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CSIC. Spanish Science Research Council
University of the Basque Country UPV / EHU
Members
Biophysics Unit Staff > Alonso Izquierdo, Alicia
Alonso Izquierdo, Alicia
Professor (UPV/EHU)
alicia.alonso@ehu.es
Ph. D. (Biology, UPV/EHU, 1980)

Professor (UPV/EHU)
Research interests:
Phospholipases and sphingomyelinases, influence of the physical state of the membrane on their enzymatic activity; ceramides, diacylglycerols; GPI-lipids; membrane fusion; lipid polymorphism.
Selected publications:
“Sphingosine increases the permeability of model and cell membranes” F.-X. Contreras, J. Sot, A. Alonso and F.M. Goñi Biophys. J. 90, 4085-4092 (2006).

“Biophysics of sphingolipids I. Membrane properties of sphingosine, ceramides and other simple sphingolipids” F.M. Goñi and A. Alonso Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1758, 1902-1921 (2006).

“Giant unilamellar vesicles electroformed from native membranes and organic lipid mixtures under physiological conditions” L.-R. Montes, A. Alonso, F.M. Goñi and L.A. Bagatolli Biophys. J. 93, 3548-3554 (2007).

“Triton X-100 partitioning into sphingomyelin bilayers at subsolubilizing detergent concentrations: effect of lipid phase and a comparison with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine” C. Arnulphi, J. Sot, M. García-Pacios, J.-L. R.Arrondo, A. Alonso and F.M. Goñi Biophys. J. 93, 3504-3514 (2007).
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