User profiles for A. P. Francisco

Ana Francisco

- Verified email at ff.ul.pt - Cited by 937

Ana Patrícia Francisco

- Verified email at neuro.fchampalimaud.org - Cited by 485

GrapeTree: visualization of core genomic relationships among 100,000 bacterial pathogens

…, N Luhmann, C Vaz, AP Francisco… - Genome …, 2018 - genome.cshlp.org
Current methods struggle to reconstruct and visualize the genomic relationships of large
numbers of bacterial genomes. GrapeTree facilitates the analyses of large numbers of allelic …

[HTML][HTML] Global optimal eBURST analysis of multilocus typing data using a graphic matroid approach

AP Francisco, M Bugalho, M Ramirez, JA Carriço - BMC bioinformatics, 2009 - Springer
Background Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) is a frequently used typing method for the
analysis of the clonal relationships among strains of several clinically relevant microbial …

[HTML][HTML] PHYLOViZ: phylogenetic inference and data visualization for sequence based typing methods

AP Francisco, C Vaz, PT Monteiro, J Melo-Cristino… - BMC …, 2012 - Springer
Background With the decrease of DNA sequencing costs, sequence-based typing methods
are rapidly becoming the gold standard for epidemiological surveillance. These methods …

PHYLOViZ 2.0: providing scalable data integration and visualization for multiple phylogenetic inference methods

…, A Sousa, M Ramirez, AP Francisco… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
High Throughput Sequencing provides a cost effective means of generating high resolution
data for hundreds or even thousands of strains, and is rapidly superseding methodologies …

[HTML][HTML] Commensal bacteria and essential amino acids control food choice behavior and reproduction

…, Z Carvalho-Santos, AP Francisco… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… Our finding that Ap acts together with Lactobacilli to influence food choice provides a powerful
system for not only understanding how microbes act on the host to influence brain function …

The YEASTRACT database: an upgraded information system for the analysis of gene and genomic transcription regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

…, M Palma, C Costa, AP Francisco… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The YEASTRACT ( http://www.yeastract.com ) information system is a tool for the analysis
and prediction of transcription regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Last …

Anxiety, depression and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a cross-sectional survey

…, B Patterson, W Simpson, AP Francisco… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Multiple survey studies have demonstrated a mental health (MH) burden of
COVID-19 globally. However, few studies have examined relevant risk factors for pandemic-…

YEASTRACT: providing a programmatic access to curated transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a web services interface

…, SC Dos Santos, TR Cabrito, AP Francisco… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The YEAst Search for Transcriptional Regulators And Consensus Tracking (YEASTRACT)
information system ( http://www.yeastract.com ) was developed to support the analysis of …

Design and discovery of mushroom tyrosinase inhibitors and their therapeutic applications

E Mendes, MJ Perry, AP Francisco - Expert opinion on drug …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Tyrosinase inhibitors could have a huge importance in medicine, cosmetics
and agriculture. Although many tyrosinase inhibitors are available, they have demonstrated …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic cross-feeding in imbalanced diets allows gut microbes to improve reproduction and alter host behaviour

…, DB Dhakan, L Serra, AP Francisco… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… in Drosophila melanogaster, Acetobacter pomorum (Ap) and Lactobacillus plantarum (Lp) a
Ap as the bacterium altering the host’s feeding decisions. Specifically, we show that Ap uses …