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  1. Article

    Open Access

    Correction to: Genome-wide and comparative phylogenetic analysis of senescence-associated NAC transcription factors in sunfower (Helianthus annuus)

    Sofa A. Bengoa Luoni, Alberto Cenci, Sebastian Moschen, Salvador Nicosia in BMC Genomics (2022)

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    A Protocol for Detection of Large Chromosome Variations in Banana Using Next Generation Sequencing

    Core activities of genebank operations include the preservation of germplasm identity and maintenance of genetic integrity. Some organisms such as banana are maintained by tissue culture that can foster accumu...

    Catherine Breton, Alberto Cenci in Efficient Screening Techniques to Identify… (2022)

  3. Article

    Open Access

    Genome-wide and comparative phylogenetic analysis of senescence-associated NAC transcription factors in sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

    Leaf senescence delay impacts positively in grain yield by maintaining the photosynthetic area during the reproductive stage and during grain filling. Therefore a comprehensive understanding of the gene famili...

    Sofia A. Bengoa Luoni, Alberto Cenci, Sebastian Moschen, Salvador Nicosia in BMC Genomics (2021)

  4. Article

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    Transcriptomic analysis of resistant and susceptible banana corms in response to infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4

    Fusarium wilt disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, especially by tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), is threatening the global banana industry. Musa acuminata Pahang, a wild diploid banana that displays s...

    Lei Zhang, Alberto Cenci, Mathieu Rouard, Dong Zhang, Yunyue Wang in Scientific Reports (2019)

  5. Article

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    Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana

    Bananas (Musa spp.) are an important crop worldwide. Most modern cultivars resulted from a complex polyploidization history that comprised three whole genome duplications (WGDs) sha** the haploid Musa genome, f...

    Alberto Cenci, Yann Hueber, Yasmin Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Jelle van Wesemael in BMC Genomics (2019)

  6. Article

    Open Access

    Correction: Corrigendum: Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress

    Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 22583; published online: 03 March 2016; updated: 20 May 2016. In this Article, the Accession codes were omitted from the Additional Information section: Data availability:...

    Yasmín Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Mathieu Rouard, Alberto Cenci in Scientific Reports (2016)

  7. Article

    Open Access

    Improvement of the banana “Musa acuminata” reference sequence using NGS data and semi-automated bioinformatics methods

    Recent advances in genomics indicate functional significance of a majority of genome sequences and their long range interactions. As a detailed examination of genome organization and function requires very hig...

    Guillaume Martin, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Gaëtan Droc, Mathieu Rouard in BMC Genomics (2016)

  8. Article

    Open Access

    Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress

    To explore the transcriptomic global response to osmotic stress in roots, 18 mRNA-seq libraries were generated from three triploid banana genotypes grown under mild osmotic stress (5% PEG) and control conditio...

    Yasmín Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Mathieu Rouard, Alberto Cenci in Scientific Reports (2016)

  9. Article

    Erratum to: Assessment of genetic and epigenetic changes during cell culture ageing and relations with somaclonal variation in Coffea arabica

    Roberto Bobadilla Landey, Alberto Cenci in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTO… (2015)

  10. Article

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    Assessment of genetic and epigenetic changes during cell culture ageing and relations with somaclonal variation in Coffea arabica

    Long-term cell cultures were used in coffee to study the cytological, genetic and epigenetic changes occurring during cell culture ageing. The objective was to identify the mechanisms associated with somaclon...

    Roberto Bobadilla Landey, Alberto Cenci in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTO… (2015)

  11. Article

    Open Access

    The pgip family in soybean and three other legume species: evidence for a birth-and-death model of evolution

    Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) are leucine-rich repeat (LRR) plant cell wall glycoproteins involved in plant immunity. They are typically encoded by gene families with a small number of gene cop...

    Raviraj M Kalunke, Alberto Cenci, Chiara Volpi, Donal M O’Sullivan in BMC Plant Biology (2014)

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    Article

    Genome evolution in diploid and tetraploid Coffea species as revealed by comparative analysis of orthologous genome segments

    Sequence comparison of orthologous regions enables estimation of the divergence between genomes, analysis of their evolution and detection of particular features of the genomes, such as sequence rearrangements...

    Alberto Cenci, Marie-Christine Combes, Philippe Lashermes in Plant Molecular Biology (2012)

  13. Article

    Open Access

    Multigenic phylogeny and analysis of tree incongruences in Triticeae (Poaceae)

    Introgressive events (e.g., hybridization, gene flow, horizontal gene transfer) and incomplete lineage sorting of ancestral polymorphisms are a challenge for phylogenetic analyses since different genes may exh...

    Juan S Escobar, Céline Scornavacca, Alberto Cenci in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2011)

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    Open Access

    Organization and molecular evolution of a disease-resistance gene cluster in coffee trees

    Most disease-resistance (R) genes in plants encode NBS-LRR proteins and belong to one of the largest and most variable gene families among plant genomes. However, the specific evolutionary routes of NBS-LRR en...

    Alessandra F Ribas, Alberto Cenci, Marie-Christine Combes, Hervé Etienne in BMC Genomics (2011)

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    Genetic and physical map** of the SH3 region that confers resistance to leaf rust in coffee tree (Coffea arabica L.)

    Resistance to coffee leaf rust is conferred by SH3, a major dominant gene that has been introgressed from a wild coffee species Coffea liberica (genome L) into the allotetraploid cultivated species, Coffea arabic...

    Philippe Lashermes, Marie-Christine Combes, Alessandra Ribas in Tree Genetics & Genomes (2010)

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    Comparative sequence analyses indicate that Coffea (Asterids) and Vitis (Rosids) derive from the same paleo-hexaploid ancestral genome

    The complete sequence of Vitis vinifera revealed that the rosid clade derives from a hexaploid ancestor. At present, no analysis of complete genome sequence is available for an asterid, the other large eudicot cl...

    Alberto Cenci, Marie-Christine Combes in Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2010)

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    Article

    A LTR copia retrotransposon and Mutator transposons interrupt Pgip genes in cultivated and wild wheats

    Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) are leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins involved in plant defence. Wheat pgip genes have been isolated from the B (Tapgip1) and D (Tapgip2) genomes, and now we report ...

    Michela Di Giovanni, Alberto Cenci, Michela Janni in Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2008)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    European Baselines Determined with LAGEOS: The TPZ-88.1 Solution

    The possibility of monitoring a large scale geodetic network in southern Europe and East Mediterranean Area represents one of the most far reaching perspectives in modern experimental research in geodynamics. ...

    Alberto Cenci, Marco Fermi, Alessandro Caporali in Global and Regional Geodynamics (1990)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Chapter 6 data analysis

    Francois Barlier, Ron Beard, Alberto Cenci in The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy (1989)