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Drosophila rae1 is required for male meiosis and spermatogenesis by Volpi, Silvia, Bongiorni, Silvia, Fabbretti, Fabiana, Wakimoto, Barbara T, Prantera, Giorgio

“…Previous studies of RAE1, a conserved WD40 protein, in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and mouse revealed a role in mRNA export and cell cycle progression in mitotic…”
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DNA methylation in insects by Field, L.M, Lyko, F, Mandrioli, M, Prantera, G

“…Cytosine DNA methylation has been demonstrated in numerous eukaryotic organisms and has been shown to play an important role in human disease. The function of…”
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Facultative heterochromatization in parahaploid male mealybugs: involvement of a heterochromatin-associated protein by Bongiorni, S, Mazzuoli, M, Masci, S, Prantera, G

“…The behavior of chromosomes during development of the mealybug Planococcus citri provides one of the most dramatic examples of facultative…”
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The base analog 6-N-hydroxylaminopurine (HAP) mutagenesis is dependent on the integrity of the uvsE, uvsF and uvsB genes in Aspergillus nidulans by BABUDRI, N, MORPURGO, G, MARINI, A, PRANTERA, G

“…Most of the available data in lower eukaryotes are consistent with the idea that base analogs-induced mutagenesis is due to the mis-pairing properties of these…”
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The human Y chromosome shows a low level of DNA polymorphism by Malaspina, P, Persichetti, F, Novelletto, A, Iodice, C, Terrenato, L, Wolfe, J, Ferraro, M, Prantera, G

“…Six new Y-specific probes have been isolated and are reported. Along with another six already described they have been used in a systemic search for male…”
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Heterochromatin and tri-methylated lysine 20 of histone H4 in animals by Kourmouli, Niki, Jeppesen, Peter, Mahadevhaiah, Shantha, Burgoyne, Paul, Wu, Rong, Gilbert, David M, Bongiorni, Silvia, Prantera, Giorgio, Fanti, Laura, Pimpinelli, Sergio, Shi, Wei, Fundele, Reinald, Singh, Prim B

“…Tri-methylated lysine 20 on histone H4 (Me(3)K20H4) is a marker of constitutive heterochromatin in murine interphase and metaphase cells. Heterochromatin…”
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Human NORs show correlation between transcriptional activity, DNase I sensitivity, and hypomethylation by Ferraro, M, Prantera, G

“…Active human ribosomal gene clusters (NORs) are distinguishable from inactive ones by silver staining. By sequentially applying deoxyribonuclease I (DNase…”
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Inverted meiosis and meiotic drive in mealybugs by Bongiorni, Silvia, Fiorenzo, Paolo, Pippoletti, Daniela, Prantera, Giorgio

“…In the males of lecanoid coccids, or mealybugs, an entire, paternally derived, haploid chromosome set becomes heterochromatic after the seventh embryonic…”
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Heterochromatin, HP1 and methylation at lysine 9 of histone H3 in animals by Cowell, Ian G, Aucott, Rebecca, Mahadevaiah, Shantha K, Burgoyne, Paul S, Huskisson, Neville, Bongiorni, Silvia, Prantera, Giorgio, Fanti, Laura, Pimpinelli, Sergio, Wu, Rong, Gilbert, David M, Shi, Wei, Fundele, Reinald, Morrison, Harris, Jeppesen, Peter, Singh, Prim B

“…We show that methylated lysine 9 of histone H3 (Me9H3) is a marker of heterochromatin in divergent animal species. It localises to both constitutive and…”
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Imprinted facultative heterochromatization in mealybugs by Bongiorni, Silvia, Prantera, Giorgio

“…In lecanoid Coccids, or mealybugs, the male development is accompanied by the facultative heterochromatization of the entire, paternally derived, haploid…”
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The correlation between silver-staining and DAPI-induced chromosome undercondensation by Rocchi, A., Montagna, P., Lanza, V., Prantera, G.

“…The silver-staining pattern of Chinese hamster chromosomes that show DAPI-induced undercondensed areas was studied. The Ag-staining was preceded or not by…”
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Inhibition of human chromosome condensation induced by DAPI as related to cell cycle by Prantera, G, Di Castro, M, Cipriani, L, Rocchi, A

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Silver staining analysis of nucleolar-organizer activity during spermatogenesis of Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea, Isopoda) by Di Castro, M., Prantera, G., Cipriani, L., Rocchi, A.

“…The Ag-staining technique was employed to investigate the activity of the nucleolar organizer during spermatogenesis of the isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus…”
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Effects of distamycin A on human leukocytes in vitro by Prantera, G, Pimpinelli, S, Rocchi, A

“…Distamycin A, an oligopeptide antibiotic, supplied at various concentrations for 24 h to human leukocytes in culture, has induced the appearance on some…”
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Incipient sex chromosome differentiation in an isopod crustacean species, Asellus aquaticus by ROCCHI, A, PRANTERA, G, LANZA, V, DI CASTRO, M

“…Asellus aquaticus , a sexually dimorphic isopod crustacean, has no morphologically distinguishable sex chromosome pair. In 25% of the males from a natural…”
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Effects of DAPI on human leukocytes in vitro by Rocchi, A, Di Castro, M, Prantera, G

“…DAPI (4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole), a fluorochrome specific for AT-rich DNA, was supplied for 24 h at various concentrations to human leukocytes in culture…”
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Simultaneous production of Q and R bands after staining with chromomycin A3 or olivomycin by Prantera, G, Bonaccorsi, S, Pimpinelli, S

“…Human and mouse chromosomes, stained with either chromomycin A3 or olivomycin, which bind preferentially to G - C-rich DNA (where G is guanosine and C is…”
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Effect of DAPI on Chinese hamster chromosomes by Rocchi, A, Di Castro, M, Prantera, G

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The relationship between DNA methylation and chromosome imprinting in the coccid Planococcus citri by Bongiorni, S. (University of Washington, Seattle, WA.), Cintio, O, Prantera, G

“…The phenomenon of chromosome, or genomic, imprinting indicates the relevance of parental origin in determining functional differences between alleles,…”
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Silver staining of the centromeric area of acrocentric and Robertsonian metacentric mouse chromosomes by Rocchi, A., Prantera, G., Di Castro, M., Capanna, E.

“…A silver stain (Kt) technique was used to analyze the centromeric area in metacentric chromosomes originating from Robertsonian rearrangements in the mouse…”
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