Francisco J. Barrantes

How cholesterol interacts with membrane proteins: an exploration of cholesterol-binding sites including CRAC, CARC, and tilted domains

Jacques Fantini, Francisco J. Barrantes · Frontiers in Physiology · 2013 · 530 citations · Full text

Disclosure of cholesterol recognition motifs in transmembrane domains of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Carlos Javier Baier, Jacques Fantini, Francisco J. Barrantes · Scientific Reports · 2011 · 245 citations · Full text

Effects of lipids on acetylcholine receptor. Essential need of cholesterol for maintenance of agonist-induced state transitions in lipid vesicles

Manuel Criado, H. Eibl, Francisco J. Barrantes · Biochemistry · 1982 · 201 citations

Immobilized lipid in acetylcholine receptor-rich membranes from Torpedo marmorata.

Derek Marsh, Francisco J. Barrantes · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1978 · 185 citations · Full text

Chemical Biology, Proteinlipid Interaction, Lipid Environment +11

Functional properties of the acetylcholine receptor incorporated in model lipid membranes. Differential effects of chain length and head group of phospholipids on receptor affinity states and receptor-mediated ion translocation.

Manuel Criado, H. Eibl, Francisco J. Barrantes · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1984 · 166 citations · Full text

Proteinlipid Interaction, Lipid Environment, Lipid Biophysics +16