Maria Beatrice Bitonti

Summary

Affiliation: University of Calabria
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Perturbation of cytokinin and ethylene-signalling pathways explain the strong rooting phenotype exhibited by Arabidopsis expressing the Schizosaccharomyces pombe mitotic inducer, cdc25
    Natasha D Spadafora
    School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
    BMC Plant Biol 12:45. 2012
  2. ncbi Distinct nuclear organization, DNA methylation pattern and cytokinin distribution mark juvenile, juvenile-like and adult vegetative apical meristems in peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)
    Maria Beatrice Bitonti
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, Universita della Calabria, I 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
    J Exp Bot 53:1047-54. 2002
  3. ncbi Differential spatial expression of A- and B-type CDKs, and distribution of auxins and cytokinins in the open transverse root apical meristem of Cucurbita maxima
    Adriana Chiappetta
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, Universita della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
    Ann Bot 107:1223-34. 2011
  4. ncbi Zeatin accumulation and misexpression of a class I knox gene are intimately linked in the epiphyllous response of the interspecific hybrid EMB-2 (Helianthus annuus x H. tuberosus)
    Adriana Chiappetta
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, , Arcavacata di Rende, 87030 Cosenza, Italy
    Planta 223:917-31. 2006
  5. ncbi Cytological investigations of the Arabidopsis thaliana elo1 mutant give new insights into leaf lateral growth and Elongator function
    Andrea Falcone
    Universita della Calabria, Dipartimento di Ecologia, Via ponte P Bucci, Cubo 6B, I 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italia
    Ann Bot 100:261-70. 2007
  6. ncbi The gene geranylgeranyl reductase of peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch) is regulated during leaf development and responds differentially to distinct stress factors
    Donato Giannino
    Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology Section of Rome, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Salaria Km 29, 300, I 00016, Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
    J Exp Bot 55:2063-73. 2004
  7. ncbi Isolation and characterization of a maintenance DNA-methyltransferase gene from peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch): transcript localization in vegetative and reproductive meristems of triple buds
    Donato Giannino
    Institute of Plant Protection, Section of Bari, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Amendola 165 A, I 70126 Bari, Italy
    J Exp Bot 54:2623-33. 2003
  8. ncbi Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] KNOPE1, a class 1 KNOX orthologue to Arabidopsis BREVIPEDICELLUS/KNAT1, is misexpressed during hyperplasia of leaf curl disease
    Giulio Testone
    Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Salaria Km 29, 300, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
    J Exp Bot 59:389-402. 2008
  9. ncbi Localization of ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid oxidase, and glutathione in roots of Cucurbita maxima L
    Rosalia Liso
    Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Vegetale, , Via E. Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italia
    J Exp Bot 55:2589-97. 2004
  10. ncbi CRY-DASH gene expression is under the control of the circadian clock machinery in tomato
    Paolo Facella
    ENEA, Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 Jonica, 75026 Rotondella (Mt, Italy
    FEBS Lett 580:4618-24. 2006

Collaborators

  • Andrea Falcone
  • Mariangela Salvini
  • Donato Giannino
  • Hilary J Rogers
  • Dennis Francis
  • Claudio Pugliesi
  • Adriana Chiappetta
  • Leonardo Bruno
  • Natasha D Spadafora
  • Giulio Testone
  • Paolo Facella
  • Rosalia Liso
  • Diego Albani
  • Rhys Vaughan
  • Els Prinsen
  • Jeroen Nieuwland
  • John Doonan
  • David Parfitt
  • Angela Marchbank
  • Sherong Li
  • Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston
  • Robert J Herbert
  • Amelia Salimonti
  • Antonella Muto
  • Jessica Jones
  • Andrea Tartarini
  • Anna Maria Innocenti
  • Emiliano Condello
  • Laura Spano
  • Alessandro Bruno
  • Giovanni Mele
  • Domenico Mariotti
  • Abdelkrim Azmi
  • Vania Michelotti
  • Maria Petrarulo
  • Loredana Lopez
  • Giovanni Giuliano
  • Harry Van Onckelen
  • Gaetano Perrotta
  • Marco Fambrini
  • Nicoletta La Rocca
  • Mario C De Tullio
  • Paola Bonfante
  • Oreste Arrigoni
  • Samantha Ciraci
  • Raffaella Balestrini

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Perturbation of cytokinin and ethylene-signalling pathways explain the strong rooting phenotype exhibited by Arabidopsis expressing the Schizosaccharomyces pombe mitotic inducer, cdc25
    Natasha D Spadafora
    School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
    BMC Plant Biol 12:45. 2012
    ..Here we show, for the first time, that alterations to cytokinin and ethylene signaling explain the rooting phenotype elicited by Spcdc25 expression in Arabidopsis...
  2. ncbi Distinct nuclear organization, DNA methylation pattern and cytokinin distribution mark juvenile, juvenile-like and adult vegetative apical meristems in peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)
    Maria Beatrice Bitonti
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, Universita della Calabria, I 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
    J Exp Bot 53:1047-54. 2002
    ..The extent to which the acquisition of a strongly zonated pattern of these parameters as markers of floral competence in adult SAMs is discussed...
  3. ncbi Differential spatial expression of A- and B-type CDKs, and distribution of auxins and cytokinins in the open transverse root apical meristem of Cucurbita maxima
    Adriana Chiappetta
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, Universita della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
    Ann Bot 107:1223-34. 2011
    ..Here spatial expression/localization of an A-type and B-type CDK, auxin and cytokinins are reported in relation to the hitherto unexplored anatomy of RAMs of Cucurbita maxima...
  4. ncbi Zeatin accumulation and misexpression of a class I knox gene are intimately linked in the epiphyllous response of the interspecific hybrid EMB-2 (Helianthus annuus x H. tuberosus)
    Adriana Chiappetta
    Dipartimento di Ecologia, , Arcavacata di Rende, 87030 Cosenza, Italy
    Planta 223:917-31. 2006
    ..These results clearly indicate that localized cytokinin accumulation and ectopic expression of HtKNOT1 are closely linked in the epiphylly of EMB-2 plants...
  5. ncbi Cytological investigations of the Arabidopsis thaliana elo1 mutant give new insights into leaf lateral growth and Elongator function
    Andrea Falcone
    Universita della Calabria, Dipartimento di Ecologia, Via ponte P Bucci, Cubo 6B, I 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italia
    Ann Bot 100:261-70. 2007
    ..Relative expression levels of three sucrose metabolism/transport-related genes were also investigated. The aim was to determine the physiological basis of leaf morphology in this mutant, by investigating the modulatory role of sucrose...
  6. ncbi The gene geranylgeranyl reductase of peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch) is regulated during leaf development and responds differentially to distinct stress factors
    Donato Giannino
    Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology Section of Rome, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Salaria Km 29, 300, I 00016, Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
    J Exp Bot 55:2063-73. 2004
    ..These data suggest that PpCHL P expression was regulated by photosynthetic activity and was possibly involved in the defence response...
  7. ncbi Isolation and characterization of a maintenance DNA-methyltransferase gene from peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch): transcript localization in vegetative and reproductive meristems of triple buds
    Donato Giannino
    Institute of Plant Protection, Section of Bari, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Amendola 165 A, I 70126 Bari, Italy
    J Exp Bot 54:2623-33. 2003
    ..The PpMETI transcript was also monitored during organ flower formation. Altogether, these data suggest a relationship between DNA replication and PpMETI gene expression...
  8. ncbi Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] KNOPE1, a class 1 KNOX orthologue to Arabidopsis BREVIPEDICELLUS/KNAT1, is misexpressed during hyperplasia of leaf curl disease
    Giulio Testone
    Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, National Research Council of Italy CNR, Via Salaria Km 29, 300, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
    J Exp Bot 59:389-402. 2008
    ..These results suggest that KNOPE1 misexpression and de novo zeatin synthesis of host origin might participate in hyperplasia of leaf curl disease...
  9. ncbi Localization of ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid oxidase, and glutathione in roots of Cucurbita maxima L
    Rosalia Liso
    Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Vegetale, , Via E. Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italia
    J Exp Bot 55:2589-97. 2004
    ..The different pattern of distribution of ASC in different tissues and cell compartments reflects its possible role in cell metabolism and root morphogenesis...
  10. ncbi CRY-DASH gene expression is under the control of the circadian clock machinery in tomato
    Paolo Facella
    ENEA, Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 Jonica, 75026 Rotondella (Mt, Italy
    FEBS Lett 580:4618-24. 2006
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