Laboratory articles

Papers from the laboratory

15/05/2024
Characterization of the interaction between the Sec61 translocon complex and ppαF using optical tweezers

Luka Robeson, Nathalie Casanova-Morales, Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Hilda M. Alfaro-Valdés, Robert Lesch, Carolina Ramírez-Álvarez, Mauricio Valdivia-Delgado, Marcela Vega, Ricardo A. Matute, Randy Schekman, Christian A. M. Wilson. Protein Science, 33(6), e4996. DOI: 10.1002/pro.4996

15/05/2024
05/08/2024
Towards the understanding of molecular motors and its relationship with local unfolding

Zahra Alavi, Nathalie Casanova-Morales, Diego Quiroga-Roger, Christian A.M. Wilson. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 57, e7. DOI: 10.1017/S0033583524000052

05/08/2024
01/12/2023
Bioinformatics, thermodynamics, and mechanical resistance of the FtsZ-ZipA complex of Escherichia coli supports a highly dynamic protein interaction in the divisome

Valentina Carrasco, Camillo Berríos-Pastén, Nicolás Canales, Alexis Órdenes, Christian A.M. Wilson, Octavio Monasterio. BBA General Subjects 1867(12), 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130471

01/12/2023
16/06/2023
Effect of temperature and nucleotide on the binding of BiP chaperone to a protein substrate

Maira Rivera, Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Felipe Engelberger, Roi Asor, Miguel Lagos, Maximiliano Figueroa, Philipp Kurura, Cesar Ramirez-Sarmiento, Mauricio Baez, Steven Smith, Christian A.M. Wilson. Protein Science 32(7), e4706. DOI: 10.1002/pro.4706

16/06/2023
30/12/2022
Temperature dependent mechanical unfolding and refolding of a protein studied by thermo-regulated optical tweezers

Maira Rivera, Are Mjaavatten, Steven Smith, Mauricio Baez, Christian A.M. Wilson. Biophysical Journal 122, 1-9, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.12.034

30/12/2022
10/01/2022
Post-translational Protein Translocation Through Membranes at the Single Molecule Level (preguntar)

Diego Quiroga-Roger, Hilda M. Alfaro-Valdés and Christian A.M. Wilson Moya. Capítulo en el libro “Single-Molecule Science: From Super-Resolution Microscopy to DNA Mapping and Diagnostics” editado por Krishnarao Appasani & Raghu Kiran Appasani. Cambridge University Press. Páginas 80-93. In press, publication planned for October 2020. (ISBN: 9781108423366) 

10/01/2022
08/10/2022
Determination of Protein-Protein Interactions at the single-molecule level Using Optical Tweezers. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics.

Wendy N. Sánchez, Luka Robenson, Valentina Carrasco, Nataniel Figueroa Leigh, Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Christian A.M. Wilson, Nathalie Casanova-Morales. Volume 55 , 2022 , e8. DOI: 10.1017/S0033583522000075

08/10/2022
17/10/2018
Mechanical Properties of Chaperone BiP, the Master Regulator of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Hilda M. Alfaro-Valdés, Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Nathalie Casanova-Morales, Diego Quiroga‐Roger, Christian A.M. Wilson. IntechOpen DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82080

17/10/2018
26/04/2018
Mechanical properties of BiP protein determined by nano-rheology

Nathalie Casanova‐Morales, Diego Quiroga‐Roger, Hilda M. Alfaro‐Valdés, Zahra Alavi, Miguel I.A. Lagos‐Espinoza, Giovanni Zocchi, Christian A.M. Wilson Protein Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.3432

26/04/2018
28/01/2018
DNA Staining Method Based on Formazan Precipitation Induced by Blue Light Exposure

Aaron J. Paredes, Hilda M. Alfaro-Valdés, Christian A.M. Wilson. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Accepted November 16, 2017 http://www.jove.com/video/56528.

28/01/2018
02/08/2017
Single molecule force spectroscopy reveals the effect of BiP chaperone on protein folding.

Ramírez, M.P.; Rivera, M.; Quiroga-Roger, D.; Bustamante, A.; Vega, M.; Baez, M.; Puchner, E.M.; Wilson, C.A.M. Protein Science. 26 (7), 1404-1412, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/pro.3137

02/08/2017
15/01/2017
 New visible and selective DNA staining method in gels with tetrazolium salts.

Aaron J. Paredes, Tatiana Naranjo-Palma, Hilda M. Alfaro-Valdés, Andrés Barriga, Jorge Babul, Christian A.M. Wilson. Analytical Biochemistry: Methods in the Biological Sciences. 517 (2017), 31-35, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.11.004

15/01/2017

Papers in collaboration

10/06/2023
Mechanical Force Activates the Light-Dependent Channels TRP and TRPL in Excised Patches from the Rhabdomere of Drosophila Photoreceptors

Delgado, R., Wilson, C. A., Caballero, L., & Melo, F. Mechanical Force Activates the Light-Dependent Channels TRP and TRPL in Excised Patches from the Rhabdomere of Drosophila Photoreceptors. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4591563

10/06/2023
07/01/2022
Identification of VEGFR2 as the Histatin–1 receptor in endothelial cells. Biochemical Pharmacology

Mateluna, C., Torres, P., Rodriguez–Peña, M., Silva, P., Matthies, D. J., Criollo, A., … & Torres, V. A. (2022). , 115079. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115079

07/01/2022
29/09/2020
Application of Force to a Syndecan-4 Containing Complex With Thy-1–αVβ3 Integrin Accelerates Neurite Retraction

Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Samuel Martínez-Meza, Andrew F. G.Quest, Christian A. M. Wilson and Lisette Leyton. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.582257

29/09/2020
30/06/2020
PKD2/polycystin-2 induces autophagy by forming a complex with BECN1.

Daniel Peña-Oyarzun, Marcelo Rodriguez-Peña, Francesca Burgos-Bravo, Angelo Vergara, Catalina Kretschmar, Cristian Sotomayor-Flores, Cesar A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, Humbert De Smedt, Montserrat Reyes, William Perez, Vicente A. Torres, Eugenia Morselli, Francisco Altamirano, Christian A. M. Wilson, Joseph A. Hill, Sergio Lavandero & Alfredo Criollo. Autophagy 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1782035

30/06/2020
16/01/2020
Surface Immunogenic Protein of Streptococcus Group B is an Agonist of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 and a Potential Immune Adjuvant.

Diaz-Dinamarca, D.A.; Manzo, R.A.; Soto, D.A.; Avendaño-Valenzuela, M.J.; Bastias, D.N.; Soto, P.I.; Escobar, D.F.; Vasquez-Saez, V.; Carrión, F.; Pizarro-Ortega, M.S.; Wilson, C.A.M.; Berrios, J.; Kalergis, A.M.; Vasquez, A.E.  Vaccines 2020, 8, 29. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8010029

16/01/2020
14/05/2019
Structural characterization of the saxitoxin-targeting APTSTX1 aptamer using optical tweezers and molecular dynamics simulations.

Nathalie Casanova-Morales, Nataniel L. Figueroa, Karol Alfaro, Felipe Montenegro, Nelson P. Barrera, J. R. Maze, Christian A. M. Wilson, Pablo Conejeros. PloS ONE. 2019, 14(11) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222468

14/05/2019
23/03/2018
Single-molecule measurements of the effect of force on Thy-1/αvβ3-integrin interaction using non-purified proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell

Burgos-Bravo, F.; Figueroa, N.L.; Casanova-Morales, N.; Quest, A.F.G.; Wilson, C.A.M.*; Leyton, L.* Recomendado para publicar con cambios menores: 05 de Junio de 2017.*co-corresponding author. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-03-0133

23/03/2018
14/03/2018
Identifying Chaotropic and Kosmotropic Agents by Nanorheology.

Nathalie Casanova-Morales, Zahra Alavi, Christian A.M. Wilson, and Giovanni Zocchi. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (14), pp 3754–3759. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12782

14/03/2018
17/11/2017
The Energy Cost of Polypeptide Knot Formation and its Folding Consequences.

Andrés Bustamante, Juan Carlos Sotelo, Daniel G. Guerra, Martin Floor, Christian A.M. Wilson, Carlos Bustamante, Mauricio Baez.  Nature Communications. 8(1), 1581, 2017. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01691-1

17/11/2017
22/07/2015
Pulling on super paramagnetic beads with micro cantilevers: single molecule mechanical assay application

Muñoz, R., Aguilar, F., Wilson, C.A.M., Melo, F. Physical Biology.12 (4), 046011, 2015. DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/12/4/046011

22/07/2015
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