Donatella Barra

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Deltorphins: a family of naturally occurring peptides with high affinity and selectivity for delta opioid binding sites.

  Vittorio Erspamer;Pietro Melchiorri;Giuliana Falconieri-Erspamer;Lucia Negri

  617
  Citations

• Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: what do they tell us?

  Maurizio Simmaco;Giuseppina Mignogna;Donatella Barra

  596
  Citations

• Temporins, Antimicrobial Peptides from the European Red Frog Rana temporaria

  Maurizio Simmaco;Giuseppina Mignogna;Silvia Canofeni;Rossella Miele

  418
  Citations

• Amphibian skin: A promising resource for antimicrobial peptides

  Donatella Barra;Maurizio Simmaco

  353
  Citations

• Antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Rana esculenta. Molecular cloning of cDNAs encoding esculentin and brevinins and isolation of new active peptides.

  M Simmaco;G Mignogna;D Barra;F Bossa

  305
  Citations

• A Novel Non-heme Iron-binding Ferritin Related to the DNA-binding Proteins of the Dps Family in Listeria innocua

  Manuela Bozzi;Giuseppina Mignogna;Simonetta Stefanini;Donatella Barra

  277
  Citations

• Bv8, a small protein from frog skin and its homologue from snake venom induce hyperalgesia in rats.

  Christa Mollay;Christian Wechselberger;Giuseppina Mignogna;Lucia Negri

  275
  Citations

• Temporins, Small Antimicrobial Peptides with Leishmanicidal Activity

  Maria Luisa Mangoni;José María Saugar;Maria Dellisanti;Donatella Barra

  230
  Citations

• Synthesis of either Fe- or Mn-superoxide dismutase with an apparently identical protein moiety by an anaerobic bacterium dependent on the metal supplied.

  B Meier;D Barra;F Bossa;L Calabrese

  214
  Citations

• Effects of the antimicrobial peptide temporin L on cell morphology, membrane permeability and viability of Escherichia coli

  Maria Luisa Mangoni;Niv Papo;Donatella Barra;Maurizio Simmaco

  205
  Citations

• Structure-function relationships of temporins, small antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin

  M. Luisa Mangoni;Andrea C. Rinaldi;Antonio Di Giulio;Giuseppina Mignogna

  204
  Citations

• Temporin L: antimicrobial, haemolytic and cytotoxic activities, and effects on membrane permeabilization in lipid vesicles.

  Andrea C Rinaldi;Maria Luisa Mangoni;Anna Rufo;Carla Luzi

  202
  Citations

• Novel antimicrobial peptides from skin secretion of the European frog Rana esculenta

  Maurizio Simmaco;Giuseppina Mignogna;Donatella Barra;Francesco Bossa

  180
  Citations

• Syringopeptins, new phytotoxic lipodepsipeptides of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.

  A. Ballio;D. Barra;F. Bossa;A. Collina

  177
  Citations

• The primary structure of human liver manganese superoxide dismutase.

  D Barra;M E Schinina;M Simmaco;J V Bannister

  176
  Citations

• A family of bombinin-related peptides from the skin of Bombina variegata

  Maurizio Simmaco;Donatella Barra;Fernanda Chiarini;Lia Noviello

  171
  Citations

• Antibacterial and haemolytic peptides containing D-alloisoleucine from the skin of Bombina variegata.

  G. Mignogna;M. Simmaco;G. Kreil;D. Barra

  167
  Citations

• Streptomyces griseus aminopeptidase: X-ray crystallographic structure at 1.75 A resolution.

  H.M. Greenblatt;O. Almog;B. Maras;A. Spungin-Bialik

  165
  Citations

• Properties of the apoprotein and role of copper and zinc in protein conformation and enzyme activity of bovine superoxide dismutase

  Giuseppe Rotilio;Lilia Calabrese;Francesco Bossa;Donatella Barra

  162
  Citations

• A Synergism between Temporins toward Gram-negative Bacteria Overcomes Resistance Imposed by the Lipopolysaccharide Protective Layer

  Yosef Rosenfeld;Donatella Barra;Maurizio Simmaco;Yechiel Shai

  146
  Citations