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Pietro Fontana

0000-0003-3215-3784

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Tryptophan promotes morphological and physiological differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor.

2015

The molecular mechanisms regulating tryptophan biosynthesis in actinomycetes are poorly understood; similarly, the possible roles of tryptophan in the differentiation program of microorganism life-cycle are still underexplored. To unveil the possible regulatory effect of this amino acid on gene expression, an integrated study based on quantitative teverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) and proteomic approaches was performed on the actinomycete model Streptomyces coelicolor. Comparative analyses on the microorganism growth in a minimal medium with or without tryptophan supplementation showed that biosynthetic trp gene expression in S. coelicolor is not subjected to a negative regulation by the …

Spectrometry Mass Electrospray IonizationProteomeNitrogenStreptomyces coelicolorBiologySettore BIO/19 - Microbiologia GeneraleApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyActinorhodinchemistry.chemical_compoundS. coelicolorGene clusterGene expressionElectrophoresis Gel Two-DimensionalGenechemistry.chemical_classificationSpores Bacterial2D-DIGE; Actinorhodin; CDA; Differentiation; S. coelicolor; TryptophanGene Expression ProfilingStreptomyces coelicolorTryptophanTryptophanGeneral MedicineGene Expression Regulation Bacterialbiology.organism_classificationCarbonAmino acidCulture MediaActinorhodinCDAchemistryBiochemistryDifferentiationProteomeMicroscopy Electron Scanning2D-DIGEEnergy MetabolismBiotechnologyChromatography LiquidApplied microbiology and biotechnology
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The Middle Eastern Genus Ocnerosthenus Massa, 1995 (Insecta Orthoptera: Pamphagidae).

2007

The study of types and other specimens coming from the Middle East and original descriptions allowed us to propose the following conclusions. Five species belong to this genus inhabiting montane areas of Lebanon, Syria and Israel, O. verrucosus (Brunner, 1882), O. brunnerianus (Saussure, 1887), O. simulans (Bolivar, 1911), O. kneuckeri (Krauss, 1909) and O. lividipes (Fishelson, 1985). O. brunnerianus is distributed over the North-West of Syria. Distribution of O. simulans covers the mountains of Central-North Lebanon, O. kneuckeri lives on the mountains of Central-South Lebanon and O. lividipes on Mt. Hermon. Type locality of O. verrucosus is Syria and it seems impossible to locate it more…

Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataMiddle east ocnerosthenus revision key to species
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New or little known birds for the Republic of Georgia (Eastern Europe)

2004

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New species of Platycleis Fieber, 1853 of the subgenus Decorana Zeuner, 1941 in the Nature Reserve of Trapani saltpans (Sicily, Italy) (Insecta Ortho…

2006

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