Search Results - "Borra, Marco"
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Molecular evidence of the toxic effects of diatom diets on gene expression patterns in copepods
Published in PloS one (28-10-2011)“…Diatoms are dominant photosynthetic organisms in the world's oceans and are considered essential in the transfer of energy through marine food chains. However,…”
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De novo assembly of a transcriptome from the eggs and early embryos of Astropecten aranciacus
Published in PloS one (05-09-2017)“…Starfish have been instrumental in many fields of biological and ecological research. Oocytes of Astropecten aranciacus, a common species native to the…”
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Analysis of the P. lividus sea urchin genome highlights contrasting trends of genomic and regulatory evolution in deuterostomes
Published in Cell genomics (12-04-2023)“…Sea urchins are emblematic models in developmental biology and display several characteristics that set them apart from other deuterostomes. To uncover the…”
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TITF1 Screening in Human Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
Published in Children (Basel) (23-07-2022)“…TITF1 (Thyroid Transcription Factor-1) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor. Previous studies showed that Titf1 null mice are characterized by…”
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Science and Dissemination for the UN Ocean Decade Outcomes: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (29-06-2022)“…The Ocean Decade (OD) is the name of a United Nations (UN) initiative devoted to ocean science for sustainable development. It started in 2021 and will provide…”
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Telomerase expression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-10-2014)“…Telomerase and telomeric complex have been linked to a variety of disease states related to neurological dysfunction. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…”
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Selection and validation of a set of reliable reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in the brain of the Cephalopod Mollusc Octopus vulgaris
Published in BMC molecular biology (14-07-2009)“…Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is valuable for studying the molecular events underlying physiological and behavioral phenomena…”
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SNPs and Hox gene mapping in Ciona intestinalis
Published in BMC genomics (25-01-2008)“…The tunicate Ciona intestinalis (Enterogona, Ascidiacea), a major model system for evolutionary and developmental genetics of chordates, harbours two cryptic…”
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Seasonal heterogeneity of ocean warming: a mortality sink for ectotherm colonizers
Published in Scientific reports (05-04-2016)“…Distribution shifts are a common adaptive response of marine ectotherms to climate change but the pace of redistribution depends on species-specific traits…”
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Distribution, Community Composition, and Potential Metabolic Activity of Bacterioplankton in an Urbanized Mediterranean Sea Coastal Zone
Published in Applied and environmental microbiology (01-09-2017)“…Bacterioplankton are fundamental components of marine ecosystems and influence the entire biosphere by contributing to the global biogeochemical cycles of key…”
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Toxicity of diatom polyunsaturated aldehydes to marine bacterial isolates reveals their mode of action
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-06-2017)“…Diatoms produce and release polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) during senescence in culture and at the end of blooms in nature and these compounds play different…”
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First identification and characterization of detoxifying plastic-degrading DBP hydrolases in the marine diatom Cylindrotheca closterium
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-03-2022)“…Diatoms are photosynthetic organisms with potential biotechnological applications in the bioremediation sector, having shown the capacity to reduce…”
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A Bacillus sp. isolated from sediments of the Sarno River mouth, Gulf of Naples (Italy) produces a biofilm biosorbing Pb(II)
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-08-2016)“…A Pb-resistant bacterial strain (named hereinafter Pb15) has been isolated from highly polluted marine sediments at the Sarno River mouth, Italy, using an…”
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miR-338-3p is over-expressed in blood, CFS, serum and spinal cord from sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
Published in Neurogenetics (01-10-2014)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and seriously disabling adult-onset neurological disease. Ninety percent of ALS patients are sporadic…”
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Rapid and Cheap Methodology for CRISPR/Cas9 Zebrafish Mutant Screening
Published in Molecular biotechnology (01-01-2016)“…The introduction of new genome editing tools such as ZFNs, TALENs and, more recently, the CRISPR/Cas9 system, has greatly expanded the ability to knock-out…”
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ITITF1/I Screening in Human Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Published in Children (Basel) (01-07-2022)“…TITF1 (Thyroid Transcription Factor-1) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor. Previous studies showed that Titf1 null mice are characterized by…”
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Selection and validation of reference genes for qPCR analysis in the pennate diatoms Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata and P. arenysensis
Published in Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology (01-02-2014)“…Diatoms are eukaryotic microalgae broadly present in freshwater and marine ecosystems. The great ecological interest about diatoms has recently led to…”
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Small non-coding RNA signature in multiple sclerosis patients after treatment with interferon-β
Published in BMC medical genomics (17-05-2014)“…Non-coding small RNA molecules play pivotal roles in cellular and developmental processes by regulating gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. In…”
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Loggerhead turtles nesting in Libya: an important management unit for the Mediterranean stock
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (01-01-2012)“…Libya is one of the most important loggerhead turtleCaretta carettanesting grounds in the Mediterranean Sea, but data on its genetic diversity and demographic…”
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First molecular evidence of diatom effects in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus
Published in Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology (31-07-2011)“…In this study we develop gene expression tools in Calanus helgolandicus to study the effects of toxic diatom diets on copepod fitness and survival. We…”
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