Baroni, S., Raimondi, F., Barranco, F., Broglia, R. A., Pastore, A., Vigezzi, E.
The 1S0 pairing gap associated with the inner crust of a neutron star is calculated, taking into account the coexistence of the nuclear lattice with the sea of free neutrons (finite size effects), as...
Pastore, A., Barranco, F., Broglia, R. A., Vigezzi, E.
The bare nucleon-nucleon interaction is essential for the production of pair correlations in nuclei, but an important contribution also arises from the induced interaction resulting from the exchange...
DeNicola, Gianfelice, Burkart, Christopher, Qiu, Feng, Agianian, Bogos, Labeit, Siegfried, Martin, Stephen, ...
How muscles can be activated by mechanical stretch instead of by calcium efflux sensed through the troponin C (TnC) protein remains unknown. To gain a molecular description of such mechanism, we have...
DeNicola, Gianfelice, Burkart, Christopher, Qiu, Feng, Agianian, Bogos, Labeit, Siegfried, Martin, Stephen, ...
How muscles can be activated by mechanical stretch instead of by calcium efflux sensed through the troponin C (TnC) protein remains unknown. To gain a molecular description of such mechanism, we have...
Arrabito, L., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Cozzi, M., D'Ambrosio, N., ...
The OPERA experiment, designed to conclusively prove the existence of $\rm \nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillations in the atmospheric sector, makes use of a massive lead-nuclear emulsion target to observe...
Electron/pion separation with an Emulsion Cloud Chamber by using a Neural Network (2007)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Caffari, Y., Consiglio, L., ...
We have studied the performance of a new algorithm for electron/pion separation in an Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC) made of lead and nuclear emulsion films. The software for separation consists of two...
First events from the CNGS neutrino beam detected in the OPERA experiment (2007)
Acquafredda, R., Agafonova, N., Ambrosio, M., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., ...
The OPERA neutrino detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, through the study of nu_mu to...
Electron/pion separation with an Emulsion Cloud Chamber by using a Neural Network (2007)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Caffari, Y., Consiglio, L., ...
We have studied the performance of a new algorithm for electron/pion separation in an Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC) made of lead and nuclear emulsion films. The software for separation consists of two...
Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions (2006)
Arrabito, L., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Coppola, D., ...
The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated...
Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions (2006)
Arrabito, L., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Coppola, D., ...
The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated...
Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions (2006)
Arrabito, L., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Coppola, D., ...
The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated...
Nicastro, G., Habeck, M., Masino, L., Svergun, D.I., Pastore, A.
The availability of new and fast tools in structure determination has led to a more than exponential growth of the number of structures solved per year. It is therefore increasingly essential to...
Fiorin, Giacomo, Pastore, A., Carloni, Paolo, Parrinello, Michele
The ability of calcium-bound calmodulin (CaM) to recognize most of its target peptides is caused by its binding to two hydrophobic residues ('anchors'). In most of the CaM complexes, the anchors pack...
High-speed particle tracking in nuclear emulsion by last-generation automatic microscopes (2005)
Armenise, N., De Serio, M., Ieva, M., Muciaccia, M.T., Pastore, A., Simone, S., ...
The technique of nuclear emulsions for high-energy physics experiments is being revived, thanks to the remarkable progress in measurement automation achieved in the past years. The present paper...
High-speed particle tracking in nuclear emulsion by last-generation automatic microscopes (2005)
Armenise, N., De Serio, M., Ieva, M., Muciaccia, M.T., Pastore, A., Simone, S., ...
The technique of nuclear emulsions for high-energy physics experiments is being revived, thanks to the remarkable progress in measurement automation achieved in the past years. The present paper...
Allelic Loss on Chromosomes 2q21 and 19p13.2 in Oxyphilic Thyroid Tumors (2004)
Stankov, K, Pastore, A, Toschi, L, McKay, JD, Lesueur, F, Kraimps, JL, ...
McKay, JD, Thompson, D, Lesueur, F, Stankov, K, Pastore, A, Watfah, C, ...
Adinolfi, S., Trifuoggi, M., Politou, A. S., Martin, S., Pastore, A.
Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), an autosomal recessive cardio- and neurodegenerative disease, is caused by low expression of frataxin, a small mitochondrial protein, encoded in the nucleus. At the...
Application of the scalable coherent interface to data acquisition at LHC: RD24 status report (1994)
Bogaerts, A, Keyser, R, Muller, H, Mugnai, G, Ponting, P, Samyn, D, ...
Data transfer and distribution at 70 Mbytes/s (1993)
Bozzoli, W, McLaren, R A, Matheys, J P, Van Praag, A, Vascotto, Alessandro, ...
High performance event distribution using HIPPI (1993)
Bozzoli, W, Matheys, J P, McLaren, R A, Vascotto, Alessandro, Pastore, A, ...
Application of the Scalable Coherent Interface to Data Acquisition at LHC (1993)
A. Bogaerts, J. Buytaert, R. Divià, H. Müller, C. Parkman, P. Ponting, ...
The RD24 project has designed SCI node interface hardware and software to test the applicability of SCI to Data Acquisition Systems. The results demonstrate working SCI protocols, very high bandwidth...
Homology model building of the thyroid transcription factor 1 homeodomain (1993)
Fogolari, F., Esposito, G., Viglino, P., Damante, G., Pastore, A.
A possible structure for the homeodomain of rat thyroid transcription factor 1 is proposed on the basis of the homology with other homeodomains whose structures have been solved by X-ray...
The solution structure of a leucine-zipper motif peptide (1991)
Saudek, V., Pastore, A., Morelli, M. A. Castiglione, Frank, R., Gausepohl, H., Gibson, T.
We report the complete structure determination of a 34 residue synthetic peptide with the amino acid sequence of the dimerization domain (leucine zipper) of GCN4. A high resolution structure in...
Structure of the dsRNA binding domain of E. coli RNase III.
Kharrat, A, Macias, M J, Gibson, T J, Nilges, M, Pastore, A
The double-stranded RNA binding domain (dsRBD) is a approximately 70 residue motif found in a variety of modular proteins exhibiting diverse functions, yet always in association with dsRNA. We report...
Molecular mechanism of the calcium-induced conformational change in the spectrin EF-hands.
Travé, G, Lacombe, P J, Pfuhl, M, Saraste, M, Pastore, A
Calcium is a universally employed cytosolic messenger in eukaryotic cells. Most of the proteins that bind signalling calcium are members of the calmodulin superfamily and share two or more...
Nebulin, a helical actin binding protein.
Pfuhl, M, Winder, S J, Pastore, A
Nebulin, a giant protein (molecular mass 800 kDa) specific for the skeletal muscle of vertebrates, has been suggested to be involved in the length regulation of the thin filament as a 'molecular...
Vrtala, S, Hirtenlehner, K, Vangelista, L, Pastore, A, Eichler, H G, Sperr, W R, ...
A novel approach to reduce the anaphylactic activity of allergens is suggested. The strategy makes use of the presence of conformational immunoglobulin E (IgE) epitopes on one of the most common...
Politou, A S, Thomas, D J, Pastore, A
Titin (first known as connectin) is a vast modular protein found in vertebrate striated muscle. It is thought to assist myofibrillogenesis and to provide a passive elastic restoring force that helps...
Pastore, A, Temussi, P A, Salvadori, S, Tomatis, R, Mascagni, P
Dermorphin, a natural peptide opioid containing a D-Ala2 residue, has been studied in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution by means of several one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H nuclear magnetic...
Adinolfi, S, Bagni, C, Musco, G, Gibson, T, Mazzarella, L, Pastore, A
FMR1 is an RNA-binding protein that is either absent or mutated in patients affected by the fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation in humans. Sequence analysis of...
Structure of the dsRNA binding domain of E. coli RNase III.
Kharrat, A, Macias, M J, Gibson, T J, Nilges, M, Pastore, A
The double-stranded RNA binding domain (dsRBD) is a approximately 70 residue motif found in a variety of modular proteins exhibiting diverse functions, yet always in association with dsRNA. We report...
Molecular mechanism of the calcium-induced conformational change in the spectrin EF-hands.
Travé, G, Lacombe, P J, Pfuhl, M, Saraste, M, Pastore, A
Calcium is a universally employed cytosolic messenger in eukaryotic cells. Most of the proteins that bind signalling calcium are members of the calmodulin superfamily and share two or more...
Nebulin, a helical actin binding protein.
Pfuhl, M, Winder, S J, Pastore, A
Nebulin, a giant protein (molecular mass 800 kDa) specific for the skeletal muscle of vertebrates, has been suggested to be involved in the length regulation of the thin filament as a 'molecular...
Vrtala, S, Hirtenlehner, K, Vangelista, L, Pastore, A, Eichler, H G, Sperr, W R, ...
A novel approach to reduce the anaphylactic activity of allergens is suggested. The strategy makes use of the presence of conformational immunoglobulin E (IgE) epitopes on one of the most common...
Politou, A S, Thomas, D J, Pastore, A
Titin (first known as connectin) is a vast modular protein found in vertebrate striated muscle. It is thought to assist myofibrillogenesis and to provide a passive elastic restoring force that helps...
Pastore, A, Temussi, P A, Salvadori, S, Tomatis, R, Mascagni, P
Dermorphin, a natural peptide opioid containing a D-Ala2 residue, has been studied in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution by means of several one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H nuclear magnetic...
Adinolfi, S, Bagni, C, Musco, G, Gibson, T, Mazzarella, L, Pastore, A
FMR1 is an RNA-binding protein that is either absent or mutated in patients affected by the fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation in humans. Sequence analysis of...
Bugajska-Schrette..., A, Grote, M, Vangelista, L, Valent, P, Sperr, W, Rumpold, H, ...
BACKGROUND—Almost 4% of the population suffer from food allergy which is an adverse reaction to food with an underlying immunological mechanism. AIMS—To characterise one of the most frequent...
Schena, F P, Pastore, A, Ludovico, N, Sinico, R A, Benuzzi, S, Montinaro, V
A solid-phase ELISA was used to detect IgA1 immune complexes (IgA1 ICs) containing IgG and IgM in 38 serum samples from 30 patients with primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and 14 subjects with non-IgA...
Using Metadynamics to Understand the Mechanism of Calmodulin/Target Recognition at Atomic Detail
Fiorin, G., Pastore, A., Carloni, P., Parrinello, M.
The ability of calcium-bound calmodulin (CaM) to recognize most of its target peptides is caused by its binding to two hydrophobic residues (‘anchors’). In most of the CaM complexes, the anchors...
Evidence for interaction between the TCO and NMTC1 loci in familial non-medullary thyroid cancer
McKay, J, Thompson, D, Lesueur, F, Stankov, K, Pastore, A, Watfah, C, ...
Background: Familial non-medullary thyroid cancer (fNMTC) is a complex genetic disorder that is more aggressive than its sporadic counterpart. Thus far, three genetic loci have been implicated in...
Antioxidant enzymes in blood of patients with Friedreich's ataxia
Tozzi, G, Nuccetelli, M, Lo, B, Bernardini, S, Bellincampi, L, Ballerini, S, ...
Background and Aims: Increased generation of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial dysfunction may underlie the pathophysiology of Friedreich's ataxia, the most common inherited ataxia, due to...
Genetic expression profiling of parotid neoplasms by cDNA microarrays
Pastore, A, Carinci, F, Pelucchi, S
Differentially expressed genes in various benign and malignant salivary gland tumours were identified by use of cDNA microarrays containing 19,000 human expressed sequence tags. Samples were derived...
Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma of the maxillary sinus: case report
Di Carlo, R, Rinaldi, R, Ottaviano, G, Pastore, A
The case is described of a male patient with respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma of the left maxillary sinus that initially presented as a chronic sinus inflammation. This benign lesion is...
Contact endoscopy of the oral mucosa: preliminary results
Pelucchi, S, Bianchini, C, Travagli, M, Pastore, A
Contact endoscopy is a new method for studying diseases of the head and neck mucosa. The present report refers to preliminary results obtained from studies on the oral mucosa in 20 adult patients: 10...
Unusual foreign body in the upper cervical oesophagus: case report
Pelucchi, S, Bianchini, C, Ciorba, A, Pastore, A
The vast majority of oesophageal foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without causing complications: only in a few cases is endoscopic or surgical treatment required. A very unusual...
Parathyroid function study in patients submitted to laryngeal surgery for squamous cell carcinoma
Geminiani, M, Aimoni, C, Scanelli, G, Pastore, A
Aim of this study was to investigate any eventual quantitative variations in the serological concentration of parathormone in a homogenous sample of patients suffering from laryngeal squamous cell...