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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
33632
World Ranking
1274
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Juan J. Calvete is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology.

Their publication record includes papers on various topics such as venomous animal envenomation, rabies epidemiology and control, and amphibian and reptile biology. Other research areas cover marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, Yersinia bacterium and plague-related studies, healthcare and venom research, and insect and pesticide research.

Juan J. Calvete has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Toxicon
  • Journal of Proteomics
  • Toxicon X
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Proteome Research

Coauthorship plays an important role in their work, with frequent collaborators including:

  • Líbia Sanz
  • Bruno Lomonte
  • Davinia Plá
  • Mahmood Sasa
  • Daniel Petras

Some recent publications by Juan J. Calvete include:

  • Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras, 2021, Science
  • Seminal Plasma: Relevant for Fertility?, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Preclinical validation of a repurposed metal chelator as an early-intervention therapeutic for hemotoxic snakebite, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Analytical strategies in venomics, 2022, Microchemical Journal
  • The molecular basis of venom resistance in a rattlesnake-squirrel predator-prey system, 2020, Molecular Ecology

Their research subfields include genetics, virology, global and planetary change, molecular biology, and paleontology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to molecular and ecological studies.

Best Publications

  • Arg‐Gly‐Asp constrained within cyclic pentapoptides Strong and selective inhibitors of cell adhesion to vitronectin and laminin fragment P1

    Monique Aumailley;Marion Gurrath;Gerhard Müller;Juan Calvete

  • The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

    Freek J. Vonk;Freek J. Vonk;Freek J. Vonk;Nicholas R. Casewell;Nicholas R. Casewell;Christiaan V. Henkel;Alysha M. Heimberg

  • Cathepsin B efficiently activates the soluble and the tumor cell receptor-bound form of the proenzyme urokinase-type plasminogen activator (Pro-uPA).

    H Kobayashi;M Schmitt;L Goretzki;N Chucholowski

  • Snake venomics. Strategy and applications.

    Juan J. Calvete;Paula Juárez;Libia Sanz

  • Venoms, venomics, antivenomics

    Juan J. Calvete;Libia Sanz;Yamileth Angulo;Bruno Lomonte

  • Crystal structure of the complex formed by the membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase with the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2, the soluble progelatinase A receptor

    Carlos Fernandez‐Catalan;Wolfram Bode;Robert Huber;Dusan Turk

  • Seminal plasma proteins: what role do they play?

    Heriberto Rodríguez-Martínez;Ulrik Kvist;Jan Ernerudh;Libia Sanz

  • Snake Venomics of the Lancehead Pitviper Bothrops asper: Geographic, Individual, and Ontogenetic Variations

    Alberto Alape-Girón;Libia Sanz;José Escolano;Marietta Flores-Díaz

  • Crystal structure of the first dissimilatory nitrate reductase at 1.9 A solved by MAD methods.

    João M. Dias;Manuel E. Than;Andreas Humm;Robert Huber

  • Snake venom disintegrins: evolution of structure and function.

    Juan J. Calvete;Cezary Marcinkiewicz;Daniel Monleón;Vicent Esteve;Vicent Esteve

  • Medically important differences in snake venom composition are dictated by distinct postgenomic mechanisms

    Nicholas R. Casewell;Simon C. Wagstaff;Wolfgang Wüster;Darren A. N. Cook

  • Spermadhesins: A new protein family. Facts, hypotheses and perspectives

    E. Töpfer-Petersen;A. Romero;P. F. Varela;M. Ekhlasi-Hundrieser

  • Snake Venomics of the Central American Rattlesnake Crotalus simus and the South American Crotalus durissus Complex Points to Neurotoxicity as an Adaptive Paedomorphic Trend along Crotalus Dispersal in South America

    Juan J Calvete;Libia Sanz;Pedro Cid;Pilar de la Torre

  • Assignment of disulphide bonds in human platelet GPIIIa. A disulphide pattern for the β-subunits of the integrin family

    Juan J. Calvete;Agnes Henschen;José González-Rodríguez

  • Clues for understanding the structure and function of a prototypic human integrin: the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa complex.

    Juan J Calvete

  • Immobilization-stabilization of enzymes; variables that control the intensity of the trypsin (amine)-agarose (aldehyde) multipoint attachment

    Rosa M. Blanco;Juan J. Calvete;JoséM. Guisán

  • Ending the drought: New strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa

    David J. Williams;José-María Gutiérrez;Juan J. Calvete;Wolfgang Wüster

  • Snake population venomics and antivenomics of Bothrops atrox: Paedomorphism along its transamazonian dispersal and implications of geographic venom variability on snakebite management

    Juan J. Calvete;Libia Sanz;Alicia Pérez;Adolfo Borges

  • Snake venom disintegrins: novel dimeric disintegrins and structural diversification by disulphide bond engineering.

    Juan J Calvete;M Paz Moreno-Murciano;R David G Theakston;Dariusz G Kisiel

  • Correction: Snakebite envenoming

    José María Gutiérrez;Juan J. Calvete;Abdulrazaq G. Habib;Robert A. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Libia Sanz
Libia Sanz Spanish National Research Council
José María Gutiérrez
José María Gutiérrez University of Costa Rica
Bruno Lomonte
Bruno Lomonte University of Costa Rica
Edda Töpfer-Petersen
Edda Töpfer-Petersen University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Benildo Sousa Cavada
Benildo Sousa Cavada Universidade Federal do Ceará
Karlheinz Mann
Karlheinz Mann Max Planck Society
Yamileth Angulo
Yamileth Angulo University of Costa Rica
Antonio A. Romero
Antonio A. Romero Spanish National Research Council
Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez
Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez Linköping University
Wolfgang Wüster
Wolfgang Wüster Bangor University

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