Heidi Vitrac
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Heidi Vitrac has received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry - University Rene Descartes, Paris, France. Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in University of Texas Medical School. She has recieved Postdoctoral fellowship in CEA Grenoble, France.
Research Interest
Protein-lipid interactions, Membrane protein structural biology
Publications
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Man P, Montagner C, Vitrac H, Kavan D, Pichard S, Gillet D, Forest E, Forge V. Accessibility changes within diphtheria toxin T domain upon membrane penetration probed by hydrogen exchange and mass spectrometry. J Mol Biol. 2011; 414 (1): 123-134.
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Chenal A, Vendrely C, Vitrac H, Karst JC, Gonneaud A, Blanchet CE, Pichard S, Garcia E, Salin B, Catty P, Gillet D, Hussy N, Marquette C, Almunia C, Forge V. Amyloid Fibrils Formed by the Programmed Cell Death Regulator Bcl-xL. J Mol Biol. 2012; 415 (3): 584-599.
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Vitrac H, Bogdanov M, Dowhan W. Proper fatty acid composition rather than an ionizable lipid amine is required for full transport function of lactose permease from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2013; 288 (8): 5873-5885.
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Vitrac H, Bogdanov M, Dowhan W. In vitro reconstitution of lipid-dependent dual topology and post-assembly topological switching of a membrane protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013, 110 (23): 9338-9343.
