Lucas Bleicher
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Immunology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Dr. Lucas Bleicher is Adjunct Professor at the Biological Sciences Institute of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He works in the areas of Structural Biology (Structure and function of proteins, Crystallography) and Bioinformatics / Computational Biology (analysis of families of homologous proteins by statistical and computational methods, molecular modeling). It has great interest in the interface between Biochemistry and Molecular Evolution.
Research Interest
Computational Biology ,Structural Biology ,Bioinformatics
Publications
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Bleicher L, de Moura PR, Watanabe L, Colau D, Dumoutier L, et al. (2008) Crystal structure of the ILâ€22/ILâ€22R1 complex and its implications for the ILâ€22 signaling mechanism. FEBS letters; 582 : 2985-2992.
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Bleicher L, Aparicio R, Nunes FM, Martinez L, Dias SM, et al. (2008) Structural basis of GC-1 selectivity for thyroid hormone receptor isoforms. BMC structural biology; 8 : 8.
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Bachega JF, Navarro MV, Bleicher L, Bortoletoâ€Bugs RK, Dive D, et al. (2009) Systematic structural studies of iron superoxide dismutases from human parasites and a statistical coupling analysis of metal binding specificity. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics; 77 : 26-37.
