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97

Overview

Maurizio D'Esposito is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their work spans multiple disciplines within the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science as well as aspects of Anthropology and Archaeology.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Frequent collaborators include Floriana Della Ragione, Salvatore Fioriniello, Domenico Marano, Riccardo Aiese Cigliano, and Eugenio Bortolini.

Publication venues where they have contributed consist of Biomolecules, Genes, Current Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Horticulture Research.

Notable recent papers by this scientist include:

  • "Epigenetic Factors that Control Pericentric Heterochromatin Organization in Mammals," 2020, Genes
  • "Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Interpretation of the Epigenetic Signature of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy in Light of Genotype-Phenotype Studies," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "MeCP2 and Major Satellite Forward RNA Cooperate for Pericentric Heterochromatin Organization," 2020, Stem Cell Reports
  • "Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Landscape in Rett Syndrome," 2021, Biomolecules

Best Publications

  • Folate treatment and unbalanced methylation and changes of allelic expression induced by hyperhomocysteinaemia in patients with uraemia

    Diego Ingrosso;Amelia Cimmino;Alessandra F Perna;Lucia Masella

  • The human HOX gene family

    Dario Acampora;Maurizio D'Esposito;Antonio Faiella;Maria Pannese

  • Cloning and characterization of two members of the vertebrate Dlx gene family.

    A Simeone;D Acampora;M Pannese;M D'Esposito

  • Differential regulation by retinoic acid of the homeobox genes of the four HOX loci in human embryonal carcinoma cells

    Antonio Simeone;Dario Acampora;Vincenzo Nigro;Antonio Faiella

  • An autoregulatory loop mediated by miR-21 and PDCD4 controls the AP-1 activity in RAS transformation.

    F Talotta;A Cimmino;M R Matarazzo;L Casalino

  • A dual mechanism controlling the localization and function of exocytic v-SNAREs

    Sonia Martinez-Arca;Rachel Rudge;Marcella Vacca;Graça Raposo

  • Longins and their longin domains: regulated SNAREs and multifunctional SNARE regulators

    Valeria Rossi;David K. Banfield;Marcella Vacca;Lars E.P. Dietrich

  • Escape from gene silencing in ICF syndrome: evidence for advanced replication time as a major determinant

    R. Scott Hansen;Reinhard Stöger;Cisca Wijmenga;Ann M. Stanek

  • Isolation, physical mapping, and northern analysis of the X-linked human gene encoding methyl CpG-binding protein, MECP2.

    M. D’Esposito;N. A. Quaderi;A. Ciccodicola;P. Bruni

  • Guidelines for reporting clinical features in cases with MECP2 mutations

    Alison M. Kerr;Yoshiko Nomura;Dawna Armstrong;Maria Anvret

  • DNA methylation 40 years later: Its role in human health and disease.

    Maria Irene Scarano;Maria Irene Scarano;Maria Strazzullo;Maria Rosaria Matarazzo;Maurizio D'Esposito

  • Organization of human homeobox genes

    Edoardo Boncinelli;Renato Somma;Dario Acampora;Maria Pannese

  • Two human homeobox genes, c1 and c8: structure analysis and expression in embryonic development

    A Simeone;F Mavilio;D Acampora;A Giampaolo

  • Longins: a new evolutionary conserved VAMP family sharing a novel SNARE domain

    Francesco Filippini;Valeria Rossi;Thierry Galli;Alberta Budillon

  • Differentially regulated and evolved genes in the fully sequenced Xq/Yq pseudoautosomal region.

    Alfredo Ciccodicola;Maurizio D’Esposito;Teresa Esposito;Fernando Gianfrancesco

  • Oxidative brain damage in Mecp2-mutant murine models of Rett syndrome.

    Claudio De Felice;Floriana Della Ragione;Cinzia Signorini;Silvia Leoncini

  • At least three human homeoboxes on chromosome 12 belong to the same transcription unit

    Antonio Simeone;Maria Pannese;Dario Acampora;Maurizio D'Esposito

  • A synaptobrevin-like gene in the Xq28 pseudoautosomal region undergoes X inactivation.

    Maurizio D'Esposito;Alfredo Ciccodicola;Fernando Gianfrancesco;Teresa Esposito

  • F2-dihomo-isoprostanes as potential early biomarkers of lipid oxidative damage in Rett syndrome

    Claudio De Felice;Cinzia Signorini;Thierry Durand;Camille Oger

  • Organization of human class I homeobox genes.

    Edoardo Boncinelli;Dario Acampora;Maria Pannese;Maurizio D'Esposito

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele D'Urso
Michele D'Urso United Way
Giuseppe Valacchi
Giuseppe Valacchi North Carolina State University
Antonio Simeone
Antonio Simeone King's College London
Edoardo Boncinelli
Edoardo Boncinelli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Dario Acampora
Dario Acampora King's College London
Alfredo Ciccodicola
Alfredo Ciccodicola National Research Council (CNR)
Maj Hultén
Maj Hultén University of Warwick
Mariano Rocchi
Mariano Rocchi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Thierry Durand
Thierry Durand University of Montpellier

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