[HTML][HTML] New insights into the mode of action of the lantibiotic salivaricin B

A Barbour, J Tagg, OK Abou-Zied, K Philip - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Salivaricin B is a 25 amino acid polycyclic peptide belonging to the type AII lantibiotics and
first shown to be produced by Streptococcus salivarius. In this study we describe the …

Photophysical properties of hydroxyphenyl benzazoles and their applications as fluorescent probes to study local environment in DNA, protein and lipid

SAJ Sulaiman, GS Al‐Rasbi, OK Abou‐Zied - Luminescence, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence techniques have drawn increasing attention because they provide crucial
information about molecular interactions in protein–ligand systems beyond that obtained by …

Biocompatible well-defined chromophore–polymer conjugates for photodynamic therapy and two-photon imaging

C Cepraga, T Gallavardin, S Marotte, PH Lanoe… - Polymer …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A versatile approach is introduced for the synthesis of well-defined, biocompatible
conjugates combining two-photon chromophores and hydrophilic multifunctional polymers …

High performance NIR fluorescent silica nanoparticles for bioimaging

T Ribeiro, S Raja, AS Rodrigues, F Fernandes… - RSC …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We synthesized a new alkoxysilane-functionalized perylenediimide (PDI) dye with
fluorescence emission in the near infrared (NIR). Incorporation of the dye into silica …

Effects of ionic liquids on membrane fusion and lipid aggregation of egg-PC liposomes

P Galletti, D Malferrari, C Samorì, G Sartor… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study we have explored the effects of different groups of ionic liquids (ILs) on
membrane fusion. The ILs used contain different head groups: N-methylimidazolium, 3 …

Evidence of Increased Hydrophobicity and Dynamics inside the Tail Region of Glycolipid Self-Assemblies Using 2-n-Alkyl-Pyrene Derivatives to Probe Different …

NI Zahid, L Ji, MF Khyasudeen, A Friedrich, R Hashim… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
New designer biofluorophores are being increasingly used in the investigation of complex
cellular processes. In this study, we utilized new derivatives of pyrene (Py), ie, 2-n-alkyl …

Fluorescence probing of the temperature-induced phase transition in a glycolipid self-assembly: Hexagonal↔ micellar and cubic↔ lamellar

NI Zahid, OK Abou-Zied, R Hashim, T Heidelberg - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Water-driven self-assembly of lipids displays a variety of liquid crystalline phases that are
crucial for membrane functions. Herein, we characterize the temperature-induced phase …

Preparation and physicochemical properties of konjac glucomannan ibuprofen ester as a polysaccharide-drug conjugate

H Kang, L Guan, K An, D Tian - Journal of Macromolecular Science …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A novel drug-polysaccharide conjugate with konjac glucomannan (KGM) as a drug carrier
was fabricated through the esterification of ibuprofen (IBU), an anti-inflammatory drug, with …

Two-photon photosensitizer–polymer conjugates for combined cancer cell death induction and two-photon fluorescence imaging: structure/photodynamic therapy …

C Cepraga, S Marotte, E Ben Daoud, A Favier… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
One of the challenges of photodynamic therapy is to increase the penetration depth of light
irradiation in the tumor tissues. Although two-photon excitation strategies have been …

Evidence of basic medium in the polar nanochannels of the inverse bicontinuous cubic phase of a guerbet glycolipid: a steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence …

NI Zahid, OK Abou-Zied, R Hashim - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Characteristic structures and properties of nanochannels are thought to play important roles
in biological activity and chemical and physical processes at the interfaces. In this work, we …