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Massimo Delledonne

Massimo Delledonne

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Genetics

D-Index
80
Citations
31074
World Ranking
1563
National Ranking
26

Overview

Massimo Delledonne is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy. Their research spans fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The work focuses extensively on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

Their scientific contributions include studies and analyses related to genomics, phylogenetics, horticulture, and legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Specific research topics include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Delledonne has contributed to a variety of journals and venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 11 publications
  • Nature Communications - 6 publications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences - 4 publications
  • Scientific Reports - 4 publications
  • Biodiversity Data Journal - 4 publications

Recent published papers include:

  • "The genetic basis of sex determination in grapes," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A molecular signature associated with prolonged survival in glioblastoma patients treated with regorafenib," 2020, Neuro-Oncology
  • "Improved lipid productivity in Nannochloropsis gaditana in nitrogen-replete conditions by selection of pale green mutants," 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • "Whole-genome sequencing analysis of semi-supercentenarians," 2021, eLife
  • "The INCREASE project: Intelligent Collections of food-legume genetic resources for European agrofood systems," 2021, The Plant Journal

Frequent collaborators in Delledonne's research include Marzia Rossato, Roberto Papa, Elisa Bellucci, Simone Maestri, and Laura Nanni. These coauthoring relationships have resulted in numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The grapevine genome sequence suggests ancestral hexaploidization in major angiosperm phyla.

    Olivier Jaillon;Jean Marc Aury;Benjamin Noel;Alberto Policriti

  • Nitric oxide functions as a signal in plant disease resistance

    Massimo Delledonne;Yiji Xia;Richard A. Dixon;Chris Lamb

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Phased diploid genome assembly with single-molecule real-time sequencing

    Chen-Shan Chin;Paul Peluso;Fritz J Sedlazeck;Maria Nattestad

  • Signal interactions between nitric oxide and reactive oxygen intermediates in the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response

    Massimo Delledonne;Jürgen Zeier;Adriano Marocco;Chris Lamb

  • The Involvement of Cysteine Proteases and Protease Inhibitor Genes in the Regulation of Programmed Cell Death in Plants

    Mazal Solomon;Beatrice Belenghi;Massimo Delledonne;Ester Menachem

  • NO news is good news for plants.

    Massimo Delledonne

  • The Grapevine Expression Atlas Reveals a Deep Transcriptome Shift Driving the Entire Plant into a Maturation Program

    Marianna Fasoli;Silvia Dal Santo;Sara Zenoni;Giovanni Battista Tornielli

  • Characterization of Transcriptional Complexity during Berry Development in Vitis vinifera Using RNA-Seq

    Sara Zenoni;Alberto Ferrarini;Enrico Giacomelli;Luciano Xumerle

  • Arabidopsis nonsymbiotic hemoglobin AHb1 modulates nitric oxide bioactivity

    Michele Perazzolli;Paola Dominici;Maria C. Romero-Puertas;Elisa Zago

  • Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida.

    Aureliano Bombarely;Michel Moser;Avichai Moshe Amrad;Manzhu Bao

  • S-Nitrosylation of Peroxiredoxin II E Promotes Peroxynitrite-Mediated Tyrosine Nitration

    Maria C. Romero-Puertas;Miriam Laxa;Alessandro Mattè;Federica Zaninotto

  • Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging

    Francesca Turroni;Francesca Bottacini;Elena Foroni;Imke Mulder

  • Decreased epigenetic age of PBMCs from Italian semi-supercentenarians and their offspring.

    Steve Horvath;Chiara Pirazzini;Maria Giulia Bacalini;Davide Gentilini

  • Nitric oxide signalling functions in plant-pathogen interactions.

    María C. Romero-Puertas;Michele Perazzolli;Michele Perazzolli;Elisa D. Zago;Massimo Delledonne

  • NO signals in the haze: Nitric oxide signalling in plant defence

    Margit Leitner;Elodie Genevieve Germaine Vandelle;Frank Gaupels;Diana Bellin

  • Annotating genomes with massive-scale RNA sequencing.

    Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Corinne Da Silva;Corinne Da Silva;Benjamin Noel;Benjamin Noel

  • Proteomic analysis of S-nitrosylated proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana undergoing hypersensitive response

    Maria C. Romero-Puertas;Maria C. Romero-Puertas;Natascia Campostrini;Alessandro Mattè;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • MYO1E Mutations and Childhood Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

    Caterina Mele;Paraskevas Iatropoulos;Roberta Donadelli;Andrea Calabria

  • Metacaspase activity of Arabidopsis thaliana is regulated by S-nitrosylation of a critical cysteine residue.

    Beatrice Belenghi;Maria del Carmen Romero-Puertas;Dominique Vercammen;Anouk Brackenier

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli University of Bologna
Mario Pezzotti
Mario Pezzotti University of Verona
Michele Baccarani
Michele Baccarani University of Bologna
Sara Zenoni
Sara Zenoni University of Verona
Giovanni Malerba
Giovanni Malerba University of Verona
Giovanni Giuliano
Giovanni Giuliano National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Michele Cavo
Michele Cavo University of Bologna
Michele Perazzolli
Michele Perazzolli University of Trento
Sergio Lanteri
Sergio Lanteri University of Turin
Lorenzo Barchi
Lorenzo Barchi University of Turin

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