuzzi G, Borsari M, Loschi L, Menziani M, De Rienzo F, Sola M
Biochemistry . 2001 May; 40(21):6422-30. PMID: 11371205
The changes in the thermodynamics of Cu(II) reduction for spinach plastocyanin induced by point mutations altering the electrostatic potential in proximity of the copper center were determined through variable temperature...
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Anzini M, Cappelli A, Vomero S, Seeber M, Menziani M, Langer T, et al.
J Med Chem . 2001 Apr; 44(8):1134-50. PMID: 11312914
The synthetic-computational approach to the study of the binding site of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) ligands related to 1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-N-(1-methylpropyl)-3-isoquinolinecarboxamide (PK11195, 1) within their receptor (Cappelli et al. J. Med. Chem....
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De Rienzo F, Gabdoulline R, Menziani M, Wade R
Protein Sci . 2000 Sep; 9(8):1439-54. PMID: 10975566
Blue copper proteins are type-I copper-containing redox proteins whose role is to shuttle electrons from an electron donor to an electron acceptor in bacteria and plants. A large amount of...