Francisco A. Leone

Research interests

Publications

• Effects of ammonia stress in the Amazon river shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

  Aquatic Toxicology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.10.021

• Gill-specific (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity and α-subunit mRNA expression during low-salinity acclimation of the ornate blue crab Callinectes ornatus (Decapoda, Brachyura)

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.04.010

• Purification and biochemical properties of a glucose-stimulated β-D-glucosidase produced by Humicola grisea var. thermoidea grown on sugarcane bagasse

  The Journal of Microbiology · 2010 · 10.1007/s12275-009-0159-x

• Purification and biochemical characterization of a mycelial glucose- and xylose-stimulated β-glucosidase from the thermophilic fungus Humicola insolens

  Process Biochemistry · 2009 · 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.09.018

• Hemolymph ionic regulation and adjustments in gill (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity during salinity acclimation in the swimming crab Callinectes ornatus (Decapoda, Brachyura)

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2009 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.624

• Na+, K+-ATPase activity in gill microsomes from the blue crab, Callinectes danae, acclimated to low salinity: Novel perspectives on ammonia excretion

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2009 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.01.020

• Na,K-ATPase activity and epithelial interfaces in gills of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2008 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.017

• Gill (Na+,K+)-ATPase in diadromous, freshwater palaemonid shrimps: Species-specific kinetic characteristics and α-subunit expression

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2007 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.04.008

• A kinetic study of the gill (Na+, K+)-ATPase, and its role in ammonia excretion in the intertidal hermit crab, Clibanarius vittatus

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2006 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.07.007

• K+ and NH4+ modulate gill (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity in the blue crab, Callinectes ornatus: Fine tuning of ammonia excretion

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2006 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.020

• Gill microsomal (Na+,K+)-ATPase from the blue crab Callinectes danae: Interactions at cationic sites

  The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology · 2005 · 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.06.004

• SigrafW: An easy‐to‐use program for fitting enzyme kinetic data

  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education · 2005 · 10.1002/bmb.2005.49403306399

• Effect of Molecular Surface Packing on the Enzymatic Activity Modulation of an Anchored Protein on Phospholipid Langmuir Monolayers

  Langmuir · 2005 · 10.1021/la047292s

• Modulation of gill Na+,K+‐ATPase activity by ammonium ions: Putative coupling of nitrogen excretion and ion uptake in the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii

  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology · 2003 · 10.1002/jez.a.20008

• Modulation by ammonium ions of gill microsomal (Na+,K+)-ATPase in the swimming crab Callinectes danae: a possible mechanism for regulation of ammonia excretion

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology · 2002 · 10.1016/s1532-0456(02)00110-2

• Enzymatic activity of alkaline phosphatase adsorbed on dimyristoylphosphatidic acid Langmuir–Blodgett films

  Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · 2002 · 10.1016/s0927-7765(01)00302-2

• Characterization of (Na+, K+)-ATPase in gill microsomes of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii

  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2000 · 10.1016/s0305-0491(00)00184-x

• A Biotinylated Conducting Polypyrrole for the Spatially Controlled Construction of an Amperometric Biosensor

  Analytical Chemistry · 1999 · 10.1021/ac9901788

• A Bienzyme Electrode (Alkaline Phosphatase−Polyphenol Oxidase) for the Amperometric Determination of Phosphate

  Analytical Chemistry · 1998 · 10.1021/ac980125a

• Characterization of the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C-released form of rat osseous plate alkaline phosphatase and its possible significance on endochondral ossification

  Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry · 1995 · 10.1007/bf01076074

• Quantification of trehalose in biological samples with a conidial trehalase from the thermophilic fungus Humicola grisea var. thermoidea

  World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology · 1994 · 10.1007/bf00357555

• Phosphodiesterase activity is a novel property of alkaline phosphatase from osseous plate

  Biochemical Journal · 1994 · 10.1042/bj3010517

• Alkaline phosphatase from rat osseous plates: purification and biochemical characterization of a soluble form

  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · 1991 · 10.1016/0304-4165(91)90161-9

• Isolation and kinetic properties of an alkaline phosphatase from rat bone matrix-induced cartilage.

  PubMed · 1986

• Pseudosubstrates of the sarcoplasmic Ca2+-ATPase as tools to study the coupling between substrate hydrolysis and Ca2+ transport

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1979 · 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)30221-1

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