Selected Publications (2008-2013)
1. Musarò M, Ciapponi L, Fasulo B, Gatti M, Cenci G.§ 2008. Unprotected Drosophila melanogaster telomeres activate the spindle assembly checkpoint. Nat Genet. 40:362-
2. Ciapponi L**, Cenci G**. 2008. Telomere capping and cellular checkpoints: clues from fruit flies. Cytogenetic and genome research 122: 365-373
3. Somma P, Ceprani F, Bucciarelli E, Naim V, De Arcangelis V, Piergentili R, Palena A, Ciapponi L, Giansanti MG, Pellacani C, Petrucci R, Cenci G, Vernì F, Fasulo B, Goldberg ML, Di Cunto F, Gatti M. 2008. Identification of Drosophila mitotic genes by combining co-expression analysis and RNA interference. PLos Genetics, 4 Issue 7 | e1000126
4. Raffa GD, Siriaco G, Cugusi S, Ciapponi L, Cenci G, Wojcik E, Gatti M. 2009. The Drosophila modigliani (moi) gene encodes a HOAP-interacting protein required for telomere protection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.106:2271-6.
5. Cenci G§. 2009. Drosophila cell cycle under arrest: uncapped telomeres plead guilty. Cell Cycle 8:990-5
6. Morciano P, Carrisi C, Capobianco L, Mannini L, Burgio G, Cestra G, De Benedetto GE, Corona DF, Musio A, Cenci G§. 2009. A conserved role for the mitochondrial citrate transporter Sea/SLC25A1 in the maintenance of chromosome integrity. Hum Mol Genet. 18:4180-8.
7. Raffa GD, Raimondo D, Sorino C, Cugusi S, Cenci G, Cacchione S, Gatti M, Ciapponi L. 2010. Verrocchio, a Drosophila OB-fold containing protein, is a component of the terminin telomere-capping complex. Genes Dev, 24: 1596-1601
8. Mottier-Pavie V., Cenci G., Vernì F., Gatti M., Bonaccorsi S. 2010. Phenotypic analysis fo misato function reveals roles of noncentrosomal microtubules in Drosophila spindle formation J Cell Sci, 124: 706-717.
9. Burgio G., Cipressa F., Ingrassia AM, Cenci G. **, Corona D**. 2011 The Histone De-acetylase Rpd3 Regulates Heterochromatin Structure of Drosophila Telomeres J Cell Sci, 124: 2041-8
10. Raffa GD, Ciapponi L, Cenci G, Gatti M. 2011. Terminin: a protein complex that mediates epigenetic maintenance of Drosophila telomeres. Nucleus 2: 383-391.
11. Cipressa F, Cenci G.§. 2013. DNA damage response, checkpoint activation and dysfunctional telomeres: face to face between mammalian cells and Drosophila Tsitologiia. 55:211-7
12. Raffa GD, Cenci G, Ciapponi L, Gatti M. 2013. Organization and Evolution of Drosophila Terminin: Similarities and Differences between Drosophila and Human Telomeres Front Oncol. 2013 May 10;3:112. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00112.
13. Morciano P, Zhang Y, Cenci G, Rong YS. 2013. A Hypomorphic Mutation Reveals a Stringent Requirement for the ATM Checkpoint Protein in Telomere Protection During Early Cell Division in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). Apr 19. doi:pii: g3.113.006312v1. 10.1534/g3.113.006312
14. Cipressa F., Romano S., Centonze S., zur Lage P., Vernì F, Dimitri P., Gatti M, Cenci G.§ 2013. Effete, a Drosophila Chromatin-Associated Ubiquitin Conjugating Eznyme that affects Telomeric and Heterochromatic Position Effect. Genetics. 195:147-58.
15. Cipressa F. **, Di Giorgio ML, Cenci G**,. 2013. A simple approach for multicolor immunofluorescence staining in different Drosophila cell types. J Cell Phys (doi: 10.1002/jcp.24506)
16. Cipressa F., Cenci G§ 2013. Effete, an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme with multiple roles in Drosophila development and chromatin organization. Fly 7(4)
* Co-First Author; **Co-Corresponding Author; §Corresponding Author
1. Musarò M, Ciapponi L, Fasulo B, Gatti M, Cenci G.§ 2008. Unprotected Drosophila melanogaster telomeres activate the spindle assembly checkpoint. Nat Genet. 40:362-
2. Ciapponi L**, Cenci G**. 2008. Telomere capping and cellular checkpoints: clues from fruit flies. Cytogenetic and genome research 122: 365-373
3. Somma P, Ceprani F, Bucciarelli E, Naim V, De Arcangelis V, Piergentili R, Palena A, Ciapponi L, Giansanti MG, Pellacani C, Petrucci R, Cenci G, Vernì F, Fasulo B, Goldberg ML, Di Cunto F, Gatti M. 2008. Identification of Drosophila mitotic genes by combining co-expression analysis and RNA interference. PLos Genetics, 4 Issue 7 | e1000126
4. Raffa GD, Siriaco G, Cugusi S, Ciapponi L, Cenci G, Wojcik E, Gatti M. 2009. The Drosophila modigliani (moi) gene encodes a HOAP-interacting protein required for telomere protection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.106:2271-6.
5. Cenci G§. 2009. Drosophila cell cycle under arrest: uncapped telomeres plead guilty. Cell Cycle 8:990-5
6. Morciano P, Carrisi C, Capobianco L, Mannini L, Burgio G, Cestra G, De Benedetto GE, Corona DF, Musio A, Cenci G§. 2009. A conserved role for the mitochondrial citrate transporter Sea/SLC25A1 in the maintenance of chromosome integrity. Hum Mol Genet. 18:4180-8.
7. Raffa GD, Raimondo D, Sorino C, Cugusi S, Cenci G, Cacchione S, Gatti M, Ciapponi L. 2010. Verrocchio, a Drosophila OB-fold containing protein, is a component of the terminin telomere-capping complex. Genes Dev, 24: 1596-1601
8. Mottier-Pavie V., Cenci G., Vernì F., Gatti M., Bonaccorsi S. 2010. Phenotypic analysis fo misato function reveals roles of noncentrosomal microtubules in Drosophila spindle formation J Cell Sci, 124: 706-717.
9. Burgio G., Cipressa F., Ingrassia AM, Cenci G. **, Corona D**. 2011 The Histone De-acetylase Rpd3 Regulates Heterochromatin Structure of Drosophila Telomeres J Cell Sci, 124: 2041-8
10. Raffa GD, Ciapponi L, Cenci G, Gatti M. 2011. Terminin: a protein complex that mediates epigenetic maintenance of Drosophila telomeres. Nucleus 2: 383-391.
11. Cipressa F, Cenci G.§. 2013. DNA damage response, checkpoint activation and dysfunctional telomeres: face to face between mammalian cells and Drosophila Tsitologiia. 55:211-7
12. Raffa GD, Cenci G, Ciapponi L, Gatti M. 2013. Organization and Evolution of Drosophila Terminin: Similarities and Differences between Drosophila and Human Telomeres Front Oncol. 2013 May 10;3:112. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00112.
13. Morciano P, Zhang Y, Cenci G, Rong YS. 2013. A Hypomorphic Mutation Reveals a Stringent Requirement for the ATM Checkpoint Protein in Telomere Protection During Early Cell Division in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). Apr 19. doi:pii: g3.113.006312v1. 10.1534/g3.113.006312
14. Cipressa F., Romano S., Centonze S., zur Lage P., Vernì F, Dimitri P., Gatti M, Cenci G.§ 2013. Effete, a Drosophila Chromatin-Associated Ubiquitin Conjugating Eznyme that affects Telomeric and Heterochromatic Position Effect. Genetics. 195:147-58.
15. Cipressa F. **, Di Giorgio ML, Cenci G**,. 2013. A simple approach for multicolor immunofluorescence staining in different Drosophila cell types. J Cell Phys (doi: 10.1002/jcp.24506)
16. Cipressa F., Cenci G§ 2013. Effete, an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme with multiple roles in Drosophila development and chromatin organization. Fly 7(4)
* Co-First Author; **Co-Corresponding Author; §Corresponding Author