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Overview

Piero Pucci is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a total of 33 publications in the former and 20 in the latter. Their primary subfields include Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Genetics, Physiology, and Immunology.

The scientist's recent work explores various topics, including Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide, Redox biology and oxidative stress, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)
  • European Journal of Internal Medicine (1 publication)

Coauthors they have collaborated with repeatedly include:

  • Flora Cozzolino (10 collaborations)
  • Maria Monti (9 collaborations)
  • Angela Amoresano (9 collaborations)
  • Ilaria Iacobucci (4 collaborations)
  • Anna Illiano (4 collaborations)

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Piero Pucci include:

  • "A bioinformatic study of antimicrobial peptides identified in the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approach to identify the main Torymus sinensis venom components", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Venomics of the ectoparasitoid wasp Bracon nigricans", 2020, BMC Genomics
  • "Lysosome purinergic receptor P2X4 regulates neoangiogenesis induced by microvesicles from sarcoma patients", 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • "TRIM8 interacts with KIF11 and KIFC1 and controls bipolar spindle formation and chromosomal stability", 2020, Cancer Letters

Best Publications

  • Removal of the N-terminal hexapeptide from human beta2-microglobulin facilitates protein aggregation and fibril formation.

    G. Esposito;R. Michelutti;G. Verdone;P. Viglino

  • Wilson Disease Protein ATP7B Utilizes Lysosomal Exocytosis to Maintain Copper Homeostasis

    Elena V. Polishchuk;Mafalda Concilli;Simona Iacobacci;Giancarlo Chesi

  • The structure of syringomycins A1, E and G

    A. Segre;R.C. Bachmann;A. Ballio;F. Bossa

  • Peptidoglycan and muropeptides from pathogens Agrobacterium and Xanthomonas elicit plant innate immunity: structure and activity.

    Gitte Erbs;Alba Silipo;Shazia Aslam;Cristina De Castro

  • A new method for rapid assignment of S-S bridges in proteins.

    Howard R. Morris;Piero Pucci

  • Single-step purification and structural characterization of human interleukin-6 produced in Escherichia coli from a T7 RNA polymerase expression vector.

    Rosaria Arcone;Pietro Pucci;Francesca Zappacosta;Véronique Fontaine

  • Indole-3-acetic acid improves Escherichia coli’s defences to stress

    C. Bianco;E. Imperlini;R. Calogero;B. Senatore

  • Syringopeptins, new phytotoxic lipodepsipeptides of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.

    A. Ballio;D. Barra;F. Bossa;A. Collina

  • A bioinformatic study of antimicrobial peptides identified in the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).

    Antonio Moretta;Rosanna Salvia;Carmen Scieuzo;Angela Di Somma

  • Vesicular and non-vesicular transport feed distinct glycosylation pathways in the Golgi

    Giovanni D’Angelo;Takefumi Uemura;Chia-Chen Chuang;Elena Polishchuk

  • Structure and function of the long pentraxin PTX3 glycosidic moiety: fine-tuning of the interaction with C1q and complement activation.

    Antonio Inforzato;Giuseppe Peri;Andrea Doni;Cecilia Garlanda

  • Mitochondrial chaperone Trap1 and the calcium binding protein Sorcin interact and protect cells against apoptosis induced by antiblastic agents.

    Matteo Landriscina;Gabriella Laudiero;Francesca Maddalena;Maria Rosaria Amoroso

  • Phenol Hydroxylase and Toluene/o-Xylene Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1: Interplay between Two Enzymes

    Valeria Cafaro;Viviana Izzo;Roberta Scognamiglio;Eugenio Notomista

  • The gene, protein and glycan structures of laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus

    Paola Giardina;Vincenzo Aurilia;Raffaele Cannio;Liberato Marzullo

  • Protease treatment affects both invasion ability and biofilm formation in Listeria monocytogenes.

    Catia Longhi;Gian Luca Scoarughi;Federica Poggiali;Andrea Cellini

  • Proteolytic cleavage of Ser52Pro variant transthyretin triggers its amyloid fibrillogenesis

    P. Patrizia Mangione;Riccardo Porcari;Julian D. Gillmore;Piero Pucci

  • Deamidation at asparagine and glutamine as a major modification upon deterioration/aging of proteinaceous binders in mural paintings.

    Gabriella Leo;Ilaria Bonaduce;Alessia Andreotti;Gennaro Marino

  • Topology of the calmodulin-melittin complex

    Andrea Scaloni;Nadia Miraglia;Stefania Orrù;Pietro Amodeo

  • Mass spectrometric analysis of large PAH in a fuel-rich ethylene flame

    B. Apicella;A. Carpentieri;M. Alfè;R. Barbella

  • Stem cell factor is localized in, released from, and cleaved by human mast cells.

    Amato de Paulis;Giuseppina Minopoli;Eloisa Arbustini;Gennaro de Crescenzo

  • Structure of syringotoxin, a bioactive metabolite of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

    A. Ballio;F. Bossa;A. Collina;M. Gallo

  • Genome-wide mapping of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine reveals accumulation of oxidatively-generated damage at DNA replication origins within transcribed long genes of mammalian cells

    Stefano Amente;Giacomo Di Palo;Giovanni Scala;Tiziana Castrignanò

Frequent Co-Authors

Gennaro Marino
Gennaro Marino University of Naples Federico II
Maria Chiara Monti
Maria Chiara Monti University of Salerno
Andrea Scaloni
Andrea Scaloni National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Francesco Bossa
Francesco Bossa Sapienza University of Rome
Maurizio Simmaco
Maurizio Simmaco Sapienza University of Rome
Vittorio Bellotti
Vittorio Bellotti University College London
Donatella Barra
Donatella Barra Sapienza University of Rome
Elisabetta Bianchi
Elisabetta Bianchi Institut Pasteur
Pasquale Ferranti
Pasquale Ferranti University of Naples Federico II
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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