PMS 11 · Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics
Friday .::. 28 September .::. 14:00-16:00

PMS.11 · 0+P1    

Finding transcription factors with over-represented binding sites in sequences from co-regulated or co-expressed genes
F. Zambelli¹, W. Breviario¹, G. Pesole^2,3, G. Pavesi^1
1Dept Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology, Univ. Milano (Milan); ²Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. Bari (Bari); ³Ist. Tecnologie Biomediche (Bari)

PMS.11 · 0+P2    

Generation and analysis of a human-mouse conserved co-expression network
U. Ala, R. Piro, P. Provero, L. Silengo, F. Di Cunto
Molecular Biotechnology Center (MBC), Univ. Torino (Turin)

PMS.11 · 0+P3    

ASPic-geneID: a new and accurate gene prediction framework
E. Picardi¹, T. Alioto², R. Guigò², G. Pesole^1
1Dip. Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare "E. Quagliariello", Univ. Bari (Bari); ²Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Univ. Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)

PMS.11 · 0+P4    

A high quality draft of the genome sequence of Vitis vinifera L.
M.E. Pè
Dept of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Univ. Milan (Milan)

PMS.11 · 0+P5    

Autonomous and non-autonomous helitrons - missing links
S. Radovic¹, S. Scalabrin^1,2, M. Morgante^1,2
1Dept Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Univ. Udine (Udine); ²Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico di Udine (Udine)

PMS.11 · 0+P6    

H-NS, a master controller of warm adaptation in Escherichia coli: a transcriptomic analysis
F. Fabretti¹, T. Carzaniga¹, F. Falciani², G. Deho'^1
1Dip. Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Univ. di Milano (Milano); ²School of Biosciences, Univ. Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

PMS.11 · 0+P7    

Modulation of proteomic profile in H295R adrenocortical  cell line induced by mitotane
A. Stigliano¹, L. Cerquetti¹, C. Sampaoli¹, S. Misiti¹, M. Borro², G. Gentile², M. Simmaco², V. Toscano^1
1Dip. Fisiopatologia Medica, Univ. Roma "La Sapienza" (Rome); ²Lidia Cerquetti (Rome)

PMS.11 · 0+P8    

Post-translational modifications analysis of apolipoproteins present in human lipoproteins by tandem mass spectrometry
C. Mancone¹, T. Alonzi¹, B. Conti^1,2, M. Tripodi^1,2
1Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive "L. Spallanzani" IRCCS (Roma); ²Fondazione "Istituto Pasteur Cenci-Bolognetti", Dip. di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, Univ. La Sapienza (Roma)

PMS.11 · P9    

Ascidian mitogenomics: gene order reshuffling at intra-genus level
F. Griggio¹, F. Iannelli¹, G. Pesole^1,2, C. Gissi^1
1Dip. di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Univ. Milano (Milan); ²Dip. Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare "E. Quagliariello", Univ. di Bari (Bari)

PMS.11 · P10    

Structure and organization of histidine biosynthetic genes in Firmicutes
A. Fioravanti, M. Brilli, M. Fondi, A. Frandi, M.C. Papaleo, R. Fani
Dept of Animal Biology and Genetics, Univ. Florence (Florence)

PMS.11 · P11    

Bovidae TRG loci: putative role of enhancer-like sequences in driving coordinated recombinational unit duplications
G. Vaccarelli¹, M.C. Miccoli¹, R. Antonacci¹, E.P. Cribiu², G. Pesole³, S. Ciccarese^1
1Dept of Genetics and Microbiology, Univ. Bari (Bari); ²Dept of Animal Genetics, Centre de Recherche INRA (Jouy-en-Josas, France); ³Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. Bari (Bari)

PMS.11 · P12    

A specific somatic mutation mechanism shapes the δ-chain repertoire of the T cell receptor in Camelus dromedarius
M. Mineccia¹, M. Liso¹, B. Piccinni², M. Miccoli¹, C. Lanave³, M.S. Hassanane⁴, H. El Ashmaoui⁴, S. Massari², R. Antonacci¹, S. Ciccarese^1
1Dip. Genetica e Microbiologia, Univ. Bari (Bari); ²Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Univ. del Salento (Lecce); ³Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, sezione di Bari, CNR, (Milano); ⁴Cell Biology Dept National Research Center (Dokki, Giza, Egypt)

PMS.11 · P13    

Mutual relationship between SINE and LINE retrotransposons
S. Fantaccione, P. Woodrow, G. Pontecorvo
Dept Life Sciences, II Univ. Naples (Caserta)

PMS.11 · P14    

Compositional properties and thermal adaptation of 18S rRNA in vertebrates
A. Varriale, G. Bernardi
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Naples)

PMS.11 · P15    

Mitochondrial tRNA base substitutions: investigation of the molecular basis of respiratory defects
A. Montanari¹, C. de Luca¹, V. Morea³, R. Oliva⁴, A. Tramontano², L. Frontali¹, S. Francisci^1
1Dept Developmental and Cell Biology, Univ. La Sapienza (Rome); ²Dept of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Univ. La Sapienza (Rome); ³CNR-Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM) (Rome); ⁴Dept of Applied Sciences, Univ. Parthenope (Naples)

PMS.11 · P16    

Hunting for candidate genes against drought stress by microarray and genetic mapping in maize
M. Ponnaiah¹, R. Marino¹, C. Frova¹, M.E. Pè¹, P. Krajewski², M.S. Gorla^1
1Dept of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Univ. Milan (Milano); ²Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Science (Poznan, Poland)

PMS.11 · P17    

Strategies to mine on expression patterns from EST data
M.L. Chiusano¹, N. D'Agostino¹, A. Traini¹, C. Licciardello², M. Aversano¹, L. Frusciante^1
1Dept of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, Univ. Naples "Federico II" (Portici, Napoli); ²C.R.A. Istituto Sperimentale per l' Agrumicoltura (Acireale)

PMS.11 · P18    

Gene-wide association study on ABCB1/MDR1 polymorphisms and colorectal cancer risk
D. Campa^1,2, P. Vodicka³, S. Wilkening², K. Hemminki^2,4, A. Forsti², B. Pardini³, R. Barale¹, F. Canzian^2
1Dept Biologia, Univ Pisa (Pisa); ²German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Heidelberg, Germany); ³Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Prague, Czech Republic); ⁴Dept of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institute (Huddinge, Sweden)

PMS.11 · P19    

Functional classification of estrogen-responsive genes in breast-cancer cells through DNA sequence analyses
G. Altobelli, D. de Corà, M. Caselle, M. de Bortoli
Center for Complex Systems in Molecular Medicine and Biology, Univ. Turin (Turin)

PMS.11 · P20    

New genes associated with breast cancer progression identified by gene expression analysis
D. Cimino¹, L. Fuso², C. Sfiligoi¹, G. Russo³, A. Weisz⁴, D. Taverna¹, P. Sismondi², M. de Bortoli^1
1Dept of Oncological Sciences, c.o. Inst. for Cancer Research and Treatment, and Center for Complex Systems in Molecular Biology and Medicine, Univ. Turin (Candiolo); ²Dept of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Univ Turin (Turin); ³Istituto Dermosifilopatico dell’Immacolata IDI (Rome ); ⁴Dip. di Patologia Generale, Seconda Univ. degli Studi di Napoli (Neaples)

PMS.11 · P21    

Cell transformation assay for carcinogenicity studies: development of an automatic classifier of foci
C. Urani, P. Melchioretto, L. Bussinelli, L. Fumarola, G.F. Crosta
Dept Environmental Sciences, Univ. Milano Bicocca (Milano)

PMS.11 · P22    

Alternative splicing prediction and identification of cancer specific isoforms
A. Anselmo¹, F. Mignone², G. Pesole^3
1Dept Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Univ. Milan (Milan); ²Dept Structural Chemistry and Inorganic Stereochemistry, Univ. Milan (Milan); ³Dept Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. Bari (Bari)

PMS.11 · P23    

A bio-informatic approach for selecting biologically relevant SNPs, involved in miRNA-dependent gene regulation
D. Landi, F. Gemignani, S. Landi
Dip. Biologia, Univ. Pisa (Pisa)

PMS.11 · P24    

An in silico analysis of the Ty3/gypsy like retrotransposons of Aedes aegypti
R.M. Marsano¹, R. Caizzi^2
1Dept Genetics Anthropology, Biology of Microorganisms, Evolution Univ. Parma (Parma); ²Dept of Genetics and Microbiology, Univ. Bari (Bari)

PMS.11 · P25    

Statistical assessment of features of coding and noncoding conserved sequence tags through cross-species genome comparisons
T.M. Creanza¹, G. Pesole², N. Ancona^1
1Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Intelligenti per l'Automazione, CNR (Bari); ²Dip. di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Univ. di Bari (Bari)

PMS.11 · P26    

ISOL@: An Italian SOLAnaceae genomics resource
M.L. Chiusano¹, N. D'Agostino¹, A. Traini¹, E. Raimondo¹, M. Aversano¹, C. Licciardello², L. Frusciante^1
1Dept of Soil, Plant, Environmental and Animal Production Sciences, Univ. Naples "Federico II" (Portici, Napoli); ²C.R.A. Istituto Sperimentale per l' Agrumicoltura (Acireale)

PMS.11 · P27    

Sequence variability and heterosis in poplar species
G. Zaina¹, C. Del Fabbro^1,2, F. Cattonaro², M. Morgante^1,2
1Dip. Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Univ. Udine (Udine); ²Istituto di Genomica Applicata (Udine)

PMS.11 · P28    

Towards an integrated pipeline for the in-silico prediction of plant microRNAs and their precursors
V. Piccolo¹, M. Rè¹, G. Pesole^2,3, D. Horner^1
1Dept of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Univ. Milan (Milan); ²Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. Bari (Bari); ³Institute of Biomedical Technologies, CNR (Bari)

PMS.11 · P29    

Protein-protein interaction: kinetic data and molecular modelling studies
N. Bruni¹, S. Costantini², A. Facchiano², A.G. Ficca³, V. Capuzzi¹, E. Poerio^1
1Dip. Agrobiologia e Agrochimica, Univ. Tuscia (Viterbo); ²Istituto Scienze Alimentazione, CNR (Avellino); ³Dip. Scienze Ambientali, Univ. Tuscia (Viterbo)

PMS.11 · P30    

Molecular analysis of relationship between plants and environment by a proteomic approach
F. Fanucchi¹, S. Ligato¹, L. Guglielminetti¹, M. Alessio², A. Bachi³, A. Alpi^1
1Dept Crop Plant Biology, Univ. Pisa (Pisa); ²Proteome Biochemistry Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute (Milan); ³Biological Mass Spectrometry Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute (Milan)

PMS.11 · P31    

The Drosophila heterochromatic gene elica encodes a protein required for the establishment of proper chromatin architecture
N. Corradini¹, B. Perrini¹, F. Rossi¹, R. Moschetti², R. Caizzi², L. Fanti¹, F. Vernì¹, P. Dimitri^1
1Dip. Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Univ. La Sapienza (Roma); ²Dip. di Genetica e Microbiologia, Univ. di Bari (Bari)