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Paolo Costantino is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses notably on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional involvement in Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Ecology. Their main research topics include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Light Effects on Plants, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Frequent publication venues for Paolo Costantino include Communications Biology, Plants, Nature Communications, The Plant Journal, and Vaccines. These venues reflect the diverse biological and molecular emphasis of their studies.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paolo Costantino are:

  • GMMA Is a Versatile Platform to Design Effective Multivalent Combination Vaccines (2020, Vaccines)
  • The DOF Transcription Factors in Seed and Seedling Development (2020, Plants)
  • A PHABULOSA-Controlled Genetic Pathway Regulates Ground Tissue Patterning in the Arabidopsis Root (2020, Current Biology)
  • A stabilized glycomimetic conjugate vaccine inducing protective antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Light controls stamen elongation via cryptochromes, phytochromes and COP1 through HY5 and HYH (2020, The Plant Journal)

Paolo Costantino frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include Riccardo Di Mambro, Sabrina Sabatini, Raffaele Dello Ioio, Gaia Bertolotti, and Noemi Svolacchia, each having co-authored multiple publications together.

Best Publications

  • A genetic framework for the control of cell division and differentiation in the root meristem.

    Raffaele Dello Ioio;Kinu Nakamura;Laila Moubayidin;Serena Perilli

  • Cytokinins Determine Arabidopsis Root-Meristem Size by Controlling Cell Differentiation

    Raffaele Dello Ioio;Francisco Scaglia Linhares;Emanuele Scacchi;Eva Casamitjana-Martinez

  • Transcriptome responses to combinations of stresses in Arabidopsis.

    Simon Rasmussen;Pankaj Barah;Maria Cristina Suarez-Rodriguez;Simon Bressendorff

  • Auxin Regulates Arabidopsis Anther Dehiscence, Pollen Maturation, and Filament Elongation

    Valentina Cecchetti;Maria Maddalena Altamura;Giuseppina Falasca;Paolo Costantino

  • The rate of cell differentiation controls the Arabidopsis root meristem growth phase

    Laila Moubayidin;Serena Perilli;Raffaele Dello Ioio;Riccardo Di Mambro

  • Cadmium-inducible expression of the ABC-type transporter AtABCC3 increases phytochelatin-mediated cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Patrizia Brunetti;Letizia Zanella;Angelo De Paolis;Davide Di Litta

  • Multiple roles of proline in plant stress tolerance and development

    Maurizio Trovato;Roberto Mattioli;Paolo Costantino

  • Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA genes capable of inducing hairy root phenotype

    M. Cardarelli;D. Mariotti;M. Pomponi;L. Spanò

  • Proline accumulation in plants: Not only stress

    Roberto Mattioli;Paolo Costantino;Maurizio Trovato

  • Development and phase 1 clinical testing of a conjugate vaccine against meningococcus A and C.

    Paolo Costantino;Stefano Viti;Audino Podda;Melecia Antonio Velmonte

  • The DNA Binding Site of the Dof Protein NtBBF1 Is Essential for Tissue-Specific and Auxin-Regulated Expression of the rolB Oncogene in Plants

    Kim Baumann;Angelo De Paolis;Paolo Costantino;Giuliana Gualberti

  • Auxin minimum triggers the developmental switch from cell division to cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root.

    Riccardo Di Mambro;Micol De Ruvo;Micol De Ruvo;Micol De Ruvo;Elena Pacifici;Elena Salvi

  • Mycobacterial heat-shock proteins as carrier molecules. II: The use of the 70-kDa mycobacterial heat-shock protein as carrier for conjugated vaccines can circumvent the need for adjuvants and Bacillus Calmette Guérin priming.

    Christy Barrios;Alexander R. Lussow;Jan Van Embden;Ruurd Van Der Zee

  • Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans

    Davide Serruto;Tiziana Spadafina;Laura Ciucchi;Lisa A. Lewis

  • Overexpression of Arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase in tobacco plants enhances Cd2+ tolerance and accumulation but not translocation to the shoot

    Mirella Pomponi;Vincenzo Censi;Valentina Di Girolamo;Angelo De Paolis

  • Mutations in the Dof Zinc Finger Genes DAG2 and DAG1 Influence with Opposite Effects the Germination of Arabidopsis Seeds

    Giuliana Gualberti;Maura Papi;Luigi Bellucci;Iolanda Ricci

  • Induction and growth properties of carrot roots with different complements of Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA.

    I Capone;L Spanò;M Cardarelli;D Bellincampi

  • Identification and disruption of an Arabidopsis zinc finger gene controlling seed germination

    Maura Papi;Sabrina Sabatini;David Bouchez;Christine Camilleri

  • The role of auxin in hairy root induction

    Maura Cardarelli;Laura Spanò;Domenico Mariotti;Maria Luisa Mauro

  • The Dof protein DAG1 mediates PIL5 activity on seed germination by negatively regulating GA biosynthetic gene AtGA3ox1

    Stefano Gabriele;Annalisa Rizza;Julie Martone;Patrizia Circelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Maddalena Altamura
Maria Maddalena Altamura Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppina Falasca
Giuseppina Falasca Sapienza University of Rome
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Giuseppe Attardi
Giuseppe Attardi California Institute of Technology
Rosangela Sozzani
Rosangela Sozzani North Carolina State University
Fiorella Lo Schiavo
Fiorella Lo Schiavo University of Padua
Renze Heidstra
Renze Heidstra Wageningen University & Research
Karin Ljung
Karin Ljung Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Marzia Monica Giuliani
Marzia Monica Giuliani GlaxoSmithKline (Italy)
Rob A. Schilperoort
Rob A. Schilperoort Leiden University

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