Targeted superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for early detection of cancer: Possibilities and challenges

Z Bakhtiary, AA Saei, MJ Hajipour, M Raoufi… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine, the integration of nanotechnological tools in medicine demonstrated
promising potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of various human health …

Neutron crystallography: opportunities, challenges, and limitations

MP Blakeley, P Langan, N Niimura… - Current opinion in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Neutron crystallography has had an important, but relatively small role in structural biology
over the years. In this review of recently determined neutron structures, a theme emerges of …

Joint X-ray and neutron refinement with phenix. refine

PV Afonine, M Mustyakimov… - … Section D: Biological …, 2010 - journals.iucr.org
Approximately 85% of the structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank have been solved
using X-ray crystallography, making it the leading method for three-dimensional structure …

Automation of AMOEBA polarizable force field parameterization for small molecules

JC Wu, G Chattree, P Ren - Theoretical chemistry accounts, 2012 - Springer
A protocol to generate parameters for the AMOEBA polarizable force field for small organic
molecules has been established, and polarizable atomic ty** utility, Poltype, which fully …

Neutron crystallography reveals mechanisms used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa for host-cell binding

L Gajdos, MP Blakeley, M Haertlein, VT Forsyth… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major cause of nosocomial
infections, uses carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins) as part of its binding to host cells …

The catalytic mechanism of an aspartic proteinase explored with neutron and X-ray diffraction

L Coates, HF Tuan, S Tomanicek… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen atoms play key roles in enzyme mechanism, but as this study shows, even high-
quality X-ray data to a resolution of 1 Å cannot directly visualize them. Neutron diffraction …

[PDF][PDF] A comprehensive classification and nomenclature of carboxyl–carboxyl (ate) supramolecular motifs and related catemers: implications for biomolecular systems

L D'Ascenzo, P Auffinger - Acta Crystallographica Section B …, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
Carboxyl and carboxylate groups form important supramolecular motifs (synthons). Besides
carboxyl cyclic dimers, carboxyl and carboxylate groups can associate through a single …

Ligand binding stepwise disrupts water network in thrombin: enthalpic and entropic changes reveal classical hydrophobic effect

A Biela, F Sielaff, F Terwesten, A Heine… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Well-ordered water molecules are displaced from thrombin's hydrophobic S3/4-pocket by P3-
varied ligands (Gly, d-Ala, d-Val, d-Leu to d-Cha with increased hydrophobicity and steric …

One century of ConA and 40 years of ConBr research: A structural review

BS Cavada, VJS Osterne, CF Lossio… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lectins are proteins that can bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrates. This capacity
gives lectins multiple biological roles and biotechnological applications. Although lectins …

Neutron macromolecular crystallography

MP Blakeley - Crystallography Reviews, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Neutron crystallography allows direct determination of the proton and deuteron positions of
a macromolecule and its bound solvent. Key advances in neutron macromolecular …