Alessandra Villa

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Alessandra Villa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandra Villa has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alessandra Villa's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Alessandra Villa is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Alessandra Villa collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Netherlands. Alessandra Villa's co-authors include Alan E. Mark, Chris Oostenbrink, Wilfred F. van Gunsteren, Lennart Nilsson, Christine Peter, Nico F. A. van der Vegt, Gerhard Stock, Ugo Cosentino, Giorgio Moro and Demetrio Pitea and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alessandra Villa

50 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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A biomolecular force field based on the free enthalpy of hydration and solvation: The GROMOS force‐field parameter sets 53A5 and 53A6

2004 3.1k citations Alessandra Villa, Alan E. Mark et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Molecular dynamics study of stiffness and rupture of axonal membranes 2025 ·Brain Research Bulletin ·(unknown), Svein Kleiven, Alessandra Villa	0
2	tRNA shape is an identity element for an archaeal pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase from the human gut 2023 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Natalie Krahn, Jingji Zhang, Sergey Melnikov, Jeffery M. Tharp, Alessandra Villa, (unknown), Rebecca J. Howard, (unknown), Trushar R. Patel, Jörg Stetefeld, Joseph D. Puglisi, Dieter Söll	11
3	Localized Axolemma Deformations Suggest Mechanoporation as Axonal Injury Trigger 2020 ·Frontiers in Neurology ·(unknown), (unknown), Alessandra Villa, Svein Kleiven	21
4	Modeling and Simulation of Oligonucleotide Hybrids: Outlining a Strategy 2019 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Lennart Nilsson, Alessandra Villa	0
5	The ability of locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides to pre-structure the double helix: A molecular simulation and binding study 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·You Xu, Olof Gissberg, (unknown), Jesper Wengel, Karin E. Lundin, Smith Rjh, Rula Zain, Lennart Nilsson, Alessandra Villa	8
6	Role of lipid composition on the structural and mechanical features of axonal membranes: a molecular simulation study 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Svein Kleiven, Alessandra Villa	83
7	LNA effects on DNA binding and conformation: from single strand to duplex and triplex structures 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), You Xu, Alessandra Villa, Karin E. Lundin, (unknown), Chi-Hung Nguyen, Erik B. Pedersen, Per T. Jørgensen, Jesper Wengel, Lennart Nilsson, Smith Rjh, Rula Zain	29
8	Phosphoproteomics of Primary Cells Reveals Druggable Kinase Signatures in Ovarian Cancer 2017 ·Cell Reports ·Chiara Francavilla, Michela Lupia, Kalliopi Tsafou, Alessandra Villa, (unknown), Rosa Jersie-Christensen, Giovanni Bertalot, Stefano Confalonieri, Søren Brunak, Lars Juhl Jensen, Ugo Cavallaro, Jesper V. Olsen	77
9	Sequence dependency of canonical base pair opening in the DNA double helix 2017 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·(unknown), Alessandra Villa, Berk Hess	30
10	Loop–loop interaction in an adenine-sensing riboswitch: A molecular dynamics study 2013 ·RNA ·(unknown), Lennart Nilsson, Alessandra Villa	39
11	Conformational behaviour determines the low-relaxivity state of a conditional MRI contrast agent 2009 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Ugo Cosentino, Demetrio Pitea, Giorgio Moro, Gloria A. A. Saracino, Alessandra Villa	13
12	Self-assembling dipeptides: including solvent degrees of freedom in a coarse-grained model 2009 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Alessandra Villa, Nico F. A. van der Vegt, Christine Peter	60
13	Self-assembling dipeptides: conformational sampling in solvent-free coarse-grained simulation 2009 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Alessandra Villa, Christine Peter, Nico F. A. van der Vegt	80
14	NMR and MD studies of the temperature-dependent dynamics of RNA YNMG-tetraloops 2008 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Jan Ferner, Alessandra Villa, Elke Duchardt, (unknown), Jens Wöhnert, Gerhard Stock, Harald Schwalbe	52
15	Conformational Polymorphism of the PrP106−126 Peptide in Different Environments: A Molecular Dynamics Study 2006 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Alessandra Villa, Alan E. Mark, Gloria A. A. Saracino, Ugo Cosentino, Demetrio Pitea, Giorgio Moro, Mario Salmona	32
16	A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Formation, Stability, and Oligomerization State of Two Designed Coiled Coils: Possibilities and Limitations 2005 ·Biophysical Journal ·Ángel Piñeiro, Alessandra Villa, Toni Vagt, Beate Koksch, Alan E. Mark	20
17	Advanced approaches for the characterization of a de novo designed antiparallel coiled coil peptide 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Kevin Pagel, Karsten Seeger, Bettina Seiwert, Alessandra Villa, Alan E. Mark, Stefan Berger, Beate Koksch	22
18	Incorporating the effect of ionic strength in free energy calculations using explicit ions 2004 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Serena Donnini, Alan E. Mark, André H. Juffer, Alessandra Villa	37
19	Sampling and convergence in free energy calculations of protein-ligand interactions: The binding of triphenoxypyridine derivatives to factor Xa and trypsin 2003 ·Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ·Alessandra Villa, Ronen Zangi, (unknown), Alan E. Mark	19
20	Calculation of the free energy of solvation for neutral analogs of amino acid side chains 2002 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Alessandra Villa, Alan E. Mark	166

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