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Domenico Lafiandra

Domenico Lafiandra

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8911
World Ranking
16763
National Ranking
530

Overview

Domenico Lafiandra is affiliated with Tuscia University in Italy and has a significant body of research primarily within agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields with particular emphasis on plant science, nutrition and dietetics, gastroenterology, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main topics Lafiandra focuses on include:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Food composition and properties
  • Phytase and its Applications
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Lafiandra's published work appears in several frequent venues, highlighting strong contributions to journals that focus on food sciences and cereal research. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Foods
  • Journal of Cereal Science
  • Preprints.org
  • Food Chemistry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Francesco Sestili
  • Stefania Masci
  • Samuela Palombieri
  • Ermelinda Botticella
  • Mike Sissons

Among Lafiandra's recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Wheat glutenin polymers 1. structure, assembly and properties," 2022, Journal of Cereal Science
  • "Can Manipulation of Durum Wheat Amylose Content Reduce the Glycaemic Index of Spaghetti?" 2020, Foods
  • "Wheat Glutenin polymers 2. The role of wheat glutenin subunits in polymer formation and dough quality," 2022, Journal of Cereal Science
  • "Noodles Made from High Amylose Wheat Flour Attenuate Postprandial Glycaemia in Healthy Adults," 2020, Nutrients
  • "Molecular insights into the role of amylose/amylopectin ratio on gluten protein organization," 2022, Food Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Chromosome 1B-encoded gliadins and glutenin subunits in durum wheat: genetics and relationship to gluten strength.

    N.E. Pogna;J.-C. Autran;F. Mellini;D. Lafiandra

  • Genetics of wheat gluten proteins.

    Peter R Shewry;Nigel G Halford;Domenico Lafiandra

  • The high molecular weight subunits of wheat glutenin and their role in determining wheat processing properties.

    Peter R Shewry;Nigel G Halford;Arthur S Tatham;Yves Popineau

  • Wheat glutenin subunits and dough elasticity: findings of the EUROWHEAT project

    Peter R Shewry;Yves Popineau;Domenico Lafiandra;Peter Belton

  • Improving cereal grain carbohydrates for diet and health

    Domenico Lafiandra;Gabriele Riccardi;Peter R. Shewry

  • Characterization of a Low-Molecular-Weight Glutenin Subunit Gene from Bread Wheat and the Corresponding Protein That Represents a Major Subunit of the Glutenin Polymer

    Stefania Masci;Renato D'Ovidio;Domenico Lafiandra;Donald D. Kasarda

  • Increasing the amylose content of durum wheat through silencing of the SBEIIa genes

    Francesco Sestili;Michela Janni;Angela Doherty;Ermelinda Botticella

  • Accumulation of protein subunits and their polymers in developing grains of hexaploid wheats

    Ram B. Gupta;Stefania Masci;Domenico Lafiandra;Harbans S. Bariana

  • Effect of Heat Shock During Grain Filling on the Gluten Protein Composition of Bread Wheat

    M. Ciaffi;L. Tozzi;B. Borghi;M. Corbellini

  • Evidence for a direct causal effect of low molecular weight subunits of glutenins on gluten viscoelasticity in durum wheats

    N. Pogna;D. Lafiandra;P. Feillet;J.C. Autran

  • New Data Supporting High Mr Glutenin Subunit 5 as the Determinant of Quality Differences among the Pairs 5 + 10 vs. 2 + 12

    D. Lafiandra;R. D'Ovidio;E. Porceddu;B. Margiotta

  • High resolution melting analysis for the detection of EMS induced mutations in wheat SBEIIa genes.

    Ermelinda Botticella;Francesco Sestili;Antonio Hernández-López;Andrew T.M. Phillips

  • PCR analysis of genes encoding allelic variants of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits at the Glu-D1 locus.

    R D'Ovidio;E Porceddu;D Lafiandra

  • Wheat grain proteins.

    P. R. Shewry;R. D'Ovidio;D. Lafiandra;J. A. Jenkins

  • Comparative proteome analysis of metabolic proteins from seeds of durum wheat (cv. Svevo) subjected to heat stress.

    Paolo Laino;Dale Shelton;Christine Finnie;Anna Maria De Leonardis

  • A novel wheat variety with elevated content of amylose increases resistant starch formation and may beneficially influence glycaemia in healthy subjects

    Elinor Hallström;Francesco Sestili;Domenico Lafiandra;Inger Björck

  • D-glutenin subunits : N-terminal sequences and evidence for the presence of cysteine

    S Masci;D Lafiandra;E Porceddu;E. J.-L Lew

  • Effect of the Duration and Intensity of Heat Shock During Grain Filling on Dry Matter and Protein Accumulation, Technological Quality and Protein Composition in Bread and Durum Wheat

    M. Corbellini;M.G. Canevar;L. Mazza;M. Ciaffi

  • Production of novel allelic variation for genes involved in starch biosynthesis through mutagenesis

    F. Sestili;E. Botticella;Z. Bedo;A. L. Phillips

  • Characterisation and chromosomal localisation of C-type low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits in the bread wheat cultivar Chinese Spring.

    S. Masci;L. Rovelli;D. D. Kasarda;W. H. Vensel

Frequent Co-Authors

Renato D'Ovidio
Renato D'Ovidio Tuscia University
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
Arthur S. Tatham
Arthur S. Tatham Cardiff Metropolitan University
Donald D. Kasarda
Donald D. Kasarda United States Department of Agriculture
Finlay MacRitchie
Finlay MacRitchie Kansas State University
Wujun Ma
Wujun Ma Murdoch University
Olin D. Anderson
Olin D. Anderson United States Department of Agriculture
Nigel G. Halford
Nigel G. Halford Rothamsted Research
Andrew L. Phillips
Andrew L. Phillips Rothamsted Research
Frank Békés
Frank Békés Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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