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Alejandro Martínez

Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia
Verified email at ntc.upv.es
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[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation of lignocellulosics: microbial, chemical, and enzymatic aspects of the fungal attack of lignin

ÁT Martínez, M Speranza, FJ Ruiz-Dueñas, P Ferreira… - 2005 - SciELO Espana
Wood is the main renewable material on Earth and is largely used as building material and
in paper-pulp manufacturing. This review describes the composition of lignocellulosic …

Plasma membrane channels formed by connexins: their regulation and functions

JC Sáez, VM Berthoud, MC Branes… - Physiological …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Sáez, Juan C., Viviana M. Berthoud, María C. Brañes, Agustín D. Martínez, and Eric C.
Beyer. Plasma Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins: Their Regulation and Functions …

Microbial degradation of lignin: how a bulky recalcitrant polymer is efficiently recycled in nature and how we can take advantage of this

FJ Ruiz‐Dueñas, ÁT Martínez - Microbial biotechnology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is the second most abundant constituent of the cell wall of vascular plants, where it
protects cellulose towards hydrolytic attack by saprophytic and pathogenic microbes. Its …

The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

D Floudas, M Binder, R Riley, K Barry, RA Blanchette… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Wood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the
presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot …

Association between administration of IL-6 antagonists and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a meta-analysis

P Domingo, I Mur, GM Mateo, M del Mar Gutierrez… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Clinical trials assessing the efficacy of IL-6 antagonists in patients hospitalized
for COVID-19 have variously reported benefit, no effect, and harm. Objective To estimate the …

Cortical sources of the early components of the visual evoked potential

F Di Russo, A Martínez, MI Sereno… - Human brain …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to characterize the neural generators of the early components of the visual
evoked potential (VEP) to isoluminant checkerboard stimuli. Multichannel scalp recordings …

Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series

O Mitjà, A Alemany, M Marks, JIL Mora… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background People living with HIV have accounted for 38–50% of those affected in the 2022
multicountry mpox outbreak. Most reported cases were in people who had high CD4 cell …

Near-field interference for the unidirectional excitation of electromagnetic guided modes

…, G Marino, P Ginzburg, D O'Connor, A Martínez… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Wave interference is a fundamental manifestation of the superposition principle with
numerous applications. Although in conventional optics, interference occurs between waves …

The antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus mutans to nanoparticles of silver, zinc oxide, and gold

JF Hernández-Sierra, F Ruiz, DCC Pena… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Dental caries is a worldwide public health problem for which Streptococcus mutans has
been identified as the possible infectious etiology. In recent years nanotechnology has …

Structural characterization of wheat straw lignin as revealed by analytical pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and reductive cleavage methods

JC Del Río, J Rencoret, P Prinsen… - Journal of agricultural …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The structure of the lignin in wheat straw has been investigated by a combination of
analytical pyrolysis, 2D-NMR, and derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC). It is …