Riccardo Velasco

Grapevine cell early activation of specific responses to DIMEB, a resveratrol elicitor (2009)

Zamboni, Anita, Gatto, Pamela, Cestaro, Alessandro, Pilati, Stefania, Viola, Roberto, Mattivi, Fulvio, ...

Abstract Background In response to pathogen attack, grapevine synthesizes phytoalexins belonging to the family of stilbenes. Grapevine cell cultures represent a good model system for studying the...

Ontology-oriented retrieval of putative microRNAs in Vitis viniferavia GrapeMiRNA: a web database of de novopredicted grape microRNAs (2009)

Lazzari, Barbara, Caprera, Andrea, Cestaro, Alessandro, Merelli, Ivan, Del Corvo, Marcello, Fontana, Paolo, ...

Abstract Background Two complete genome sequences are available for Vitis vinifera Pinot noir. Based on the sequence and gene predictions produced by the IASMA, we performed an in silico detection of...

Mitochondrial DNA of Vitis vinifera and the Issue of Rampant Horizontal Gene Transfer (2009)

Goremykin, Vadim V., Salamini, Francesco, Velasco, Riccardo, Viola, Roberto

The mitochondrial genome of grape (Vitis vinifera), the largest organelle genome sequenced so far, is presented. The genome is 773,279 nt long and has the highest coding capacity among known...

A SNP transferability survey within the genus Vitis (2008)

Vezzulli, Silvia, Micheletti, Diego, Riaz, Summaira, Pindo, Massimo, Viola, Roberto, This, Patrice, ...

Abstract Background Efforts to sequence the genomes of different organisms continue to increase. The DNA sequence is usually decoded for one individual and its application is for the whole species....

FOX (FOld eXtractor): A novel protein fold recognition method using iterative PSI-BLAST searches and structural alignments (2008)

Paolo Fontana, Riccardo Velasco, Giorgio Valle

We present a novel fold recognition method based on the combination of detailed sequence searches and structural information. Presently the protocol implements two different approaches to assign the...

SNP high-throughput screening in grapevine using the SNPlex™ genotyping system (2008)

Pindo, Massimo, Vezzulli, Silvia, Coppola, Giuseppina, Cartwright, Dustin A, Zharkikh, Andrey, Velasco, Riccardo, ...

Abstract Background Until recently, only a small number of low- and mid-throughput methods have been used for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and genotyping in grapevine ( Vitis...

Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of grapevine berry ripening reveals a set of genes similarly modulated during three seasons and the occurrence of an oxidative burst at vèraison (2007)

Pilati, Stefania, Perazzolli, Michele, Malossini, Andrea, Cestaro, Alessandro, Demattè, Lorenzo, Fontana, Paolo, ...

Abstract Background Grapevine ( Vitis species) is among the most important fruit crops in terms of cultivated area and economic impact. Despite this relevance, little is known about the...

The SSEA server for protein secondary structure alignment (2005)

Fontana, Paolo, Bindewald, Eckart, Toppo, Stefano, Velasco, Riccardo, Valle, Giorgio, Tosatto, Silvio C. E.

Summary: We present a web server that computes alignments of protein secondary structures. The server supports both performing pairwise alignments and searching a secondary structure against a...

The SSEA server for protein secondary structure alignment (2004)

Fontana, Paolo, Bindewald, Eckart, Toppo, Stefano, Velasco, Riccardo, Valle, Giorgio, Tosatto, Silvio C. E.

Summary: We present a web server which computes alignments of protein secondary structures. The server supports both performing pairwise alignments and searching a secondary structure against a...

The SSEA server for protein secondary structure alignment (2004)

Fontana, Paolo, Bindewald, Eckart, Toppo, Stefano, Velasco, Riccardo, Valle, Giorgio, Tosatto, Silvio C. E.

Summary: We present a web server which computes alignments of protein secondary structures. The server supports both performing pairwise alignments and searching a secondary structure against a...

Cloning and Characterization of GLOSSY1, a Maize Gene Involved in Cuticle Membrane and Wax Production1[w]

Sturaro, Monica, Hartings, Hans, Schmelzer, Elmon, Velasco, Riccardo, Salamini, Francesco, Motto, Mario

The cuticle covering the aerial organs of land plants plays a protective role against several biotic and abiotic stresses and, in addition, participates in a variety of plant-insect interactions....

Cloning and Characterization of GLOSSY1, a Maize Gene Involved in Cuticle Membrane and Wax Production1[w]

Sturaro, Monica, Hartings, Hans, Schmelzer, Elmon, Velasco, Riccardo, Salamini, Francesco, Motto, Mario

The cuticle covering the aerial organs of land plants plays a protective role against several biotic and abiotic stresses and, in addition, participates in a variety of plant-insect interactions....

Genetic Mapping in the Presence of Genotyping Errors

Cartwright, Dustin A., Troggio, Michela, Velasco, Riccardo, Gutin, Alexander

Genetic maps are built using the genotypes of many related individuals. Genotyping errors in these data sets can distort genetic maps, especially by inflating the distances. We have extended the...

A Dense Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Genetic Linkage Map of Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Anchoring Pinot Noir Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Contigs

Troggio, Michela, Malacarne, Giulia, Coppola, Giuseppina, Segala, Cinzia, Cartwright, Dustin A., Pindo, Massimo, ...

The construction of a dense genetic map for Vitis vinifera and its anchoring to a BAC-based physical map is described: it includes 994 loci mapped onto 19 linkage groups, corresponding to the basic...