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Recent
major publications:
Ruan K, Xu C, Li T, Li J, Lange R, Balny C. The thermodynamic
analysis of protein stabilization by sucrose and glycerol against
pressure-induced unfolding. Eur J Biochem. 2003
Apr;270(8):1654-61.
Torrent J, Alvarez-Martinez MT, Heitz F, Liautard JP, Balny
C, Lange R. Alternative prion structural changes revealed by high pressure. Biochemistry. 2003 Feb 11;42(5):1318-25.
Masson P, Tonello C, Balny C. High-Pressure
Biotechnology in Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science.J
Biomed Biotechnol. 2001;1(2):85-88.
Balny C, Ruan KC. An Emerging Field in
Bioscience High Hydrostatic Pressure Study. Acta
Biochim Biophys Sin. 1999;31(6):619-624.
Ruan K, Li J, Liang R, Xu C, Yu Y, Lange R, Balny C.
A
rare protein fluorescence behavior where the emission is dominated by tyrosine:
case of the 33-kDa protein from spinach photosystem II.Biochem
Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Apr 26;293(1):593-7.
Ruan K, Balny C. High pressure static
fluorescence to study macromolecular structure-function.Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002 Mar 25;1595(1-2):94-102.
Lange R, Balny C. UV-visible derivative
spectroscopy under high pressure.Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002
Mar 25;1595(1-2):80-93.
Balny C, Masson P, Heremans K. High pressure
effects on biological macromolecules: from structural changes to alteration of
cellular processes.
Chatani E, Nonomura K, Hayashi R, Balny C, Lange R.
Comparison
of heat- and pressure-induced unfolding of ribonuclease a: the critical role of
Phe46 which appears to belong to a new hydrophobic chain-folding initiation
site.Biochemistry. 2002 Apr 9;41(14):4567-74.
Ikeuchi Y, Suzuki A, Oota T, Hagiwara K, Tatsumi R, Ito T,
Balny C. Fluorescence study of the high pressure-induced denaturation of
skeletal muscle actin.Eur J Biochem. 2002
Jan;269(1):364-71.
Ruan K, Xu C, Yu Y, Li J, Lange R, Bec N, Balny C.
Pressure-exploration
of the 33-kDa protein from the spinach photosystem II particle.Eur J Biochem. 2001 May;268(9):2742-50.