Horacio Heras

About Horacio Heras

Horacio Heras, With an exceptional h-index of 31 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, specializes in the field of Biochemical defenses, Defensive proteins, Comparative biochemistry, Molluscs, protein structure-funtion analysis.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Phylogenetic variations in a novel family of hyperstable apple snail egg proteins: insights into structural stability and functional trends

Stability and functional evolution of a novel family of hyperstable apple snail egg proteins.

Egg toxic compounds in the animal kingdom. A comprehensive review

Biochemical and morphological features of the uropygial gland of the Chilean Flamingo and their functional implications

Ingestion of poisonous eggs of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata adversely affects bullfrog Lithobathes catesbeianus intestine morphophysiology

Dynamics of circulating lipoproteins and lipids in Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi) during the breeding cycle

A highly stable, non-digestible lectin from Pomacea diffusa unveils clade-related protection systems in apple snail eggs

Exaptation of two ancient immune proteins into a new dimeric pore-forming toxin in snails

Horacio Heras Information

University

Position

Professor of Chemical Biology & CONICET Argentina

Citations(all)

2958

Citations(since 2020)

1015

Cited By

2485

hIndex(all)

31

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

64

i10Index(since 2020)

33

Email

University Profile Page

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Horacio Heras Skills & Research Interests

Biochemical defenses

Defensive proteins

Comparative biochemistry

Molluscs

protein structure-funtion analysis

Top articles of Horacio Heras

Phylogenetic variations in a novel family of hyperstable apple snail egg proteins: insights into structural stability and functional trends

bioRxiv

2023/4/29

Stability and functional evolution of a novel family of hyperstable apple snail egg proteins.

Biorxiv: the Preprint Server for Biology

2023/4/29

Egg toxic compounds in the animal kingdom. A comprehensive review

2022

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

Biochemical and morphological features of the uropygial gland of the Chilean Flamingo and their functional implications

Zoology

2021/8/1

Ingestion of poisonous eggs of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata adversely affects bullfrog Lithobathes catesbeianus intestine morphophysiology

Malacologia

2021/3

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

Dynamics of circulating lipoproteins and lipids in Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi) during the breeding cycle

Polar Biology

2021/2

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

A highly stable, non-digestible lectin from Pomacea diffusa unveils clade-related protection systems in apple snail eggs

Journal of Experimental Biology

2020/10/1

Jian-Wen Qiu
Jian-Wen Qiu

H-Index: 31

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

Exaptation of two ancient immune proteins into a new dimeric pore-forming toxin in snails

Journal of Structural Biology

2020/8/1

Santiago Ituarte
Santiago Ituarte

H-Index: 11

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

Apple snail egg perivitellin coloration, as a taxonomic character for invasive Pomacea maculata and P. canaliculata, determined by a simple method

Biological Invasions

2020/7

Horacio Heras
Horacio Heras

H-Index: 20

Egg perivitelline fluid proteome of a freshwater snail: Insight into the transition from aquatic to terrestrial egg deposition

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

2020/4/15

Novel role for animal innate immune molecules: Enterotoxic activity of a snail egg MACPF-Toxin

Frontiers in Immunology

2020/3/13

Hemocyanin of the caenogastropod Pomacea canaliculata exhibits evolutionary differences among gastropod clades

PLoS One

2020/1/30

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