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2020
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Padrón,
R., Ma, W., Duno-Miranda, S., Koubassova, N., Lee, K. H., Pinto, A.,
Alamo, L., Bolaños, P., Tsaturyan, A., Irving, T. and Craig, R. |
The
myosin interacting-heads motif present in live tarantula muscle
explains tetanic and post-tetanic phosphorylation mechanisms. |
Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences
May
2020,
201921312; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921312117 |
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2020
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Toepfer,
C., Garfinkel, A., Venturini, G., Wakimoto, H., Repetti, G., Alamo, L.,
Sharma, A., Agarwal, R., Ewoldt, J., Cloonan, P., Letendre, J., Lun,
M., Olivotto, I., Colan, S., Ashley, E., Jacoby, D., Michels, M.,
Redwood, C., Watkins, H., Day, S., Staples, J., Padrón, R.,
Chopra, A., Ho, C., Chen, C., Pereira, A., Seidman, J., Seidman, C. E. |
Myosin
sequestration regulates sarcomere function, cardiomyocyte energetics,
and metabolism, informing the pathogenesis of hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy |
Circulation
2020; 141:828–842. DOI:
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042339. |
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2020
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Sulbaran,
G, Biasutto, A., Mendez, F., Pinto, A., Alamo, A. and Padrón, R. |
18O
labeling on Ser45 but not on Ser35 supports the cooperative
phosphorylation mechanism on tarantula thick filament activation. |
Biochem
Biophys Res Comm. 524: 198-204. |
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2020
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L.
Alamo, A. Pinto, G. Sulbarán, J. Mavárez
& R. Padrón
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Lessons
from a tarantula: New insights into myosin interacting-heads motif
evolution and its implications on disease |
Biophys.
Rev https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-017-0292-4. |
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2018
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K.
H. Lee, G. Sulbarán, S. Yang, J. Y. Mun, L.
Alamo, A.
Pinto, O. Sato, M. Ikebe, X. Liu, E. D. Korn, F.
Sarsoza,
S. I. Bernstein, R. Padrón & R. Craig
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Interacting-heads
motif has been conserved as a
mechanism of myosin II
inhibition since before the origin of animals |
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715247115 |
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2017
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L.
Alamo, N. Koubassova, A. Pinto, R. Gillilan, A. Tsaturyan &
R. Padrón
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Lessons
from a tarantula: New insights into muscle thick filament and myosin
interacting-heads motif structure and function
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Biophys.
Rev. 9: 461-480
DOI
10.1007/s2551-017-0295-4
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http://rdcu.be/vz7T
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2017
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L.
Alamo, J. S. Ware, A. Pinto, R. E. Gillilan, J. G. Seidman, C. E.
Seidman & Raúl Padrón |
Effects
of myosin variants on interacting-heads motif explain distinct
hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy phenotypes |
eLife
2017;6:e24634 doi: 10.7554/eLife.24634
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SI
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Abstract
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2016
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L.
Alamo, D. Qi, W. Wriggers, A. Pinto, J. Zhu, A. Bilbao, Richard E.
Gillilan, S. Hu, R.& R. Padrón.
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Conserved
Intramolecular Interactions Maintain Myosin Interacting-Heads Motifs
Explaining Tarantula Muscle Super-Relaxed State Structural Basis
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J.
Mol. Biol. 428: 1142-1164, 2016
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2015
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Sulbarán,
G., Alamo, L., Pinto, A., Márquez, G., Méndez, F.,
Padrón, R. & Craig, R.
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An
invertebrate smooth muscle with striated muscle myosin filaments
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Proc.
Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 112(42): E5660-E5668, 2015
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Abstract
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2015
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Alamo,
L., Li, X., Espinoza-Fonseca, M., Pinto, A., Thomas, D., Lehman, W.
& Padrón, R.
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Tarantula
myosin free head regulatory light chain phosphorylation stiffens
N-terminal extension releasing it and blocking its docking back
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Mol.
BioSyst. 11: 2180-2189, 2015
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2015
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Espinoza-Fonseca,
M., Alamo, L., Pinto, A., Thomas, D. & Padrón R.
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Sequential
Myosin Phosphorylñation Activates Tarantula Thick Filament via a
Disorder-Order Transition.
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Mol.
BioSyst.11: 2167-2179, 2015
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Abstract
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2014
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Marquez,
G., Pinto, A., Alamo, L-, Baumann, B., Le, F., Winkler, H.,
Taylor, K. & Padrón R.
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A
method for 3D-reconstruction of a muscle thick filament using tilt
series images of a single filament electron tomogram.
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J.
Struct. Biol. 186: 265-272, 2014.
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Abstract
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2013
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Padrón,
R.
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Two
and a half years at the LMB that imprinted my scientific career
(1980-83)
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Chapter
38, in book “Memoirs and Consequences” (Editor Hugh Huxley), Published
by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.
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2013
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G.
Sulbarán, A. Biasutto, L. Alamo, C. Riggs, A. Pinto, F. Mendez,
R. Craig and R. Padrón.
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Different
head environments in tarantula thick filaments support a cooperative
activation process.
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Biophys.
J. 105: 2114-2122, 2013
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Abstract
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2013
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Rodriguez,
R., Soto, R., Lacruz, A., Rivas, Y., Flores, I., Falcone, M., Alamo, L.
y Padron, R.
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Leucina
en la proteína de unión de miosina cardiaca (MyBP-C)
encontrada en un paciente con miocardiopatía hipertrofica en
Venezuela.
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Interciencia: 38:
657-663, 2013.
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2012
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Pinto,
A., Sanchez, F., Alamo, L. & Padrón, R.
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The
myosin interacting-heads motif is present in the relaxed thick filament
of the striated muscle of scorpion |
J.
Struct. Biol. 180: 469-478, 2012
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2011
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Brito, R., Alamo, L.,
Lundberg, L, Guerrero, J.R., Pinto, A., Sulbarán, G.,
Gawinowicz, M. A., Craig, R. & Padrón, R.

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molecular
model of phosphorylation-based activation and potentiation of
tarantula muscle thick filaments
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J.
Mol. Biol. 414: 44-61, 2011.
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Abstract
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2011
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Luther,
P., Winkler, H., Taylor, K., Zoghbi, M., Craig, R., Padrón, R.,
Squire, J. & Liu, J
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Direct
visualisation of myosin binding protein C bridging myosin and actin
filaments in intact muscle
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Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. (USA): 108(28):11423-8, 2011
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Abtract
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2011
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Rodriguez
, R. & Padrón, R.
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Uso
de la genética en el diagnóstico de la
miocardiopatía hipertrófica familiar
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Avances
Cardiol 31(1): 45 - 47, 2011 |
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2011
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Wriggers,
W., Alamo, R. & Padrón R.
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Matching
Structural Densities from Different Biophysical Origins with Gain and
Bias
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J. Struct.
Biol.: 173: 445-450, 2011 |
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2008
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Alamo,
L., Wriggers, W., Pinto, A., Bártoli, F., Salazar, L., Zhao, F.,
Craig, R. & Padrón, R.
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Three-dimensional
Reconstruction of Tarantula Myosin Filaments Suggests How
Phosphorylation May Regulate Myosin Activity
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J.
Mol. Biol. 384: 780-797, 2008
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Abstract
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2008
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Luther,
P. K., Knupp, C., Craig, R., Padrón, R., Harris, S., Patel,
J.,
Moss, R. L. & Bennet, P. M. |
Understanding
the organization and role of myosin binding protein C in striated
muscle by analysis of normal and MyBPC knockout muscle. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 384: 60-72, 2008 |
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2008
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F.
Q. Zhao, R. Padrón & R. Craig. |
Blebbistatin
stabilizes the helical order of myosin filaments by
promoting the switch 2 closed state. |
Biophys. J. 95:
3322-3329, 2008
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2008
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Padrón,
R.
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El
mecanismo molecular de la regulación de la contracción
muscular. |
Arch.
Ven. Farm Ter. 27(1): 2-4, 2008. |
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2007
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Padrón,
R.
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Filamento
de miosina: modelo atómico
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Investigación
y Ciencia 369: 28-30, 2007
(Spanish version of Scientific American) |
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2006
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Padrón,
R. & Alamo, L.
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Review:
The use of negative staining and cryo-electron microscopy to understand
the molecular mechanism of myosin-linked regulation of striated muscle
contraction.
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Acta
Microsc. 13: 14-29, 2004.
(actually published in 2006!) |
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2005
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Woodhead,
J., Zhao, F.,
Craig, R., Egelman, E., Alamo, L. & Padrón, R.
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Atomic
model of a myosin filament in the relaxed state. |
Nature
436: 1195-1199 , 2005. |
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Abstract
Supplementary information
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2004
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Zoghbi,
M. E., Woodhead,J.,
Craig, R. & Padrón, R.
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Helical
order in tarantula thick filaments requires the closed conformation of
the myosin head. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 342: 1223-1236, 2004. |
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Abstract |
2004
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Craig,
R. & Padrón, R. |
Molecular
Structure of the Sarcomere |
Chapter
7. text book “Myology”
(Edit. A. G. Engel y C. Franzini-Armstrong),
3th edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York. 2004. (invited
review) |
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Abstract |
2004
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Ramírez,
C. D. & Padrón R.
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Cardiomiopatía
hipertrófica familiar: genes, mutaciones y modelos animales. |
Inv. Clin. 45(1):
69-100, 2004. |
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HTML
(very slow link!)
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2003
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Luther,
P.K. , Padrón, R., Ritter, S, Craig, R. & Squire, J. M.
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Heterogeneity
of Z-band structure within a single muscle sarcomere: Implications for
sarcomere assembly. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 332: 161-169, 2003. |
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2001
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Hidalgo,
C., Padrón, R., Horowitz, R.,
Zhao, F. & Craig, R.
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Purification
of native myosin filaments from muscle. |
Biophys.
J. 81: 2817-2826, 2001. |
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2001
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Hidalgo,
C., Craig, R., Ikebe, M. & Padrón, R.
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Mechanism
of phosphorylation of the regulatory light chain of myosin from
tarantula striated muscle. |
J. Muscle Res. Cell
Motil. 22. 51-59, 2001. |
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2000
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Offer,
G.; Knight, P.; Burgess, S. A. Alamo, L. & Padrón, R.
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A
new model for the surface arrangement of myosin molecules in heads in
tarantula thick filaments. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 298: 239-260, 2000. |
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1998
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Padrón,
R.; Alamo, L.;
Murgich, J. & Craig, R.
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Towards
an atomic model of the thick filament of muscle. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 275: 35-41, 1998. |
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1997
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Mateu,
L.; Moran, O.; Padrón, R., Borgo, M., Vonasek, E., Marquez,
V.& Luzzati, V.
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The
action of local anesthetics on myelin structure and nerve conduction in
toad sciatic nerve. |
Biophys.
J.: 70: 2581-2587, 1997. |
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1997
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San-Blas,
G.; Padrón, R.;
Alamo, L. & San-Blas, F.
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Use
of morphology index histograms to quantify populations of the fungal
pathogenParacoccidioides brasiliensis. |
Microbiology
143: 197-202, 1997. |
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1996
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Caputo,
C. & Padrón, R.
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Mecanismo
de la contracción muscular |
Cap.
26. Pp 610-647 Biofísica y Fisiología Celular
(eds. Bezanilla, F., Latorre, R., López Barneo, J. y
Llinás, R.)
Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. 1996. |
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1995
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Padrón,
R., Alamo, L., Guerrero, J. R., Granados, M.,
Uman, P. & Craig, R.
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Three-dimensional
reconstruction of thick filaments from rapidly frozen,
freeze-substituted tarantula muscle. |
J.
Struct. Biol.: 115(3): 250-257, 1995.
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1993
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Padrón,
R., Rodriguez, J.; Guerrero, J. R. & Alamo, L.
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Fraying
of thick filaments from tarantula muscle into subfilaments. |
Acta
Microsc. 2(1): 85-92, 1993. |
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1993
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Padrón,
R., Guerrero, J. R., Alamo, L., Granados, M., Gherbesi, N. & Craig,
R.
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Direct
visualization of myosin filament symmetry in tarantula striated muscle
by electron microscopy. |
J.
Struct. Biol.: 111: 17-21, 1993. |
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Abstract
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1992
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Craig,
R., Alamo, L.
& Padrón, R.
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Structure
of the myosin filaments of relaxed and rigor striated vertebrate muscle
studied by rapid freezing electron microscopy. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 228: 474-487, 1992. |
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Abstract
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1992
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Guerrero,
J. R. & Padrón, R.
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The
Substructure of the backbone of the thick filament from Tarantula
muscle. |
Acta
Microsc. 1(2): 63-83, 1992. |
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1992
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Padrón,
R.; Granados, M.; Alamo, L.; Guerrero, J. R. & Craig, R.
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Visualization
of myosin helices in sections of rapidly frozen relaxed tarantula
muscle. |
J. Struct. Biol.
108(3): 269-276, 1992. |
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Abstract
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1991
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Alamo,
L., Padrón, R., Craig, R. & Hidalgo, C.
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Método
para la determinación directa de la simetría rotacional
de filamentos gruesos de músculo por procesamiento digital de
imágenes. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
42(2): 59-63, 1991. |
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1991
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Craig,
R., Padrón, R. & Alamo, L.
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Direct
determination of myosin filament symmetry in scallop striated adductor
muscle by rapid freezing and freeze-substitution. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 220: 125-132,1991. |
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Abstract
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1991
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Padrón,
R., Panté, N.,
Sosa, H. & Kendrick-Jones, J.
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X-ray
diffraction study of the structural changes accompanying
phosphorylation of tarantula muscle. |
J. Muscle Res. Cell
Motil. 12(3): 235-241, 1991.
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Abstract
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1989
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Padrón,
R. & Craig, R. |
Disorder
induced in non-overlap myosin crossbridges by loss of adenosine
triphosphate. |
Biophys.
J. 56: 927-933, 1989. |
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Abstract
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1988
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Panté,
N., Sosa, H. & Padrón, R.
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Estudio
por difracion de rayos-X de los cambios estructurales que
acompañan la fosforilación de los filamentos gruesos de
músculo de tarántula. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
39(3): 230-236, 1988. |
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1988
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Padrón,
R., Alamo, L.
Craig, R. & Caputo, C.
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A
method for quick-freezing live muscles at known instants during
contraction with simultaneous recording of mechanical tension. |
J. Microsc. (Oxford)
151: 81-102, 1988. |
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Abstract
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1988
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Sosa,
H., Panté, N. & Padrón, R.
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Análisis
de la sección ecuatorial del patrón de difracción
de rayos-X de músculos estriados de tarántula en
diferentes condiciones experimentales. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
39(1): 51-59, 1988. |
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Abstract |
1987
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Alamo,
L., Padrón, R.,
Craig, R. & Caputo, C.
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Método
para el congelamiento rápido con nitrógeno o helio
líquido de músculos en contracción tetánica. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
38(4): 513-514, 1987. |
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Abstract |
1987
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Martelo,
M.J. & Padrón, R.
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Método
rápido para el aislamiento y purificación de miosina de
músculo de tarantula. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
38(3): 394-395, 1987. |
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Abstract
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1987
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Padrón,
R., Queralt, V.
& Sosa, H.
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Método
para la cuantificación de cambios en la capacidad de
retención de agua en carne utilizando difracción de
rayos-X. |
Acta Cient. Ven.
38(2): 287-288, 1987. |
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Abstract
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1987
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Craig,
R., Padrón, R. & Kendrick-Jones:
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Structural
changes accompanying phosphorylation of tarantula muscle thick
filaments. |
J. Cell.
Biol. 105: 1319-1327, 1987. |
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Abstract
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1986
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Sosa,
H., Panté, N.,
& Padrón, R.
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Determinación
de la sección ecuatorial del patrón de difracción
de rayos-X de músculo vivo de tarántula. |
Acta
Cient. Ven. 37(5): 587-588, 1986. |
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Abstract |
1986
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Panté,
N., Sosa, H.& Padrón, R.
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Predicción
de cambios relativos en el patrón ecuatorial de
difracción de rayos-X de músculo estriado causados por la
activación de la contracción muscular. |
Acta Cient. Ven. 37:
223-225, 1986. |
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Abstract |
1985
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Crowther,
R.A.; Padrón, R.
& Craig, R.:
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The
arrangement of the heads of myosin in relaxed thick filaments from
Tarantula muscle. |
J.
Mol. Biol. 184(3): 429-439, 1985. |
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Abstract
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1984
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Padrón,
R. & Huxley, H.E.
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The
effect of the ATP analogue AMPPNP on the structure of crossbridges in
vertebrate skeletal muscle: X-ray diffraction and mechanical studies. |
J. Muscle Res. Cell.
Motil 5(6): 613-655, 1984. |
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Abstract
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1984
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Egelman,
E.H. & Padrón, R.
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X-ray
diffraction evidence that actin is a 100 Å filament. |
Nature,
307: 56-58, 1984. |
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Abstract
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1982
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Padrón,
R. & Mateu, L.
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Repetitive
propagation of action potentials destabilizes the structure of the
myelin sheath: a dynamic X-ray diffraction study. |
Biophys.
J. 39: 183-188, 1982. |
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Abstract
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1981
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Padrón,
R. & Mateu, L.
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Alteración
reversible de la estructura de las membranas de mielina de nervio
ciático de rana por comprensión mecánica in vivo:
estudio por difracción de rayos-X. |
Acta Cient. Venez.
32(2): 166-171, 1981. |
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Abstract |
1981
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Padrón,
R. & Mateu, L.
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In
vivo structure of frog sciatic nerve myelin membranes: a X-ray
diffraction study at 13 Å resolution. |
J. Neurosc. Res.
6(2): 251-260, 1981. |
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Abstract
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1980
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Padrón,
R. & Mateu, L.
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The
effect of repetitive propagation of action potentials on the structure
of toad sciatic nerve myelin membranes: a X-ray diffraction study at 11
Å resolution. |
J. Neurosc. Res.
5(6): 611-620, 1980. |
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Abstract
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1980
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Padrón,
R., Salas, R.
& Mateu, L.
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La
estructura de las membranas de mielina de nervio ciático de
rana: determinación in vivo por difracción de rayos-X a
15 Å de resolución espacial. |
Acta Cient. Venez.
31(3): 224-228, 1980. |
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Abstract
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1980
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Padrón,
R. & Caputo, C.
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Canonical
equivalent circuits of isolated barnacle muscle fibers. |
Acta Cient. Venez.
31(2): 160-166, 1980. |
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Abstract
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1980
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Padrón,
R., Mateu, L. & Requena, J.
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A
dynamic X-ray diffraction study of anesthesia action: Changes in myelin
structure and electrical activity recorded simultaneously from frog
sciatic nerves treated with n-alkanes. |
Biochim. Biophyhs.
Acta 602: 221-233, 1980. |
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Abstract
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1979
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Padrón,
R., Mateu, L. & Kirschner, D.A.
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X-ray
diffraction study of the kinetics of myelin lattice swelling: the
effect of divalent cations. |
Biophys.
J. 28: 231-239, 1979. |
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Abstract |
1979
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Padrón,
R., Requena, J. & Mateu, L. |
A
dynamic X-ray diffraction study of anesthesia action: Thickening of the
myelin membrane by n-pentane. |
Biochim.
Biophys.
Acta 552: 535-539, 1979. |
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Abstract
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1979
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Padrón,
R.
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Alteración
de la estabilidad estructural de la mielina: Estudio por
difracción de rayos-X. |
Tesis
de Grado para optar al Título de Ph.Sc. en Biología,
mención Fisiología y Biofísica. Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Centro de
Estudios Avanzados (CEA), 1979. |
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Abstract |
1977
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Mateu,
L., Kirchhausen, T., Padrón, R. & Camejo, G.
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Small-angle
X-ray scattering study of human serum low density lipoproteins with
differential reactivity for an arterial proteoglycan. |
J. Supramol. Struct.
7: 435-442, 1977. |
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Abstract
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1977
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Padrón,
R.
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La
estabilidad estructural de la mielina: Estudio por difracción de
rayos-X. |
Trabajo
de Grado para optar al Título de M.Sc. en Biología,
mención Fisiología y Biofísica. Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Centro de
Estudios Avanzados (CEA), 1977. |
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Abstract |
1976
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Camejo,
G., Mateu, L., Lalaguna, F., Padrón, R., Waich, A., Aquatella,
H. & Vega, H.
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Structural
individuality of human serum LDL associated with a differential
affinity for a macromolecular component of the arterial wall. |
Artery
2(1): 79-97, 1976. |
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Abstract
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1974
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Padrón,
R.
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Propiedades
eléctricas pasivas de fibras musculares aisladas de Balanus. |
Trabajo
Especial para optar al Título de Ingeniero
Eléctrico. Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Facultad
de Ingeniería, 1974. |
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Abstract |
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