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Roberto Docampo
Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States of America

Faculty Member: Microbiology > Parasitology [ since 15 February 2006 ]
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Sponsorship

Roberto Docampo sponsors free access to F1000 for Universidad Nacional de Gral. San Martin, San Martín, Argentina. Supporting F1000's initiative to make itself available to scientists in all countries, including free access to developing countries (more details).

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Evaluations

Human Metastasis Regulator Protein H-Prune is a Short-Chain Exopolyphosphatase.
Tammenkoski M, Koivula K, …, Baykov AA, Lahti R
Biochemistry 2008 Aug 14 0 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 29 Aug 2008

Polyphosphate enhances fibrin clot structure.
Smith SA, Morrissey JH
Blood 2008 Jun 10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 16 Jul 2008

Drug-induced cure drives conversion to a stable and protective CD8+ T central memory response in chronic Chagas disease.
Bustamante JM, Bixby LM, Tarleton RL
Nat Med 2008 May 14(5):542-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Thomas W. von Geldern
Evaluated 23 May 2008


A mechanism for cross-resistance to nifurtimox and benznidazole in trypanosomes.
Wilkinson SR, Taylor MC, …, Kelly JM, Cheeseman I
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Apr 1 105(13):5022-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Rick Tarleton / Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 7 Apr 2008

A cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor blocks Staphylococcus aureus virulence.
Liu CI, Liu GY, …, Wang AH, Oldfield E
Science 2008 Mar 7 319(5868):1391-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | John Cavanagh / Roberto Docampo / Lowell Goldsmith / Fiona Brinkman / Michael Hensel
Evaluated 27 Mar 2008

Sperm express a Ca2+-regulated NAADP synthase.
Vasudevan SR, Galione A, Churchill GC
Biochem J 2008 Apr 1 411(1):63-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 27 Mar 2008

The AP3 adaptor is involved in the transport of membrane proteins to acidocalcisomes of Leishmania.
Besteiro S, Tonn D, …, Coombs GH, Mottram JC
J Cell Sci 2008 Feb 5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 14 Feb 2008

Autophagy is involved in nutritional stress response and differentiation in Trypanosoma cruzi.
Alvarez VE, Kosec G, …, Cazzulo JJ, Turk B
J Biol Chem 2007 Nov 26 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 25 Jan 2008

Distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria-infected patients.
Daily JP, Scanfeld D, …, Mesirov JP, Regev A
Nature 2007 Dec 13 450(7172):1091-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 4 Jan 2008

Members of a large retroposon family are determinants of post-transcriptional gene expression in Leishmania.
Bringaud F, Müller M, …, Papadopoulou B, Ghedin E
PLoS Pathog 2007 Sep 7 3(9):1291-307 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 29 Nov 2007

Evaluation of pH during cytostomal endocytosis and vacuolar catabolism of haemoglobin in Plasmodium falciparum.
Klonis N, Tan O, …, Klemba M, Tilley L
Biochem J 2007 Nov 1 407(3):343-54 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Dissenters | Paul Roepe
Evaluated 24 Oct 2007


Polyphosphate kinase 1, a conserved bacterial enzyme, in a eukaryote, Dictyostelium discoideum, with a role in cytokinesis.
Zhang H, Gómez-García MR, …, Rao NN, Kornberg A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Oct 16 104(42):16486-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Richard Gomer
Evaluated 22 Oct 2007

Alternative trans-splicing of the Trypanosoma cruzi LYT1 gene transcript results in compartmental and functional switch for the encoded protein.
Benabdellah K, González-Rey E, González A
Mol Microbiol 2007 Sep 65(6):1559-67 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 26 Sep 2007

Endothelial cell signalling induced by trans-sialidase from Trypanosoma cruzi.
Dias WB, Fajardo FD, …, Mendonça-Previato L, Todeschini AR
Cell Microbiol 2008 Jan 10(1):88-99 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 24 Aug 2007

Recruitment of mRNAs to cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granules in trypanosomes.
Cassola A, De Gaudenzi JG, Frasch AC
Mol Microbiol 2007 Aug 65(3):655-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 25 Jul 2007

Depletion of newly synthesized Argonaute1 impairs the RNAi response in Trypanosoma brucei.
Shi H, Tschudi C, Ullu E
RNA 2007 Jul 13(7):1132-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 18 Jun 2007

Polyphosphate blocks tumour metastasis via anti-angiogenic activity.
Han KY, Hong BS, …, Kwon YG, Gho YS
Biochem J 2007 Aug 15 406(1):49-55 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 15 May 2007

Thromboxane A2 is a key regulator of pathogenesis during Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
Ashton AW, Mukherjee S, …, Weiss LM, Tanowitz HB
J Exp Med 2007 Apr 16 204(4):929-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Michael Gelb
Evaluated 24 Apr 2007

Expression, purification, characterization, and in vivo targeting of trypanosome CTP synthetase for treatment of African sleeping sickness.
Fijolek A, Hofer A, Thelander L
J Biol Chem 2007 Apr 20 282(16):11858-65 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 18 Apr 2007

Bisphosphonates as inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi hexokinase: kinetic and metabolic studies.
Sanz-Rodríguez CE, Concepción JL, …, Oldfield E, Urbina JA
J Biol Chem 2007 Apr 27 282(17):12377-87 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 12 Mar 2007

Redirection of sphingolipid metabolism toward de novo synthesis of ethanolamine in Leishmania.
Zhang K, Pompey JM, …, Turk J, Beverley SM
EMBO J 2007 Feb 21 26(4):1094-104 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 21 Feb 2007

Antiparasitic drug nitazoxanide inhibits the pyruvate oxidoreductases of Helicobacter pylori, selected anaerobic bacteria and parasites, and Campylobacter jejuni.
Hoffman PS, Sisson G, …, Cremades N, Morash MG
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 Mar 51(3):868-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Nitaya Thammapalerd
Evaluated 26 Jan 2007

Human Trypanosoma evansi infection linked to a lack of apolipoprotein L-I.
Vanhollebeke B, Truc P, …, Jannin JG, Pays E
N Engl J Med 2006 Dec 28 355(26):2752-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Wendy Gibson
Evaluated 10 Jan 2007

Polymorphic secreted kinases are key virulence factors in toxoplasmosis.
Saeij JP, Boyle JP, …, Ajioka JW, Boothroyd JC
Science 2006 Dec 15 314(5806):1780-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Eric Denkers / Roberto Docampo / Dominique Soldati
Evaluated 5 Jan 2007

A secreted serine-threonine kinase determines virulence in the eukaryotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.
Taylor S, Barragan A, …, Wootton JC, Sibley LD
Science 2006 Dec 15 314(5806):1776-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Eric Denkers / Roberto Docampo / Dominique Soldati
Evaluated 5 Jan 2007

Deletion of the Trypanosoma brucei superoxide dismutase gene sodb1 increases sensitivity to nifurtimox and benznidazole.
Prathalingham SR, Wilkinson SR, Horn D, Kelly JM
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 Feb 51(2):755-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 2 Jan 2007

Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan blocks NADPH oxidase assembly at the phagosome membrane.
Lodge R, Diallo TO, Descoteaux A
Cell Microbiol 2006 Dec 8(12):1922-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 1 Dec 2006

Expression of trypomastigote trans-sialidase in metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi increases parasite escape from its parasitophorous vacuole.
Rubin-de-Celis SS, Uemura H, Yoshida N, Schenkman S
Cell Microbiol 2006 Dec 8(12):1888-98 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 17 Nov 2006

Protein tyrosine phosphatase TbPTP1: A molecular switch controlling life cycle differentiation in trypanosomes.
Szöor B, Wilson J, …, Tabernero L, Matthews KR
J Cell Biol 2006 Oct 23 175(2):293-303 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Markus Engstler / Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 2 Nov 2006

pTcINDEX: a stable tetracycline-regulated expression vector for Trypanosoma cruzi.
Taylor MC, Kelly JM
BMC Biotechnol 2006 6:32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 26 Sep 2006

Apicoplast fatty acid synthesis is essential for organelle biogenesis and parasite survival in Toxoplasma gondii.
Mazumdar J, H Wilson E, …, A Hunter C, Striepen B
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Aug 29 103(35):13192-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 4 Sep 2006

CD8+ T-Cell responses to Trypanosoma cruzi are highly focused on strain-variant trans-sialidase epitopes.
Martin DL, Weatherly DB, …, Postan M, Tarleton RL
PLoS Pathog 2006 Aug 2(8):e77 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 29 Aug 2006

Fumarate is an essential intermediary metabolite produced by the procyclic Trypanosoma brucei.
Coustou V, Biran M, …, Franconi JM, Bringaud F
J Biol Chem 2006 Sep 15 281(37):26832-46 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 2 Aug 2006

Virulence of Leishmania major in macrophages and mice requires the gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase.
Naderer T, Ellis MA, …, Handman E, McConville MJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Apr 4 103(14):5502-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Marilyn Parsons / Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 26 Jul 2006

Metabolic changes in glucose transporter-deficient Leishmania mexicana and parasite virulence.
Rodríguez-Contreras D, Landfear SM
J Biol Chem 2006 Jul 21 281(29):20068-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 26 Jul 2006

The trans-sialidase from Trypanosoma cruzi triggers apoptosis by target cell sialylation.
Mucci J, Risso MG, …, Frasch AC, Campetella O
Cell Microbiol 2006 Jul 8(7):1086-95 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 19 Jun 2006

Evidence for the involvement of Plasmodium falciparum proteins in the formation of new permeability pathways in the erythrocyte membrane.
Baumeister S, Winterberg M, …, Kirk K, Lingelbach K
Mol Microbiol 2006 Apr 60(2):493-504 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 2 May 2006

Experimental therapy of African trypanosomiasis with a nanobody-conjugated human trypanolytic factor.
Baral TN, Magez S, …, Muyldermans S, De Baetselier P
Nat Med 2006 May 12(5):580-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo / Wendy Gibson / John Mansfield
Evaluated 27 Apr 2006

Identification of a Ca2+-ATPase in brown adipose tissue mitochondria: regulation of thermogenesis by ATP and Ca2+.
de Meis L, Arruda AP, da Costa RM, Benchimol M
J Biol Chem 2006 Jun 16 281(24):16384-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 25 Apr 2006

Cytoskeletal components of an invasion machine--the apical complex of Toxoplasma gondii.
Hu K, Johnson J, …, Roos DS, Murray JM
PLoS Pathog 2006 Feb 2(2):e13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Roberto Docampo
Evaluated 15 Mar 2006

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