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VEGETATIVE PHASE and APETALA1 Redundantly Control AGAMOUS During
Early Stages of Flower Development. Plant Cell 18, 1373-1382. (I.F. 9.653).
2. Battaglia, R., Brambilla, V., Colombo, L., Stuitje, A.R. and Kater, M.M. (2006).
Functional Analysis of MADS-box Protein Complexes Controlling Ovule
Development in Arabidopsis using the Ethanol-Inducible alc Gene-Expression
System. Mech. Develop. 123, 267-276. (I.F. 3.518).
3. Kater, M.M., Dreni, L., and Colombo, L. (2006). Functional conservation of
MADS-box factors controlling floral organ identity in rice and Arabidopsis. J. Exp.
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4. Brambilla, V., Battaglia, R, Colombo, M., Masiero, S., Bencivenga, S., Kater,
M.M. and Colombo, L. (2007). Genetic and Molecular Interactions between BELL1
and MADS-box Factors Support Ovule Development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19,
2544-2556. (I.F. 9.653).
5. Dreni, L., Jacchia, S., Fornara, F., Fornari, M., Ouwerkerk, P., An, G., Colombo,
L., Kater, M.M. (2007). The D-lineage MADS-box gene OsMADS13 Controls Ovule
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6. Brambilla, V., Kater M.M. and Colombo, L. (2008). Ovule integument identity
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7. Colombo, M., Masiero, S., Vanzulli, S., Lardelli, P., Kater, M.M. and Colombo, L.
(2008). AGL23, a type I MADS-box gene that controls female gametophyte and
embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 54, 1037-1048 (I.F. 6.751).
8. Fornara, F., Gregis, V., Pelucchi, N., Colombo, L. and Kater, M.M. (2008). The
Rice StMADS11-like genes OsMADS22 and OsMADS47 cause floral reversions in
Arabidopsis without complementing the svp and agl24 mutants. J. Exp. Bot. 59: 2181
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and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE determine floral meristem identity in Arabidopsis.
Plant J. 56, 891-902 (I.F. 6.751).
11. Gregis, V., Sessa, A., Dorca-Fornell, C.. and Kater, M.M. (2009). The
Arabidopsis Floral Meristem Identity Genes AP1, AGL24 and SVP Directly Repress
Class B and C Floral Homeotic Genes. Plant J. 60, 626-637 (I.F. 6.751).
12. Colombo, M., Brambilla, V., Marcheselli, R., Caporali, E., Kater, M.M. and
Colombo, L. (2010). A new role for the SHATTERPROOF genes during Arabidopsis
gynoecium development. Dev. Biol. 337, 294-302. (I.F. 4.379)
13. Airoldi, C.A., Rovere, F.D., Falasca, G., Marino, G., Kooiker, M., Altamura,
M.M., Citterio, S. and Kater M.M. (2010). The Arabidopsis BET bromodomain
Factor GTE4 is involved in maintenance of the Mitotic Cell Cycle During Plant
Development. Plant Physiol. 152, 1320-1334 (I.F. 6.235).
14. Rovere, F.D., Airoldi, C.A., Falasca, G., Ghiani, A., Fattorini, L., Citterio, S.,
Kater, M.M., Altamura M.M. (2010). The Arabidopsis BET Bromodomain Factor
GTE4 Regulates the Mitotic Cell Cycle. Plant Signalling & Behavior 5, 677-680.
15. Matias-Hernandez, L, Battaglia, R., Galbiati, F., Rubes, M., , Eichenberger, C.,
Grossniklaus, U.C., Kater, M.M. and Colombo, L. (2010). VERDANDI (VDD) Is a
Direct Target of the MADS-domain Ovule Identity Complex and Affects Embryo Sac
Differentiation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22, 1702-1715 (I.F. 9.293)
16. Riccardo Velasco, Andrey Zharkikh, Jason Affourtit, Amit Dhingra, Alessandro
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Troggio, Dmitry Pruss, Silvio Salvi, Massimo Pindo, Paolo Baldi, Sara Castelletti,
Marina Cavaiuolo, Giuseppina Coppola, Fabrizio Costa, Valentina Cova, Antonio Dal
Ri, Vadim Goremykin, Matteo Komjanc, Sara Longhi, Pierluigi Magnago, Giulia
Malacarne, Mickael Malnoy, Diego Micheletti, Marco Moretto, Michele Perazzolli,
Azeddine Si-Ammour, Silvia Vezzulli, Elena Zini, Glenn Eldredge, Lisa M Fitzgerald,
Natalia Gutin, Jerry Lanchbury, Teresita Macalma, Jeff T Mitchell, Julia Reid, Bryan Wardell,
Chinnappa Kodira, Zhoutao Chen, Brian Desany, Faheem Niazi, Melinda Palmer, Tyson
Koepke, Derick Jiwan, Scott Schaeffer, Vandhana Krishnan, Changjun Wu, Vu T
Chu, Stephen T King, Jessica Vick, Quanzhou Tao, Amy Mraz, Aimee Stormo, Keith
Stormo, Robert Bogden, Davide Ederle, Alessandra Stella, Alberto Vecchietti,
Martin M. Kater, Simona Masiero, Pauline Lasserre, Yves Lespinasse, Andrew C
Allan, Vincent Bus, David Chagné, Ross N Crowhurst, Andrew P Gleave, Enrico
Lavezzo, Jeffrey A Fawcett, Sabastian Proost, Pierre Rouzé, Lieven Sterck, Stefano
Toppo, Barbara Lazzari, Roger P Hellens, Charles E Durel, Alexander Gutin Roger E
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Francesco Salamini, Roberto Viola (2010). The genome of the domesticated apple
(Malus x domestica). Nature Genetics 42, 833-839.
17. Toppino, L., Kooiker, M., Lindner, M., Dreni, L., Rotino, G.L., Kater, M.M.
(2011). Reversible male sterility in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) by artificialmicroRNA mediated silencing of general transcription factor genes. Plant
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18. Masiero S., Colombo, L., Grini, P.E., Schnittger, A. and Kater, M.M. (2011). The
emerging importance of type I MADS-box transcription factors for plant
reproduction. Plant Cell 23, 865-872 (I.F. 9.293).
19. Dorca-Fornell, C., Gregis, V., Grandi, V., Coupland, G., Colombo, L. and Kater,
M.M. (2011). The Arabidopsis SOC1-like genes AGL42, AGL71 and AGL72 promote
flowering in the shoot apical and axillary meristems. Plant J. 67, 1006-1017.
20. Li, H., Liang, W., Hu, Y., Zhu, L., Yin, C., Xu, J, Dreni, L., Kater, M.M., and
Zhang, D. (2011). Rice MADS6 Interacts with the Floral Homeotic Genes
SUPERWOMAN1, MADS3, MADS58, MADS13, and DROOPING LEAF in
Specifying Floral Organ Identities and Meristem Fate. Plant Cell 23, 2536-2552.
21. Dreni, L., Pilatone, A., Yun, D., Erreni, S., Pajoro, A., Caporali, E., Zhang, D.,
and Kater, M.M. (2011). Functional Analysis of all AGAMOUS Subfamily Members
in Rice Reveals their Roles in Reproductive Organ Identity Determination and
Meristem Determinacy. Plant Cell 23, 2850-2863.
22. Grandi, V., Gregis, V. and Kater M.M. (2011). Uncovering genetic and
molecular interactions among floral meristem identity genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant J. (in press).
23. Mizzotti C, Mendes MA, Caporali E, Schnittger A, Kater MM, Battaglia R,
Colombo L. (2011). The MADS-box genes SEEDSTICK and ARABIDOPSIS
BSISTER play a maternal role in fertilization and seed development. Plant J. (in
press).