Lino C. Polito

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities(11), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(8), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(7), Insect Resistance and Genetics(6), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(5)

Publications32 total

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2014
The Orthologue of the Fruitfly Sex Behaviour Gene Fruitless in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti: Evolution of Genomic Organisation and Alternative Splicing
PLoS ONE·2013· 61 citedOpen Access
Sicilian durum wheat and its derivatives as a source of antitumoral compounds (lignans) in Mediterranean diet.
2012
Genomic organization and splicing evolution of the doublesex gene, a Drosophila regulator of sexual differentiation, in the dengue and yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
BMC Evolutionary Biology·2011· 100 citedOpen Access
The transformer gene of Ceratitis capitata: a paradigm for a conserved epigenetic master regulator of sex determination in insects
Genetica·2010· 49 cited
Expressional and functional analysis of the male‐specific cluster <i>mst36F</i> during <i>Drosophila</i> spermatogenesis
Insect Molecular Biology·2010· 3 cited
REVIEW Genetic Improvements to the Sterile Insect Technique for Agricultural Pests
2010· 24 cited
Cloning and functional characterization of the intersex homologous gene in the pest lepidopteron Maruca vitrata
The International Journal of Developmental Biology·2009· 13 cited
Ceratitis capitata transformer-2 gene is required to establish and maintain the autoregulation of Cctra, the master gene for female sex determination
The International Journal of Developmental Biology·2009· 157 citedOpen Access
Masculinization of XX Drosophila transgenic flies expressing the Ceratitis capitata DoublesexM isoform
The International Journal of Developmental Biology·2008· 50 citedOpen Access
New Sexing Strains for Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata: Transforming Females into Males
2007· 38 cited
Sex Determination in Flies, Fruitflies and Butterflies
Genetica·2002· 126 cited
Genomic Organization and Characterization of the <i>white</i> Locus of the Mediterranean Fruitfly, <i>Ceratitis capitata</i>
Genetics·2001· 28 citedOpen Access
Sex determination in Medfly: a molecular approach.
2000· 6 cited
The <i>Ceratitis capitata</i> homologue of the <i>Drosophila</i> sex-determining gene <i>Sex-lethal</i> is structurally conserved, but not sex-specifically regulated
Development·1998· 134 cited
Tosca:ADrosophilaGene Encoding a Nuclease Specifically Expressed in the Female Germline
Developmental Biology·1996· 42 cited
The role of the BR-C locus on the expression of genes located at the ecdysone-regulated 3C puff of Drosophila melanogaster
Mechanisms of Development·1995· 25 cited
Dense Cluster of Genes is Located at the Ecdysone-regulated 3C Puff of Drosphila melanogaster
Journal of Molecular Biology·1993· 25 cited
A cDNA clone representative of a novel splicing pattern of the D. melanogaster dunce gene
Genetica·1993· 1 cited
Molecular characterization of a Drosophila melanogaster variant strain defective in the Sgs-4 gene dosage compensation
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression·1992· 4 cited
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Giuseppe Saccone(12), Maria Furia(10), Filomena Anna Digilio(7), Marco Salvemini(6), Dora Artiaco(5), Daniela Cavaliere(5), Ennio Giordano(4), Attilio Pane(4), Ferruccio Ritossa(4), C. Malva(4), Edoardo Boncinelli(4), Franco Graziani(4), Pier Paolo D’Avino(4), Stefania Crispi(3), U. Mauro(2), Andreina Milano(2), Rocco D'Amato(2), Valeria Petrella(2), Serena Aceto(2), Derric Nimmo(2)