Francisco E.S. Lopes

Synthetic antimicrobial peptides: From choice of the best sequences to action mechanisms

Pedro Filho Noronha Souza, Lidyane Souto Maciel Marques, José T.A. Oliveira et al. · Biochimie · 2020 · 113 citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +15

A molecular docking study revealed that synthetic peptides induced conformational changes in the structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, disrupting the interaction with human ACE2 receptor

Pedro Filho Noronha Souza, Francisco E.S. Lopes, Jackson L. Amaral et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 2020 · 60 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

Peptide from thaumatin plant protein exhibits selective anticandidal activity by inducing apoptosis via membrane receptor

Francisco E.S. Lopes, Helen Paula Silva da Costa, Pedro Filho Noronha Souza et al. · Phytochemistry · 2018 · 28 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology +15

Gut peptidases from a specialist herbivore of latex plants are capable of milk protein hydrolysis: Inputs for hypoallergenic milk formulas

João Paulo Bestete de Oliveira, Márcio V. Ramos, Francisco E.S. Lopes et al. · Food Chemistry · 2018 · 15 citations

Agriculture, Food Science, Nutrition +17

Neutralizing Effect of Synthetic Peptides toward SARS-CoV-2

Pedro Filho Noronha Souza, Felipe Pantoja Mesquita, Jackson L. Amaral et al. · ACS Omega · 2022 · 13 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +16