Characterization of the individual glucose uptake systems of <i>Lactococcus lactis</i>: mannose‐PTS, cellobiose‐PTS and the novel GlcU permease

Rute Castro, Ana Rute Neves, Luís L. Fonseca, +4

Molecular Microbiology

Energy MetabolismCellular EnzymologyBiochemistryNovel Glcu PermeaseBioenergetics +10

Biochemical and genetic characterization of the pathways for trehalose metabolism in Propionibacterium freudenreichii, and their role in stress response

Filipa Cardoso, Rute Castro, Nuno Borges, +1

Microbiology

BiosynthesisBiotransformationCellular EnzymologyBiochemistryNatural Sciences +13

Production of high‐quality SARS‐CoV‐2 antigens: Impact of bioprocess and storage on glycosylation, biophysical attributes, and ELISA serologic tests performance

Rute Castro, Lígia S. Nobre, Rute P. Eleutério, +22

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Biophysical AttributesViral DiagnosticsSynthetic VirologyImmunologyViral Pathogenesis +17

Population homogeneity for the antibody response to COVID-19 BNT162b2/Comirnaty vaccine is only reached after the second dose across all adult age ranges

João Faro Viana, Marie‐Louise Bergman, Lígia Antunes Gonçalves, +17

Nature Communications

The α-Phosphoglucomutase of Lactococcus lactis Is Unrelated to the α-d-Phosphohexomutase Superfamily and Is Encoded by the Essential Gene pgmH

Ana Rute Neves, Wietske A. Pool, Rute Castro, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Insect Cells for High-Yield Production of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Building a Virosome-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

Bárbara Fernandes, Rute Castro, Farien Bhoelan, +9

Pharmaceutics

Synthetic VirologyImmunologyViral PathogenesisHigh-yield ProductionViral Structural Protein +14

Tetraspanins displayed in retrovirus-derived virus-like particles and their immunogenicity

Hugo R. Soares, Rute Castro, Hélio A. Tomás, +7

Vaccine

ImmunologyVirologyRetrovirus-derived Virus-like ParticlesMedicineViral Genetics

Retroviral particles are effectively purified on an affinity matrix containing peptides selected by phage‐display

Cláudia S. M. Fernandes, I.R Barbosa, Rute Castro, +4

Biotechnology Journal

Asexual Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate PfRipr5: Enhanced Production in Insect Cells

Ricardo Correia, Bárbara Fernandes, Rute Castro, +8

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Cell Bank Origin of MDCK Parental Cells Shapes Adaptation to Serum-Free Suspension Culture and Canine Adenoviral Vector Production

Ana F. Rodrigues, Paulo Fernandes, Tanja Laske, +4

International Journal of Molecular Sciences