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Overview

Maurizio Gatti is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily falls within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Genetics, alongside contributions to Physiology and Plant Science.

The scientist's recent published work includes:

  • Loss of Human TGS1 Hypermethylase Promotes Increased Telomerase RNA and Telomere Elongation, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Moonlighting in Mitosis: Analysis of the Mitotic Functions of Transcription and Splicing Factors, 2020, Cells
  • The Multiple Mitotic Roles of the ASPM Orthologous Proteins: Insight into the Etiology of ASPM-Dependent Microcephaly, 2023, Cells
  • Absence of SCAPER causes male infertility in humans and Drosophila by modulating microtubule dynamics during meiosis, 2020, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Intimate functional interactions between TGS1 and the Smn complex revealed by an analysis of the Drosophila eye development, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Grazia D. Raffa
  • Stefano Cacchione
  • Livia Scatolini
  • Francesca Bavasso
  • Valeria Palumbo

Common venues for their publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • PLoS Genetics

Maurizio Gatti's research topics cover a range of subjects in molecular and cellular biology:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

Best Publications

  • Transposable elements are stable structural components of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin.

    S Pimpinelli;M Berloco;L Fanti;P Dimitri

  • Mutations in twinstar, a Drosophila gene encoding a cofilin/ADF homologue, result in defects in centrosome migration and cytokinesis.

    Kristin C. Gunsalus;Silvia Bonaccorsi;Erika Williams;Fiammetta Verni

  • Genes controlling essential cell-cycle functions in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Maurizio Gatti;B S Baker

  • Molecular dissection of cytokinesis by RNA interference in Drosophila cultured cells.

    Maria Patrizia Somma;Barbara Fasulo;Giovanni Cenci;Enrico Cundari

  • Functional Elements in Drosophila Melanogaster Heterochromatin

    Maurizio Gatti;Sergio Pimpinelli

  • Chromatin and microtubule organization during premeiotic, meiotic and early postmeiotic stages of Drosophila melanogaster spermatogenesis.

    G. Cenci;S. Bonaccorsi;C. Pisano;F. Verni

  • Characterization of Drosophila heterochromatin. I. Staining and decondensation with Hoechst 33258 and quinacrine

    Maurizio Gatti;Sergio Pimpinelli;Gianfranco Santini

  • Cytological and genetic analysis of the Y chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. I: Organization of the fertility factors

    Maurizio Gatti;Sergio Pimpinelli

  • Cooperative interactions between the central spindle and the contractile ring during Drosophila cytokinesis

    Maria Grazia Giansanti;Silvia Bonaccorsi;Byron Williams;Erika V. Williams

  • The Drosophila kinesin-like protein KLP3A is a midbody component required for central spindle assembly and initiation of cytokinesis.

    B C Williams;M F Riedy;E V Williams;M Gatti

  • The Drosophila HOAP protein is required for telomere capping

    Giovanni Cenci;Giorgia Siriaco;Grazia D. Raffa;Rebecca Kellum

  • Spindle self-organization and cytokinesis during male meiosis in asterless mutants of Drosophila melanogaster

    Silvia Bonaccorsi;Maria Grazia Giansanti;Maurizio Gatti

  • The drosophila protein asp is involved in microtubule organization during spindle formation and cytokinesis.

    James G. Wakefield;Silvia Bonaccorsi;Maurizio Gatti

  • UbcD1, a Drosophila ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme required for proper telomere behavior.

    Giovanni Cenci;Robert B. Rawson;Giorgio Belloni;Diego H. Castrillon

  • Biochemical Membrane Lipidomics during Drosophila Development

    Xue Li Guan;Gianluca Cestra;Guanghou Shui;Antje Kuhrs

  • Drosophila SPD-2 Is an Essential Centriole Component Required for PCM Recruitment and Astral-Microtubule Nucleation

    Maria Grazia Giansanti;Elisabetta Bucciarelli;Silvia Bonaccorsi;Maurizio Gatti

  • The Drosophila Mre11/Rad50 Complex Is Required to Prevent Both Telomeric Fusion and Chromosome Breakage

    Laura Ciapponi;Giovanni Cenci;Judith Ducau;Carlos Flores

  • Spindle assembly in Drosophila neuroblasts and ganglion mother cells.

    Silvia Bonaccorsi;Maria Grazia Giansanti;Maurizio Gatti

  • The role of centrosomes and astral microtubules during asymmetric division of Drosophila neuroblasts

    Maria Grazia Giansanti;Maurizio Gatti;Silvia Bonaccorsi

  • The Drosophila Cog5 homologue is required for cytokinesis, cell elongation, and assembly of specialized Golgi architecture during spermatogenesis.

    Rebecca M. Farkas;Maria Grazia Giansanti;Maurizio Gatti;Margaret T. Fuller

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Pimpinelli
Sergio Pimpinelli Sapienza University of Rome
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael L. Goldberg Cornell University
Margaret T. Fuller
Margaret T. Fuller Stanford University
Bruce S. Baker
Bruce S. Baker Stanford University
Paolo Provero
Paolo Provero University of Turin
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Pier Paolo Pandolfi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lu Chen
Lu Chen Stanford University
Steven A. Wasserman
Steven A. Wasserman University of California, San Diego
Brenton R. Graveley
Brenton R. Graveley University of Connecticut Health Center
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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