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Overview

Mariano Rocchi is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research spans diverse areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable emphasis on chromosomal and genetic variations as well as genomics and chromatin dynamics.

Their recent publications include studies on centromeres, chromatin structure, and genomic variations. Selected papers include:

  • Human centromere repositioning activates transcription and opens chromatin fibre structure, 2022, Nature Communications
  • 22q11.2 Low Copy Repeats Expanded in the Human Lineage, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Human centromere formation activates transcription and opens chromatin fibre structure, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Eight million years of maintained heterozygosity in chromosome homologs of cercopithecine monkeys, 2020, Chromosoma
  • Author Correction: Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes, 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors working alongside Mariano Rocchi include:

  • Oronzo Capozzi
  • Claudia Rita Catacchio
  • Stefania Purgato
  • Catherine Naughton
  • Covadonga Huidobro

Mariano Rocchi's work has been published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Chromosoma
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Their main fields of study are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with subfields covering:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Social Psychology
  • Animal Science and Zoology

Key topics of research focus include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Best Publications

  • Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;LaDeana W. Hillier

  • Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeffrey Rogers

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • Genome sequence, comparative analysis, and population genetics of the domestic horse.

    C. M. Wade;E. Giulotto;S. Sigurdsson;M. Zoli

  • Assignment of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene to Human Chromosome 6p21.3

    Valeria Vincenti;Caterina Cassano;Mariano Rocchi;M. Graziella Persico

  • Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes.

    Devin P. Locke;LaDeana W. Hillier;Wesley C. Warren;Kim C. Worley

  • Mutations of SURF-1 in Leigh Disease Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

    Valeria Tiranti;Konstanze Hoertnagel;Rosalba Carrozzo;Claudia Galimberti

  • The chemokine receptor CCR8 is preferentially expressed in Th2 but not Th1 cells.

    Alessandra Zingoni;Hortensia Soto;Joseph A. Hedrick;Antonella Stoppacciaro

  • Interleukin-1-inducible genes in endothelial cells. Cloning of a new gene related to C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component.

    F Breviario;E M d'Aniello;J Golay;G Peri

  • A genome-wide comparison of recent chimpanzee and human segmental duplications

    Ze Cheng;Mario Ventura;Xinwei She;Philipp Khaitovich

  • Estimation of the mutation frequencies in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: a European collaborative study

    E. Nelis;C. van Broeckhoven;E.C.M. Mariman;A.A.W.M. Gabreëls-Festen

  • Positive selection of a gene family during the emergence of humans and African apes

    Matthew E. Johnson;Luigi Viggiano;Jeffrey A. Bailey;Munah Abdul-Rauf

  • Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes

    Lucia Carbone;R. Alan Harris;Sante Gnerre;Krishna R. Veeramah;Krishna R. Veeramah

  • Cryptic deletions are a common finding in “balanced” reciprocal and complex chromosome rearrangements: a study of 59 patients

    M De Gregori;R Ciccone;P Magini;T Pramparo

  • Translocation breakpoint of acute promyelocytic leukemia lies within the retinoic acid receptor alpha locus.

    M Alcalay;D Zangrilli;P P Pandolfi;L Longo

  • ERO1-L, a human protein that favors disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Andrea Cabibbo;Massimiliano Pagani;Marco Fabbri;Mariano Rocchi

  • The common marmoset genome provides insight into primate biology and evolution

    Kim C. Worley;Wesley C. Warren;Jeffrey Rogers;Devin Locke

  • Identification of the gene encoding the human mitochondrial RNA polymerase (h-mtRPOL) by cyberscreening of the Expressed Sequence Tags database

    Valeria Tiranti;Anna Savoia;Francesca Forti;Maria Felicia D'Apolito

  • A novel chromosomal translocation t(4; 14)(p16.3; q32) in multiple myeloma involves the fibroblast growth-factor receptor 3 gene.

    Raffaella Richelda;Raffaella Richelda;Raffaella Richelda;Domenica Ronchetti;Domenica Ronchetti;Domenica Ronchetti;Luca Baldini;Luca Baldini;Luca Baldini;Lilla Cro;Lilla Cro;Lilla Cro

  • Gene amplification as double minutes or homogeneously staining regions in solid tumors: Origin and structure

    Clelia Tiziana Storlazzi;Angelo Lonoce;Maria C. Guastadisegni;Domenico Trombetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicoletta Archidiacono
Nicoletta Archidiacono University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giorgina Specchia
Giorgina Specchia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Mario Ventura
Mario Ventura University of Bari Aldo Moro
Orsetta Zuffardi
Orsetta Zuffardi University of Pavia
Roscoe Stanyon
Roscoe Stanyon University of Florence
Roberto Giorda
Roberto Giorda MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Antonio Baldini
Antonio Baldini University of Naples Federico II
Pieter J. de Jong
Pieter J. de Jong UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital

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