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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
20861
World Ranking
5044
National Ranking
112

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Pierdomenico Perata is affiliated with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main areas of their scientific work are Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology, and Epidemiology.

Their academic contributions cover a range of topics, including:

  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Perata are Elena Loreti, Silvia Gonzali, Chiara Pucciariello, Giacomo Novi, and Daan A. Weits.

Perata's scholarly outputs have appeared predominantly in venues such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Journal of Experimental Botany, and Scientific Reports.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored include:

  • The Many Facets of Hypoxia in Plants, 2020, Plants
  • Exogenous miRNAs induce post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Evidences for a Nutritional Role of Iodine in Plants, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Arabidopsis phenotyping reveals the importance of alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase for aerobic plant growth, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Anthocyanins from Purple Tomatoes as Novel Antioxidants to Promote Human Health, 2020, Antioxidants

Best Publications

  • APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) transcription factors: mediators of stress responses and developmental programs

    Francesco Licausi;Masaru Ohme-Takagi;Masaru Ohme-Takagi;Pierdomenico Perata

  • Sucrose-Specific Induction of the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

    Cinzia Solfanelli;Alessandra Poggi;Elena Loreti;Amedeo Alpi

  • Oxygen sensing in plants is mediated by an N-end rule pathway for protein destabilization

    Francesco Licausi;Francesco Licausi;Monika Kosmacz;Daan A. Weits;Beatrice Giuntoli

  • Making sense of low oxygen sensing

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Takeshi Fukao;Daniel J. Gibbs;Michael J. Holdsworth

  • HRE1 and HRE2, two hypoxia-inducible ethylene response factors, affect anaerobic responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Francesco Licausi;Joost T. Van Dongen;Beatrice Giuntoli;Giacomo Novi

  • Gibberellins, jasmonate and abscisic acid modulate the sucrose‐induced expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis

    Elena Loreti;Giovanni Povero;Giacomo Novi;Cinzia Solfanelli

  • Plant responses to anaerobiosis

    Pierdomenico Perata;Amedeo Alpi

  • Plant responses to flooding stress.

    Elena Loreti;Hans van Veen;Pierdomenico Perata

  • Plant cysteine oxidases control the oxygen-dependent branch of the N-end-rule pathway.

    Daan A. Weits;Daan A. Weits;Beatrice Giuntoli;Monika Kosmacz;Sandro Parlanti

  • Transcript profiling of the anoxic rice coleoptile.

    Rasika Lasanthi-Kudahettige;Leonardo Magneschi;Elena Loreti;Silvia Gonzali

  • Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the AP2/ERF superfamily in Vitis vinifera

    Francesco Licausi;Federico M Giorgi;Sara Zenoni;Fabio Osti

  • A Genome-Wide Analysis of the Effects of Sucrose on Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Seedlings under Anoxia

    Elena Loreti;Alessandra Poggi;Giacomo Novi;Amedeo Alpi

  • Hormonal interplay during adventitious root formation in flooded tomato plants

    Maria Laura Vidoz;Elena Loreti;Anna Mensuali;Amedeo Alpi

  • Rice germination and seedling growth in the absence of oxygen

    Leonardo Magneschi;Pierdomenico Perata

  • The Heat-Inducible Transcription Factor HsfA2 Enhances Anoxia Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Valeria Banti;Fabrizio Mafessoni;Elena Loreti;Amedeo Alpi

  • Effect of Anoxia on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rice Seedlings

    Lorenzo Guglielminetti;Pierdomenico Perata;Amedeo Alpi

  • Sugar Repression of a Gibberellin-Dependent Signaling Pathway in Barley Embryos.

    Pierdomenico Perata;Chiaki Matsukura;Paolo Vernieri;Junji Yamaguchi

  • Amylolytic activities in cereal seeds under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

    Lorenzo Guglielminetti;J. Yamaguchi;P. Perata;Amedeo Alpi

  • Effect of anoxia on starch breakdown in rice and wheat seeds

    Pierdomenico Perata;J Pozueta-Romero;T Akazawa;J Yamaguchi

  • Purple as a tomato: towards high anthocyanin tomatoes

    Silvia Gonzali;Andrea Mazzucato;Pierdomenico Perata

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Loreti
Elena Loreti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Francesco Licausi
Francesco Licausi University of Oxford
Paolo Vernieri
Paolo Vernieri University of Pisa
Joost T. van Dongen
Joost T. van Dongen RWTH Aachen University
Nicola Pecchioni
Nicola Pecchioni The Canadian Real Estate Association
Julia Bailey-Serres
Julia Bailey-Serres University of California, Riverside
Peter Geigenberger
Peter Geigenberger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Takashi Akazawa
Takashi Akazawa Nagoya University
Aldo Pinchera
Aldo Pinchera University of Pisa

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