Researchers

Anna Palumbo

Anna Palumbo

Research interests:
Biosynthesis, signaling pathways and biological roles of nitric oxide with main focus on functional evolution of NO synthase, developmental aspects and stress response. Purification and biological activity of marine natural products.
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Selected publications:
Ercolesi E, Tedeschi G, Fiore G, Negri A, Maffioli E, d’Ischia M, Palumbo A (2012) Protein nitration as footprint of oxidative stress-related nitric oxide signaling pathways in developing Ciona intestinalis. Nitric Oxide 27:18-24.

Marrone V, Piscopo M, Romano G, Ianora A, Palumbo A, Costantini M (2012) Stress Surveillance System against Toxic Diatom Aldehydes in Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus.
PLoS One 7(2):e31750.

Mattiello T, Costantini M, Di Matteo B, Livigni S, Andouche A, Bonnaud L, Palumbo A (2012) The dynamic nitric oxide pattern in developing cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Dev Dyn 241:390-402.

Romano G, Costantini M, Buttino I, Ianora A, Palumbo A (2011) Nitric Oxide Mediates the Stress Response Induced by Diatom Aldehydes   in the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus. PLoS One 6(10):e25980.

Andreakis N, D’Aniello S, Albalat R, Patti FP, Garcia-Fernàndez J, Procaccini G, Sordino P, Palumbo A (2011) Evolution of the Nitric Oxide Synthase family in metazoans. Mol Biol Evol 28:163-179.

Mattiello T, Fiore G, Brown ER, d’Ischia M, Palumbo A (2010) Nitric oxide mediates the glutamate-dependent pathway for neurotransmission in Sepia officinalis chromatophore organs. J Biol Chem 285:24154-24163.

Comes S, Locascio A, Silvestre F, d’Ischia M, Russo GL, Tosti E, Branno M, Palumbo A (2007) Regulatory roles of nitric oxide during larval development and metamorphosis in Ciona intestinalis. Dev Biol 306:772-784.

Scheinker V, Fiore G, Di Cristo C, Di Cosmo A, d’Ischia M, Enikolopov G, Palumbo A (2005) Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Nervous System and Ink Gland of the Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis: Molecular Cloning and Expression. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 338:1204-1215.

Palumbo A (2005) Nitric oxide in marine invertebrates: A comparative perspective. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 142:241-248.

Fiore G, Poli A, Di Cosmo A, d’Ischia M, Palumbo A (2004) Dopamine in the ink defence system of Sepia officinalis: biosynthesis, vesicular compartmentation in mature ink gland cells, nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP-induced depletion and fate in secreted ink. Biochem J 378:785-791.

 

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