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Martine Pugnière

Researcher at University of Montpellier

Publications -  95
Citations -  4136

Martine Pugnière is an academic researcher from University of Montpellier. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antibody & Epitope. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 89 publications receiving 3764 citations. Previous affiliations of Martine Pugnière include University of Barcelona & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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A peptide mimetic of an anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody by rational design

TL;DR: Using peptide mapping to determine 'active' antigen recognition residues, molecular modeling, and a molecular dynamics trajectory analysis, a peptide mimic of an anti-CD4 antibody is developed, containing antigen contact residues from multiple CDRs.
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Rational design of a CD4 mimic that inhibits HIV-1 entry and exposes cryptic neutralization epitopes

TL;DR: A 27-amino acid CD4 mimic, CD4M33, is designed that presents optimal interactions with gp120 and binds to viral particles and diverse HIV-1 envelopes with CD4-like affinity and possesses functional properties of CD4, including the ability to unmask conserved neutralization epitopes of gp120 that are cryptic on the unbound glycoprotein.
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Insight into Invertebrate Defensin Mechanism of Action: OYSTER DEFENSINS INHIBIT PEPTIDOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS BY BINDING TO LIPID II*

TL;DR: It is proposed that oyster defensin activity results from selective forces that have conserved residues involved in lipid II binding and diversified residues at the surface of oysterdefensins that could improve electrostatic interactions with the bacterial membranes.
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Evidence of a bactericidal permeability increasing protein in an invertebrate, the Crassostrea gigas Cg-BPI.

TL;DR: A cDNA sequence with homologies to members of the LPS-binding protein and bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) family was identified in the oyster Crassostrea gigas, the first characterization of a BPI in an invertebrate.