• openAccess   5-Hydroxy-5-methylhydantoin DNA lesion, a molecular trap for DNA glycosylases 

      Le Bihan, Yann-Vaï; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Coste, Franck; Aller, Pierre; Culard, Françoise; Gehrke, Tim H.; Essalhi, Kadija; Carell, Thomas; Castaing, Bertrand Oxford University Press (2011-04-12)
      DNA base-damage recognition in the base excision repair (BER) is a process operating on a wide variety of alkylated, oxidized and degraded bases. DNA glycosylases are the key enzymes which initiate the BER pathway by ...
    • closedAccess   Bacterial base excision repair enzyme Fpg recognizes bulky N7-substituted-FapydG lesion via unproductive binding mode 

      Coste, Franck; Ober, Matthias; Le Bihan, Yann-Vaï; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles (2012-07-18)
      Fpg is a bacterial base excision repair enzyme that removes oxidized purines from DNA. This work shows that Fpg and its eukaryote homolog Ogg1 recognize with high affinity FapydG and bulky N7-benzyl-FapydG (Bz-FapydG). The ...
    • openAccess   Coordination behaviour of new open chain and macrocyclic peptidomimetic compounds with copper (ii) 

      Wadhavane, Prashant Dinkar; Gorla, Lingaraju; Ferrer, Armando; Altava, Belen; Burguete, M. Isabel; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Luis, Santiago V. Royal Society of Chemistry (2015-08)
      Two valine-derived bis(amino amides) ligands have been prepared and fully characterized. Both compounds contain additional functionalities that implement their basicity and their water solubility. Besides, compound 1 is ...
    • closedAccess   Environmental characterization of burnt coal gangue banks at Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China 

      Querol, Xavier; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Monfort, Eliseo; Álvarez, Esther; Font, Oriol; Moreno, T.; Alastuey, Andres; Zhuang, Xinguo; Lü, WeiWei; Wang, Yang Elsevier (2008)
      The environmental characteristics of coal gangue dumps in Yangquan (Shanxi Province, China) were investigated. The amounts of coal gangue are very high in this coal region given the large coal production. As a result, ...
    • closedAccess   Fluorescence and mass spectrometry studies of the interaction between naproxen and synthetic pseudopeptidic models in organic media 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Fawaz, Ghinwa; Galindo, Francisco; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Luis, Santiago V.; Martínez, Jean; Salom Roig, Xavier J. Elsevier (2009)
      Time-resolved/steady-state fluorescence and mass spectrometry measurements have shown the preferential binding of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) like naproxen 4 to a synthetic pseudopeptidic receptor built ...
    • closedAccess   Fluorescent Acridine-Based Receptors for H2PO4– 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Martí-Centelles, Vicente; Galindo, Francisco; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Kumar, Krishna; White, Andrew J. P.; Luis, Santiago V.; Vilar, Ramón American Chemical Society (2012)
      Two new pseudopeptidic molecules (one macrocyclic and one open chain) containing an acridine unit have been prepared. The fluorescence response of these receptors to a series of acids was measured in CHCl3. Receptors are ...
    • closedAccess   Fluorescent macrocyclic probes with pendant functional groups as markers of acidic organelles within live cells 

      Wadhavane, Prashant Dinkar; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Lutters, Dennis; Burguete, M. Isabel; Marín, María J.; Russell, David A.; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Royal Society of Chemistry (2014)
      A new family of acidity sensitive fluorescent macrocycles has been synthesized and fully characterized. Their photophysical properties including emission quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime have been determined. The ...
    • closedAccess   Improved polyHEMA-DAQ films for the optical analysis of nitrite 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Fabregat Tena, Víctor; Galindo, Francisco; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Luis, Santiago V. Elsevier (2009)
      A series of crosslinked poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) films containing 1,2-diaminoantraquinone (DAQ) have been synthesized and characterized spectroscopically by FT-IR and UV-vis. Their response towards nitrite anion ...
    • closedAccess   Nitric oxide sensitive fluorescent polymeric hydrogels showing negligible interference by dehydroascorbic acid 

      Fabregat Tena, Víctor; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Elsevier (2014)
      A series of nitric oxide (NO) sensitive polymeric hydrogels have been synthesized and their properties described. The new materials are based on a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) matrix entrapping the DAF-FM (4-amino-5 ...
    • openAccess   Organogel–quantum dots hybrid materials displaying fluorescence sensitivity and structural stability towards nitric oxide 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Luis, Santiago V.; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Wadhavane, Prashant Dinkar; Galindo, Francisco Royal Society of Chemistry (2012-03)
      Nanoparticle doped hybrid organogels were prepared using the pseudopeptidic macrocycle 1 and CdSe/ ZnS quantum dots (QDs). The new semi-solid materials show the same thermal stability and excellent optical transparency ...
    • closedAccess   Photoluminescence Enhancement of CdSe Quantum Dots: A Case of Organogel–Nanoparticle Symbiosis 

      Wadhavane, Prashant Dinkar; Galian, Raquel E.; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Aguilera Sigalat, Jordi; Galindo, Francisco; Schmidt, Luciana; Burguete, M. Isabel; Pérez Prieto, Julia; Luis, Santiago V. American Chemical Society (2012)
      Highly fluorescent organogels (QD–organogel), prepared by combining a pseudopeptidic macrocycle and different types of CdSe quantum dots (QDs), have been characterized using a battery of optical and microscopic techniques. ...
    • closedAccess   Photoluminescence of CdSe/ZnS core–shell quantum dots stabilized in water with a pseudopeptidic gemini surfactant 

      RUBIO-MAGNIETO, JENIFER; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Royal Society of Chemistry (2011)
      The use of pseudopeptidic gemini surfactants as stabilizers of hydrophobic quantum dots in water is discussed. Compound 1a acts as an intercalator with hydrophobic ligands of QDs transferring them from toluene to pure water ...
    • closedAccess   Quantum dot–polymethacrylate composites for the analysis of NOx by fluorescence spectroscopy 

      Fabregat Tena, Víctor; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Elsevier (2012)
      A new type of hybrid materials composed by core–shell (CdSe/ZnS) quantum dots adsorbed on polymethacrylate surfaces has been synthesized and characterized, specially by means of time-resolved fluorimetry. The ability of ...
    • closedAccess   Recognition of Free Tryptophan in Water by Synthetic Pseudopeptides: Fluorescence and Thermodynamic Studies 

      Martí-Centelles, Vicente; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA (2014-06)
      Pseudopeptidic receptors containing an acridine unit have been prepared and their fluorescence response to a series of amino acids was measured in water. Free amino acids, not protected either at the C or the N terminus, ...
    • openAccess   The interaction of amino acids with macrocyclic pH probes of pseudopeptidic nature 

      Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Wadhavane, Prashant Dinkar; Vigara, Laura; Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)
      The fluorescence quenching, by a series of amino acids, of pseudopeptidic compounds acting as probes for cellular acidity has been investigated. It has been found that amino acids containing electron-rich aromatic side ...
    • closedAccess   Time resolved fluorescence of naproxen in organogel medium 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Galindo, Francisco; Luis, Santiago V. Elsevier (2008)
      The interaction between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen and the self assembled fibrillar network created by a low molecular weight organogelator has been probed by means of time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.
    • closedAccess   Use fluorescence spectroscopy to study polymeric materials with porous structure based on imprinting by self-assembled fibrilar networks 

      Burguete, M. Isabel; Galindo, Francisco; Gavara, Raquel; Izquierdo Arcusa, María Ángeles; Lima, Joao C.; Luis, Santiago V.; Parola, A. Jorge; Pina, Fernando American Chemical Society (2008)
      Different polymeric materials have been prepared from the organogels formed by a polymerizable methacrylic mixture (methyl methacrylate/ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1:1, w/w) and the macrocyclic pseudopeptide 1. The use ...