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Roberto Mantovani

Roberto Mantovani

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
75
Citations
17219
World Ranking
1908
National Ranking
33

Molecular Biology

D-Index
75
Citations
17219
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
20

Roberto Mantovani publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roberto Mantovani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 321 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Roberto Mantovani D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roberto Mantovani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roberto Mantovani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and focuses primarily on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research is concentrated in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Plant Science, and Physiology.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Interferon and immune responses

Roberto Mantovani has published extensively in several scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Genomics
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cells
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • The Plant Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mantovani cover various aspects of molecular biology and cancer research. Notable publications include:

  • Structural determinants for NF-Y subunit organization and NF-Y/DNA association in plants, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • NF-YA Overexpression in Lung Cancer: LUAD, 2020, Genes
  • NF-Y Overexpression in Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The transcription factor NF-Y participates to stem cell fate decision and regeneration in adult skeletal muscle, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The role(s) of NF-Y in development and differentiation, 2024, Cell Death and Differentiation

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Diletta Dolfini
  • Andrea Bernardini
  • Nerina Gnesutta
  • Mirko Ronzio
  • Antonio Chaves-Sanjuán

Best Publications

  • The molecular biology of the CCAAT-binding factor NF-Y.

    Roberto Mantovani

  • A survey of 178 NF-Y binding CCAAT boxes

    Roberto Mantovani

  • The Promiscuous Life of Plant NUCLEAR FACTOR Y Transcription Factors

    Katia Petroni;Roderick W. Kumimoto;Nerina Gnesutta;Valentina Calvenzani

  • Sequence-Specific Transcription Factor NF-Y Displays Histone-like DNA Binding and H2B-like Ubiquitination

    Marco Nardini;Nerina Gnesutta;Giacomo Donati;Raffaella Gatta

  • The NF-YB/NF-YC structure gives insight into DNA binding and transcription regulation by CCAAT factor NF-Y.

    Christophe Romier;Fabienne Cocchiarella;Roberto Mantovani;Dino Moras

  • Complex Transcriptional Effects of p63 Isoforms: Identification of Novel Activation and Repression Domains†

    Pamela Ghioni;Fabrizio Bolognese;Pascal H. G. Duijf;Hans van Bokhoven

  • Direct p53 Transcriptional Repression: In Vivo Analysis of CCAAT-Containing G2/M Promoters

    Carol Imbriano;Aymone Gurtner;Fabienne Cocchiarella;Silvia Di Agostino

  • Interference of transcriptional activation by the antineoplastic drug ecteinascidin-743

    Mario Minuzzo;Sergio Marchini;Massimo Broggini;Glynn Faircloth

  • NF-Y and the transcriptional activation of CCAAT promoters

    Diletta Dolfini;Raffaella Gatta;Roberto Mantovani

  • A Distal CCAAT/NUCLEAR FACTOR Y Complex Promotes Chromatin Looping at the FLOWERING LOCUS T Promoter and Regulates the Timing of Flowering in Arabidopsis

    Shuanghe Cao;Roderick W. Kumimoto;Nerina Gnesutta;Alessandra M. Calogero

  • Dominant negative analogs of NF-YA.

    R Mantovani;X Y Li;U Pessara;R Hooft van Huisjduijnen

  • Pin1 Links the Activities of c-Abl and p300 in Regulating p73 Function

    Fiamma Mantovani;Fiamma Mantovani;Silvano Piazza;Monica Gostissa;Sabrina Strano

  • Np95 is a histone-binding protein endowed with ubiquitin ligase activity.

    Elisabetta Citterio;Roberto Papait;Francesco Nicassio;Manuela Vecchi

  • NF-Y Mediates the Transcriptional Inhibition of thecyclin B1, cyclin B2, and cdc25CPromoters upon Induced G2 Arrest

    Isabella Manni;Giuseppina Mazzaro;Aymone Gurtner;Roberto Mantovani

  • Cell cycle regulation of NF-YC nuclear localization.

    Mattia Frontini;Carol Imbriano;Isabella Manni;Roberto Mantovani

  • Change in body condition score of Holstein cows as affected by parity and mature equivalent milk yield.

    Luigi Gallo;Paolo Carnier;Martino Cassandro;Roberto Mantovani

  • Monoclonal antibodies to NF-Y define its function in MHC class II and albumin gene transcription.

    Roberto Mantovani;Ulrich Pessara;François Tronche;Xiao Yan Li

  • Trabectedin (ET-743) promotes differentiation in myxoid liposarcoma tumors.

    Claudia Forni;Mario Minuzzo;Emanuela Virdis;Elena Tamborini

  • Intron-exon organization of the NF-Y genes. Tissue-specific splicing modifies an activation domain.

    X Y Li;R Hooft van Huijsduijnen;R Mantovani;C Benoist

  • Evolutionary variation of the CCAAT-binding transcription factor NF-Y

    Xiao-Yan Li;R. Mantovani;R. Hooft Van Huijsduijnen;I. Andre

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Ottolenghi
Sergio Ottolenghi University of Milano-Bicocca
Maurizio D'Incalci
Maurizio D'Incalci Humanitas University
Christophe Benoist
Christophe Benoist Harvard University
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Silvia K. Nicolis
Silvia K. Nicolis University of Milano-Bicocca
Diane Mathis
Diane Mathis Harvard University
Dino Moras
Dino Moras Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Clara Camaschella
Clara Camaschella Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Andrea Fossati
Andrea Fossati Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Chiara Tonelli
Chiara Tonelli University of Milan

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