Francesca Moraca

424 total citations
17 papers, 296 citations indexed

About

Francesca Moraca is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Moraca has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 296 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Moraca's work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (7 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers). Francesca Moraca is often cited by papers focused on Trypanosoma species research and implications (7 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers). Francesca Moraca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Francesca Moraca's co-authors include Maurizio Botta, Cameron F. Abrams, Amos B. Smith, Mariangela Biava, Ana Negri, César de Oliveira, Joseph Sodroski, Robert Abel, Paola Baiocco and Annarita Fiorillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Molecules and Food Hydrocolloids.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Moraca

15 papers receiving 294 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Moraca United States 10 110 94 94 90 90 17 296
Sandrine Vendeville France 11 195 1.8× 174 1.9× 51 0.5× 184 2.0× 144 1.6× 15 519
Gerhard Puerstinger Austria 15 147 1.3× 166 1.8× 34 0.4× 134 1.5× 166 1.8× 21 606
Noreena L. Sweeney United States 10 62 0.6× 61 0.6× 74 0.8× 123 1.4× 96 1.1× 17 336
Emanuela Nizi Italy 13 96 0.9× 302 3.2× 79 0.8× 238 2.6× 159 1.8× 19 609
Marie Normand‐Bayle France 6 95 0.9× 191 2.0× 43 0.5× 74 0.8× 61 0.7× 6 332
Adele Boccuto Italy 15 71 0.6× 63 0.7× 125 1.3× 88 1.0× 236 2.6× 30 439
Julien Lancelot France 16 82 0.7× 111 1.2× 149 1.6× 497 5.5× 75 0.8× 22 828
L.N. Rusere United States 9 42 0.4× 60 0.6× 43 0.5× 69 0.8× 103 1.1× 11 290
Jérôme Deval United States 8 118 1.1× 35 0.4× 24 0.3× 146 1.6× 237 2.6× 13 402
Jeanne A. Geyer United States 11 54 0.5× 128 1.4× 161 1.7× 117 1.3× 74 0.8× 12 373

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Moraca

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All Works

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Zhang, Bin W., et al.. (2024). Leveraging the Thermodynamics of Protein Conformations in Drug Discovery. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(1). 252–264.
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Moraca, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Activity Profile of TbrPDEB1 and hPDE4 Inhibitors Using Free Energy Perturbation. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(6). 904–910. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Shuaiyi, Saumya Anang, Francesca Moraca, et al.. (2021). Identification of gp120 Residue His105 as a Novel Target for HIV-1 Neutralization by Small-Molecule CD4-Mimics. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 12(11). 1824–1831. 5 indexed citations
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Moraca, Francesca, Ana Negri, César de Oliveira, & Robert Abel. (2019). Application of Free Energy Perturbation (FEP+) to Understanding Ligand Selectivity: A Case Study to Assess Selectivity Between Pairs of Phosphodiesterases (PDE’s). Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(6). 2729–2740. 23 indexed citations
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Moraca, Francesca, David Rinaldo, Amos B. Smith, & Cameron F. Abrams. (2018). Specific Noncovalent Interactions Determine Optimal Structure of a Buried Ligand Moiety: QM/MM and Pure QM Modeling of Complexes of the Small‐Molecule CD4 Mimetics and HIV‐1 gp120. ChemMedChem. 13(6). 627–633. 4 indexed citations
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Rashad, Adel A., Francesca Moraca, Per Johan Klasse, et al.. (2017). Recognition of HIV-inactivating peptide triazoles by the recombinant soluble Env trimer, BG505 SOSIP.664. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 85(5). 843–851. 5 indexed citations
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Herschhorn, Alon, Christopher Gu, Francesca Moraca, et al.. (2017). The β20–β21 of gp120 is a regulatory switch for HIV-1 Env conformational transitions. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1049–1049. 75 indexed citations
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Vita, Daniela De, Francesca Moraca, Claudio Zamperini, et al.. (2016). In vitro screening of 2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylethanol derivatives as antiprotozoal agents and docking studies on Trypanosoma cruzi CYP51. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 113. 28–33. 18 indexed citations
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Moraca, Francesca, et al.. (2016). Binding Mode and Selectivity of Steroids towards Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase from the Pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecules. 21(3). 368–368. 17 indexed citations
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Moraca, Francesca, et al.. (2016). Computational Evaluation of HIV-1 gp120 Conformations of Soluble Trimeric gp140 Structures as Targets for de Novo Docking of First- and Second-Generation Small-Molecule CD4 Mimics. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 56(10). 2069–2079. 7 indexed citations
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Moraca, Francesca, Daniela De Vita, Fabiana Pandolfi, et al.. (2014). Synthesis, biological evaluation and structure–activity correlation study of a series of imidazol-based compounds as Candida albicans inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 83. 665–673. 17 indexed citations
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Mori, Mattia, Francesca Moraca, Davide Deodato, et al.. (2014). Discovery of the first potent and selective Mycobacterium tuberculosis Zmp1 inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(11). 2508–2511. 22 indexed citations
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Baiocco, Paola, Giovanna Poce, Salvatore Alfonso, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of Leishmania infantum Trypanothione Reductase by Azole‐Based Compounds: a Comparative Analysis with Its Physiological Substrate by X‐ray Crystallography. ChemMedChem. 8(7). 1175–1183. 63 indexed citations
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Friggeri, Laura, Luigi Scipione, Roberta Costi, et al.. (2013). New Promising Compounds with in Vitro Nanomolar Activity againstTrypanosoma cruzi. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 4(6). 538–541. 12 indexed citations
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Jaeger, Timo, et al.. (2011). A fast virtual screening approach to identify structurally diverse inhibitors of trypanothione reductase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(18). 5255–5258. 16 indexed citations

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