Selected Publications (2010-)

 

Behaviour of NBD-head group labelled phosphatidylethanolamines in POPC bilayers: A molecular dynamics study”. Hugo A. L. Filipe, Lennon S. Santos, J. P. Prates Ramalho, Maria J. Moreno, Luís M. S. Loura. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17:20066-20079 (2015).

How to tackle the issues in free energy simulations of long amphiphiles interacting with lipid membranes: convergence and local membrane deformations”. Hugo A. L. Filipe, Maria João Moreno, Tomasz Róg, Ilpo Vattulainen, Luís M. S. Loura. J. Phys. Chem. B. 118:3572-3581 (2014).

 

Modeling FRET to investigate the selectivity of lactose permease of E. coli for lipids”. Carme Suarez-Germa, Jordi Hernandez-Borrell, Manuel Prieto, Luís M. S. Loura. Mol. Membr. Biol.  31:120-130 (2014).

 

Electrostatically Driven Lipid-Lysozyme Mixed Fibers Display a Multilamellar Structure without Amyloid Features”. Ana M. Melo, Luis Loura, Fábio Fernandes, José Villalaín, Manuel Prieto, Ana Coutinho. Soft Matter 10:840-850 (2014).

 

NBD-Labeled Cholesterol Analogues in Phospholipid Bilayers: Insights from Molecular Dynamics”. João R. Robalo, J. P. Prates Ramalho, Luís M. S. Loura. J. Phys. Chem. B. 117:13731-13742 (2013).

 

Behavior of Fluorescent Cholesterol Analogues Dehydroergosterol and Cholestatrienol in Lipid Bilayers: A Molecular Dynamics Study”. João R. Robalo, António M. T. Martins Do Canto, A. J. Palace Carvalho, J. P. Prates Ramalho, Luís M. S. Loura. J. Phys. Chem. B. 117:5806-5819 (2013).

 

Sensing hydration and behavior of pyrene in POPC and POPC/cholesterol bilayers: A molecular dynamics study”. Luís M.S. Loura, António M. T. Martins Do Canto, Jorge Martins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembranes 1828:1094-1101 (2013).

 

Simple Estimation of Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Orientation Factor Distribution in Membranes”. Luís M. S. Loura. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 13:15252-15270 (2012).

 

Interaction of 7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl-Labeled Fatty Amines with 1-Palmitoyl, 2-Oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine Bilayers: A Molecular Dynamics Study”. Hugo A. L. Filipe, Maria João Moreno, Luís M. S. Loura. J. Phys. Chem. B. 115, 10109-10119 (2011).

 

Recent developments in molecular dynamics simulations of fluorescent membrane probes”. Luis M. S. Loura, J. P. Prates Ramalho. Molecules 16, 5437-5452 (2011).

 

FRET in membrane biophysics: an overview”. Luís M. S. Loura, Manuel Prieto. Front. Physio. 2:82 (2011).


FRET studies of lipid-protein aggregates related to amyloid-like fibers”. Ana Coutinho, Luis M. S. Loura, Manuel Prieto. J. Neurochem. 116, 696-701 (2011)

 

Lactose permease lipid selectivity using Forster resonance energy transfer”. Laura Picas, Carme Suárez-Germà, M. Teresa Montero, José L. Vázquez-Ibar, Jordi Hernández-Borrell, Manuel Prieto, Luis M. S. Loura. Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes, 1798, 1707-1713 (2010).

 

For a complete publication list, please see my ORCID record.

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