Felice Cervone - Selected Publications#

Citation indexes (Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.it)
Total 6661 (from 2010: 2480)
H index 47 (from 2010: 28)
i10-index 90 (from 2010: 55)

Benedetti M, Pontiggia D, Raggi S, Cheng ZY, Scaloni F, Ferrari S, Ausubel FM, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G (2015) Plant immunity triggered by engineered in vivo release of oligogalacturonides, damage-associated molecular patterns. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. , 112: 5533-8.

Pontiggia D, Ciarcianelli J, Salvi G, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G, Mattei B (2015) Sensitive detection and measurement of oligogalacturonides in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6: 258.

Kalunke RM, Tundo S, Benedetti M, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G, D'Ovidio R. (2015). An update on polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein that protects crop plants against pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6:146.

Lionetti V, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G (2015) A lower content of de-methylesterified homogalacturonan improves enzymatic cell separation and isolation of mesophyll protoplasts in Arabidopsis. Phytochemistry, 112: 188-194 .

Cook C, Francocci F, Cervone F, Bellincampi D, Bolwell PG, Ferrari, S, Devoto A (2015) Combination of pretreatment with white rot fungi and modification of primary and secondary cell walls improves saccharification. Bioenergy Research, 8: 175-186.

Tomassetti S, Pontiggia D, Verrascina I, Reca IB, Francocci F, Salvi G, Cervone F, Ferrari S (2015) Controlled expression of pectic enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances biomass conversion without adverse effects on growth. Phytochemistry, 112: 221-230.

Savatin DV, Gramegna G, Modesti V, Cervone F (2014) Wounding in the plant tissue: the defense of a dangerous passage. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5: 470.

Kalunke RM, Cenci A, Volpi C, O Sullivan DM, Sella L, Favaron F, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G, D Ovidio R. (2014) The pgip family in soybean and three other legume species: evidence for a birth-and-death model of evolution. BMC Plant Biol. , 14:189.

Lionetti V, Raiola A, Cervone F, Bellincampi D. (2014) Transgenic expression of pectin methylesterase inhibitors limits tobamovirus spread in tobacco and Arabidopsis. Mol Plant Pathol., 15: 265-74.

Savatin DV, Gigli Bisceglia N, Marti L, Fabbri C, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G. (2014) The Arabidopsis NPK1-related protein kinases ANPs are required for elicitor-induced oxidative burst and immunity. Plant Physiol.,165:1188-1202.

Bellincampi D, Cervone F, Lionetti V (2014) Plant cell wall dynamics and wall-related susceptibility in plant-pathogen interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5 : 228.

Francocci F, Bastianelli E, Lionetti V, Ferrari S, De Lorenzo G, Bellincampi D, Cervone F. (2013) Analysis of pectin mutants and natural accessions of Arabidopsis highlights the impact of de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan on tissue saccharification. Biotechnol Biofuels, 6:163.

Benedetti M., Andreani F, Leggio C, Galantini L, Di Matteo A, Pavel NV, Federici L, De Lorenzo G, Cervone F, Sicilia F (2013). A single amino-acid substitution allows endo-polygalacturonase of Fusarium verticillioides to acquire recognition by PGIP2 from Phaseolus vulgaris. PloS one 8 (11), e80610.

Ferrari S, Savatin DV, Sicilia F, Gramegna G, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G (2013) Oligogalacturonides: plant damage-associated molecular patterns and regulators of growth and development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4: 49.

Borras-Hidalgo O., Caprari C., Hernandez-Estevez I., De Lorenzo G. and Cervone F. (2012) A gene for plant protection: expression of a bean polygalacturonase inhibitor in tobacco confers a strong resistance against Rhizoctonia solani and two oomycetes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3: 268.

Lionetti V, Cervone F, Bellincampi D (2012) Methyl esterification of pectin plays a role during plant-pathogen interactions and affects plant resistance to diseases. Journal of Plant Physiology, 169: 1623-1630.

Reca IB, Lionetti V, Camardella L, D'Avino R, Giardina T, Cervone F, Bellincampi D. (2012) A functional pectin methylesterase inhibitor protein (SolyPMEI) is expressed during tomato fruit ripening and interacts with PME-1. Plant Mol Biol., 79: 429-42.

Benedetti M, Leggio C, Federici L, De Lorenzo G, Pavel NV, Cervone F. (2011) Structural resolution of the complex between a fungal polygalacturonase and a plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein by small-angle X-ray scattering. Plant Physiol., 157: 599-607.

Raiola A, Lionetti V, Elmaghraby I, Immerzeel P, Mellerowicz EJ, Salvi G, Cervone F, Bellincampi D. (2011) Pectin methylesterase is induced in Arabidopsis upon infection and is necessary for a successful colonization by necrotrophic pathogens. Mol Plant Microbe Interact., 24: 432-40.

Lionetti V, Francocci F, Ferrari S, Volpi C, Bellincampi D, Galletti R, D’ovidio R, De Lorenzo G. , Cervone F (2010) Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 107: 616-21.

Brutus A, Sicilia F, Macone A, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G (2010). A domain swap approach reveals a role of the plant wall-associated kinase 1 (WAK1) as a receptor of oligogalacturonides. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A,107:9452-7.

Casasoli M, Federici L, Spinelli F, Di Matteo A, Vella N, Scaloni F, Fernandez-Recio J, Cervone F, De Lorenzo G (2009) Integration of evolutionary and desolvation energy analyses identifies functional sites in a plant immunity protein. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A, 106:7666-7671.

Di Matteo A, Giovane A, Raiola A, Camardella L, Bonivento D, De Lorenzo G, Cervone F, Bellincampi D, Tsernoglou D. (2005) Structural basis for the interaction between pectin methylesterase and a specific inhibitor protein. Plant Cell, 17:849-58.

Di Matteo A, Federici L, Mattei B, Salvi G, Johnson KA, Savino C, De Lorenzo G, Tsernoglou D, Cervone F. (2003) The crystal structure of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein involved in plant defense. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100: 10124-8.

Federici L, Caprari C, Mattei B, Savino C, Di Matteo A, De Lorenzo G, Cervone F, Tsernoglou D. (2001) Structural requirements of endopolygalacturonase for the interaction with PGIP (polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98: 13425-30.

De Lorenzo G., D'Ovidio R., Cervone F. (2001) The role of polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) in defense against pathogenic fungi. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 39: 313-335.