| Major increase in endopeptidase activity of human cathepsin B upon removal of occluding loop contacts DK Nägler, AC Storer, FCV Portaro, E Carmona, L Juliano, R Ménard Biochemistry 36 (41), 12608-12615, 1997 | 197 | 1997 |
| Interspecific variation in venom composition and toxicity of Brazilian snakes from Bothrops genus GP Queiroz, LA Pessoa, FCV Portaro, DF Maria de Fátima, DV Tambourgi Toxicon 52 (8), 842-851, 2008 | 164 | 2008 |
| Identification of five new bradykinin potentiating peptides (BPPs) from Bothrops jararaca crude venom by using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry after a two-step … D Ianzer, K Konno, R Marques-Porto, FCV Portaro, R Stöcklin, ... Peptides 25 (7), 1085-1092, 2004 | 154 | 2004 |
| Binding specificity of sea anemone toxins to Nav 1.1-1.6 sodium channels: unexpected contributions from differences in the IV/S3-S4 outer loop JS Oliveira, E Redaelli, AJ Zaharenko, RR Cassulini, K Konno, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (32), 33323-33335, 2004 | 124 | 2004 |
| Natterins, a new class of proteins with kininogenase activity characterized from Thalassophryne nattereri fish venom GS Magalhães, M Lopes-Ferreira, ILM Junqueira-de-Azevedo, ... Biochimie 87 (8), 687-699, 2005 | 116 | 2005 |
| Diversity of Micrurus Snake Species Related to Their Venom Toxic Effects and the Prospective of Antivenom Neutralization GD Tanaka, MFD Furtado, FCV Portaro, OA Sant'Anna, DV Tambourgi PLoS neglected tropical diseases 4 (3), e622, 2010 | 106 | 2010 |
| Thimet oligopeptidase (EC 3.4. 24.15), a novel protein on the route of MHC class I antigen presentation CL Silva, FCV Portaro, VLD Bonato, ACM de Camargo, ES Ferro Biochemical and biophysical research communications 255 (3), 591-595, 1999 | 102 | 1999 |
| The C‐type natriuretic peptide precursor of snake brain contains highly specific inhibitors of the angiotensin‐converting enzyme MAF Hayashi, AF Murbach, D Ianzer, FCV Portaro, BC Prezoto, ... Journal of neurochemistry 85 (4), 969-977, 2003 | 97 | 2003 |
| Neuropeptide specificity and inhibition of recombinant isoforms of the endopeptidase 3.4. 24.16 family: comparison with the related recombinant endopeptidase 3.4. 24.15 V Rioli, A Kato, FCV Portaro, GK Cury, K Te Kaat, B Vincent, F Checler, ... Biochemical and biophysical research communications 250 (1), 5-11, 1998 | 97 | 1998 |
| Inhibition of NUDEL (nuclear distribution element-like)-oligopeptidase activity by disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 MAF Hayashi, FCV Portaro, MF Bastos, JR Guerreiro, V Oliveira, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (10), 3828-3833, 2005 | 82 | 2005 |
| Determinants of the unusual cleavage specificity of lysyl-bradykinin-releasing kallikreins JR Chagas, FCV Portaro, IY Hirata, PC Almeida, MA Juliano, L Juliano, ... Biochemical Journal 306 (1), 63-69, 1995 | 77 | 1995 |
| A prothrombin activator serine protease from the Lonomia obliqua caterpillar venom (Lopap): biochemical characterization CV Reis, FCV Portaro, SA Andrade, M Fritzen, BL Fernandes, ... Thrombosis research 102 (5), 427-436, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| Proteomics of the neurotoxic fraction from the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum venom: Novel peptides belonging to new classes of toxins AJ Zaharenko, WA Ferreira Jr, JS Oliveira, M Richardson, DC Pimenta, ... Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 3 (3 …, 2008 | 74 | 2008 |
| Thimet oligopeptidase and the stability of MHC class I epitopes in macrophage cytosol FCV Portaro, MD Gomes, A Cabrera, BL Fernandes, CL Silva, ES Ferro, ... Biochemical and biophysical research communications 255 (3), 596-601, 1999 | 69 | 1999 |
| Arachnids of medical importance in Brazil: main active compounds present in scorpion and spider venoms and tick saliva FA Cordeiro, FG Amorim, FAP Anjolette, EC Arantes Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases 21, 00-00, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| Enzymatic properties of venoms from Brazilian scorpions of Tityus genus and the neutralisation potential of therapeutical antivenoms EJ Venancio, FCV Portaro, AK Kuniyoshi, DC Carvalho, G Pidde-Queiroz, ... Toxicon 69, 180-190, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| A Ca++ activated serine protease (LOPAP) could be responsible for the haemorrhagic syndrome caused by the caterpillar Lonomia obliqua CV Reis, EMA Kelen, SHP Farsky, FCV Portaro, CAM Sampaio, ... The Lancet 353 (9168), 1942, 1999 | 58 | 1999 |
| The Mycobacterium leprae hsp65 Displays Proteolytic Activity. Mutagenesis Studies Indicate That the M. leprae hsp65 Proteolytic Activity Is Catalytically Related to … FCV Portaro, MAF Hayashi, LJ De Arauz, MS Palma, MT Assakura, ... Biochemistry 41 (23), 7400-7406, 2002 | 55 | 2002 |
| Purification and Characterization of Loxnecrogin, a Dermonecrotic Toxin from Loxosceles gaucho Brown Spider Venom RB Cunha, KC Barbaro, D Muramatsu, FCV Portaro, W Fontes, ... Journal of protein chemistry 22, 135-146, 2003 | 48 | 2003 |
| SMase II, a new sphingomyelinase D from Loxosceles laeta venom gland: molecular cloning, expression, function and structural analysis GI de Santi Ferrara, MF Fernandes-Pedrosa, ... Toxicon 53 (7-8), 743-753, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
