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  1. Mapping light-harvesting and photoprotection responses in the Photosystem II antenna system of higher plants

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  2. Photosynthesis under far‐red light—evolutionary adaptations and bioengineering of light‐harvesting complexes

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 2025, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  3. A stress-induced paralog of Lhcb4 controls the photosystem II functional architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  4. New avenues in photosynthesis: from light harvesting to global modeling

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, March 2025, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  5. The minor antennae of photosystem II contribute to qH-energy dissipation in Arabidopsis

    Article • February 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  6. Efficient DNA-free co-targeting of nuclear genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Biology Direct, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  7. A paler shade of green: engineering cellular chlorophyll content to enhance photosynthesis in crowded environments

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2023, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  8. Plants and water in a changing world: a physiological and ecological perspective

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  9. Molecular mechanisms of light harvesting in the minor antenna CP29 in near-native membrane lipidic environment

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Cosimo D'Andrea, Professor Roberto Bassi

  10. Violaxanthin and Zeaxanthin May Replace Lutein at the L1 Site of LHCII, Conserving the Interactions with Surrounding Chlorophylls and the Capability of Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  11. Harnessing the Algal Chloroplast for Heterologous Protein Production

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  12. Assessing photoprotective functions of carotenoids in photosynthetic systems of plants and green algae

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  13. Thylakoid grana stacking revealed by multiplex genome editing of LHCII encoding genes

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  14. The role of light-harvesting complex I in excitation energy transfer from LHCII to photosystem I in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  15. High Carotenoid Mutants of Chlorella vulgaris Show Enhanced Biomass Yield under High Irradiance

    Article • Plants, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  16. A new function for the xanthophyll zeaxanthin: glueing chlorophyll biosynthesis to thylakoid protein assembly

    Article • Biochemical Journal, January 2021, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  17. Expression of a Hyperthermophilic Cellobiohydrolase in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum by Protein Storage Vacuole Targeting

    Article • Plants, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  18. Plants with less chlorophyll: A global change perspective

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2020, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  19. Cell Synchronization Enhances Nuclear Transformation and Genome Editing via Cas9 Enabling Homologous Recombination in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • ACS Synthetic Biology, September 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  20. A microalgal‐based preparation with synergistic cellulolytic and detoxifying action towards chemical‐treated lignocellulose

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, September 2020, Wiley

    Luis Herrera, Professor Roberto Bassi, Prof David Bolzonella

  21. A Phosphite Dehydrogenase Variant with Promiscuous Access to Nicotinamide Cofactor Pools Sustains Fast Phosphite-Dependent Growth of Transplastomic Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Plants, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Luis Herrera, Professor Roberto Bassi

  22. Monomeric light harvesting complexes enhance excitation energy transfer from LHCII to PSII and control their lateral spacing in thylakoids

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  23. Observation of dissipative chlorophyll-to-carotenoid energy transfer in light-harvesting complex II in membrane nanodiscs

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  24. Identification of a pigment cluster catalysing fast photoprotective quenching response in CP29

    Article • Nature Plants, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  25. Look for methods, not conclusions

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Piero Carninci, Professor Pellegrino Conte, Professor Roberto Bassi

  26. Combined resistance to oxidative stress and reduced antenna size enhance light-to-biomass conversion efficiency in Chlorella vulgaris cultures

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  27. Retraction Note: Increased biomass productivity in green algae by tuning non-photochemical quenching

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  28. Functional analysis of LHCSR1, a protein catalyzing NPQ in mosses, by heterologous expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  29. Microsecond and millisecond dynamics in the photosynthetic protein LHCSR1 observed by single-molecule correlation spectroscopy

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  30. Design of a highly thermostable hemicellulose-degrading blend from Thermotoga neapolitana for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  31. The Electronic Structure of Lutein 2 Is Optimized for Light Harvesting in Plants

    Article • Chem, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  32. Optimized Cas9 expression systems for highly efficient Arabidopsis genome editing facilitate isolation of complex alleles in a single generation

    Article • Functional & Integrative Genomics, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  33. LHCSR3 is a nonphotochemical quencher of both photosystems in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  34. LHC-like proteins involved in stress responses and biogenesis/repair of the photosynthetic apparatus

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 2019, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  35. A LHCB9-dependent photosystem I megacomplex induced under low light in Physcomitrella patens

    Article • Nature Plants, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  36. Light harvesting complex I is essential for Photosystem II photoprotection under variable light conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  37. Magnetosomes Extracted from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense as Theranostic Agents in an Experimental Model of Glioblastoma

    Article • Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, July 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Roberto Bassi, Pasquina Marzola

  38. The Physcomitrella patens gene atlas project: large-scale RNA-seq based expression data

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2018, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  39. Dynamic Changes between Two LHCX-Related Energy Quenching Sites Control Diatom Photoacclimation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  40. Molecular mechanisms involved in plant photoprotection

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, April 2018, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  41. Snapshot Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Carotenoid Radical Cations in High-Light-Acclimating Thylakoid Membranes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, November 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  42. Loss of LHCI system affects LHCII re-distribution between thylakoid domains upon state transitions

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  43. Functional modulation of LHCSR1 protein from Physcomitrella patens by zeaxanthin binding and low pH

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  44. Single-molecule spectroscopy of LHCSR1 protein dynamics identifies two distinct states responsible for multi-timescale photosynthetic photoprotection

    Article • Nature Chemistry, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  45. A Light Harvesting Complex-Like Protein in Maintenance of Photosynthetic Components in Chlamydomonas

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  46. A systems-wide understanding of photosynthetic acclimation in algae and higher plants

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, May 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Antonella Succurro, Professor Roberto Bassi

  47. Two mechanisms for dissipation of excess light in monomeric and trimeric light-harvesting complexes

    Article • Nature Plants, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Karel Zidek, Professor Roberto Bassi

  48. The STN8 kinase-PBCP phosphatase system is responsible for high-light-induced reversible phosphorylation of the PSII inner antenna subunit CP29 in rice

    Article • The Plant Journal, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  49. The function of LHCBM4/6/8 antenna proteins inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  50. Electron transfer between carotenoid and chlorophyll contributes to quenching in the LHCSR1 protein from Physcomitrella patens

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  51. Observation of Electronic Excitation Transfer Through Light Harvesting Complex II Using Two-Dimensional Electronic–Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  52. LHCII can substitute for LHCI as an antenna for photosystem I but with reduced light-harvesting capacity

    Article • Nature Plants, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  53. Identification of pH-sensing Sites in the Light Harvesting Complex Stress-related 3 Protein Essential for Triggering Non-photochemical Quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  54. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Increased biomass productivity in green algae by tuning non-photochemical quenching

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  55. Multi-Level Light Capture Control in Plants and Green Algae

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  56. Studying Spatio-Energetic Dynamics in Light Harvesting Complex II using Two-Dimensional Electronic-Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  57. Characterization of magnetic nanoparticles fromMagnetospirillum Gryphiswaldenseas potential theranostics tools

    Article • Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, November 2015, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  58. Light-Harvesting Complex Stress-Related Proteins Catalyze Excess Energy Dissipation in Both Photosystems of Physcomitrella patens

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  59. Heterologous Expression of Moss Light-harvesting Complex Stress-related 1 (LHCSR1), the Chlorophyll a-Xanthophyll Pigment-protein Complex Catalyzing Non-photochemical Quenching, in Nicotiana sp.

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  60. Biogenesis of light harvesting proteins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  61. Long-term acclimatory response to excess excitation energy: evidence for a role of hydrogen peroxide in the regulation of photosystem II antenna size

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  62. Sharing light between two photosystems: mechanism of state transitions

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  63. Non-photochemical quenching and xanthophyll cycle activities in six green algal species suggest mechanistic differences in the process of excess energy dissipation

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  64. High Light-Dependent Phosphorylation of Photosystem II Inner Antenna CP29 in Monocots Is STN7 Independent and Enhances Nonphotochemical Quenching

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  65. Domestication of the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana: reduction of antenna size improves light-use efficiency in a photobioreactor

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  66. Antenna size reduction as a strategy to increase biomass productivity: a great potential not yet realized

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  67. Magnetic Nanoparticles from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Increase the Efficacy of Thermotherapy in a Model of Colon Carcinoma

    Article • PLOS One, October 2014, PLOS

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  68. Integration of Carbon Assimilation Modes with Photosynthetic Light Capture in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Molecular Plant, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  69. Regulation of photosystem I light harvesting by zeaxanthin

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    DARIO POLLI, Professor Roberto Bassi

  70. Light-Harvesting Complex Protein LHCBM9 Is Critical for Photosystem II Activity and Hydrogen Production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii    

    Article • The Plant Cell, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  71. Phototrophic pigment production with microalgae: biological constraints and opportunities

    Article • Journal of Phycology, March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  72. On the origin of a slowly reversible fluorescence decay component in the Arabidopsis npq4 mutant

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  73. Interaction between avoidance of photon absorption, excess energy dissipation and zeaxanthin synthesis against photooxidative stress in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Journal, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  74. Zeaxanthin Binds to Light-Harvesting Complex Stress-Related Protein to Enhance Nonphotochemical Quenching in Physcomitrella patens

    Article • The Plant Cell, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  75. Chlorophyll Triplet Quenching and Photoprotection in the Higher Plant Monomeric Antenna Protein Lhcb5

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  76. Enhance knowledge on sustainable use of plant protection products within the framework of the Sustainable Use Directive

    Article • Pest Management Science, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  77. An NMR comparison of the light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) in active and photoprotective states reveals subtle changes in the chlorophyll a ground-state electronic structures

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  78. Post-transcriptional control of light-harvesting genes expression under light stress

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  79. The Arabidopsis nox Mutant Lacking Carotene Hydroxylase Activity Reveals a Critical Role for Xanthophylls in Photosystem I Biogenesis  

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  80. Algae, a New Biomass Resource

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  81. Biogenesis of photosynthetic complexes in the chloroplast ofChlamydomonas reinhardtiirequires ARSA1, a homolog of prokaryotic arsenite transporter and eukaryotic TRC40 for guided entry of tail-anchored proteins

    Article • The Plant Journal, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  82. 13 Finding the bottleneck: A research strategy for improved biomass production

    Article • December 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  83. Regulation of the pigment optical density of an algal cell: Filling the gap between photosynthetic productivity in the laboratory and in mass culture

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  84. Retrograde Signaling and Photoprotection in a gun4 Mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Molecular Plant, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  85. Zeaxanthin Protects Plant Photosynthesis by Modulating Chlorophyll Triplet Yield in Specific Light-harvesting Antenna Subunits

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Jean Alric, Professor Roberto Bassi

  86. Coexistence of plant and algal energy dissipation mechanisms in the moss Physcomitrella patens

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  87. Enhancement of Non-Photochemical Quenching in the Bryophyte Physcomitrella patens During Acclimation to Salt and Osmotic Stress

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  88. Effects of altered α ‐ and β ‐branch carotenoid biosynthesis on photoprotection and whole‐plant acclimation of Arabidopsis to photo‐oxidative stress

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  89. The Arabidopsis szl1 Mutant Reveals a Critical Role of β-Carotene in Photosystem I Photoprotection    

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  90. LHCBM1 and LHCBM2/7 Polypeptides, Components of Major LHCII Complex, Have Distinct Functional Roles in Photosynthetic Antenna System of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  91. A quadruple mutant of Arabidopsis reveals a β-carotene hydroxylation activity for LUT1/CYP97C1 and a regulatory role of xanthophylls on determination of the PSI/PSII ratio

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  92. Elucidation of the timescales and origins of quantum electronic coherence in LHCII

    Article • Nature Chemistry, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  93. Role of Xanthophylls in Light Harvesting in Green Plants: A Spectroscopic Investigation of Mutant LHCII and Lhcb Pigment–Protein Complexes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  94. Acclimation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to Different Growth Irradiances

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  95. Algae, a New Biomass Resource

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  96. Evolution and functional properties of Photosystem II light harvesting complexes in eukaryotes

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  97. Quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana Mutants Lacking Monomeric Antenna Proteins of Photosystem II

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  98. Assembly of Light Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complexes in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

    Article • August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  99. A Red-shifted Antenna Protein Associated with Photosystem II in Physcomitrella patens

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  100. Arabidopsis Mutants Deleted in the Light-Harvesting Protein Lhcb4 Have a Disrupted Photosystem II Macrostructure and Are Defective in Photoprotection

    Article • The Plant Cell, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  101. Mutagenesis and phenotypic selection as a strategy toward domestication of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains for improved performance in photobioreactors

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  102. Role of PSBS and LHCSR in Physcomitrella patens acclimation to high light and low temperature

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  103. Reactive oxygen species and transcript analysis upon excess light treatment in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana vs a photosensitive mutant lacking zeaxanthin and lutein

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi, Professor Petronia Carillo

  104. First solid-state NMR analysis of uniformly 13C-enriched major light-harvesting complexes from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and identification of protein and cofactor spin clusters

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  105. Solving structure in the CP29 light harvesting complex with polarization-phased 2D electronic spectroscopy

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  106. Analysis of LhcSR3, a Protein Essential for Feedback De-Excitation in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • PLoS Biology, January 2011, PLOS

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  107. Dynamics of zeaxanthin binding to the photosystem II monomeric antenna protein Lhcb6 (CP24) and modulation of its photoprotection properties

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  108. Identification of the Chromophores Involved in Aggregation-dependent Energy Quenching of the Monomeric Photosystem II Antenna Protein Lhcb5

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  109. Spectroscopic elucidation of uncoupled transition energies in the major photosynthetic light-harvesting complex, LHCII

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  110. Mutation Analysis of Violaxanthin De-epoxidase Identifies Substrate-binding Sites and Residues Involved in Catalysis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  111. Physcomitrella patens mutants affected on heat dissipation clarify the evolution of photoprotection mechanisms upon land colonization

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  112. Enhanced Photoprotection by Protein-Bound vs Free Xanthophyll Pools: A Comparative Analysis of Chlorophyll b and Xanthophyll Biosynthesis Mutants

    Article • Molecular Plant, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  113. Regulation of plant light harvesting by thermal dissipation of excess energy

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, April 2010, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  114. Effect of Antenna-Depletion in Photosystem II on Excitation Energy Transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Biophysical Journal, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  115. Functional analysis of Photosystem I light-harvesting complexes (Lhca) gene products of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  116. Purification of structurally intact grana from plants thylakoids membranes

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  117. Determining Chlorophyll Orientation in the CP29 Light Harvesting Complex with Arithmetic Polarized 2-D Electronic Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  118. Elucidation of Electronic Structure and Quantum Coherence in LHCII with Polarized 2-D Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  119. Investigating The CP29 Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Complex with 2D Electronic Spectroscopy

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  120. Effect of Antenna-Depletion in Photosystem II on Excitation Energy Transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  121. Pathways of Energy Flow in LHCII from Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  122. Quantum Coherence Enabled Determination of the Energy Landscape in Light-Harvesting Complex II

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  123. A Structural Basis for the pH-Dependent Xanthophyll Cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana    

    Article • The Plant Cell, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  124. Parallel pigment and transcriptomic analysis of four barley Albina and Xantha mutants reveals the complex network of the chloroplast-dependent metabolism

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  125. Lutein Accumulation in the Absence of Zeaxanthin Restores Nonphotochemical Quenching in the Arabidopsis thaliana npq1 Mutant  

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  126. Light-induced Dissociation of an Antenna Hetero-oligomer Is Needed for Non-photochemical Quenching Induction

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  127. Analysis of the Chloroplast Protein Kinase Stt7 during State Transitions

    Article • PLoS Biology, March 2009, PLOS

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  128. Occupancy and Functional Architecture of the Pigment Binding Sites of Photosystem II Antenna Complex Lhcb5

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  129. Investigating energy partitioning during photosynthesis using an expanded quantum yield convention

    Article • Chemical Physics, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  130. Improper excess light energy dissipation in Arabidopsis results in a metabolic reprogramming

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  131. Observation of Quantum Coherence in Light-Harvesting Complex II by Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  132. Mapping Parallel Pathways of Energy Flow in LHCII with Broadband 2D Electronic Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  133. Lutein Can Act as a Switchable Charge Transfer Quencher in the CP26 Light-harvesting Complex

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  134. The Occurrence of thepsbSGene Product inChlamydomonas reinhardtiiand in Other Photosynthetic Organisms and Its Correlation with Energy Quenching†

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, November 2008, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  135. Photoprotection in higher plants: The putative quenching site is conserved in all outer light-harvesting complexes of Photosystem II

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  136. Kinetic Modeling of Charge-Transfer Quenching in the CP29 Minor Complex

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  137. Architecture of a Charge-Transfer State Regulating Light Harvesting in a Plant Antenna Protein

    Article • Science, May 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  138. Trap-Limited Charge Separation Kinetics in Higher Plant Photosystem I Complexes

    Article • Biophysical Journal, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  139. In Silico and Biochemical Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Photosynthetic Antenna: Identification of Subunits which Evolved upon Land Adaptation

    Article • PLOS One, April 2008, PLOS

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  140. Minor Antenna Proteins CP24 and CP26 Affect the Interactions between Photosystem II Subunits and the Electron Transport Rate in Grana Membranes of Arabidopsis  

    Article • The Plant Cell, April 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  141. Interactions between the Photosystem II Subunit PsbS and Xanthophylls Studied in Vivo and in Vitro

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  142. Photoprotection in the Antenna Complexes of Photosystem II

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  143. Zeaxanthin Radical Cation Formation in Minor Light-harvesting Complexes of Higher Plant Antenna

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  144. Kinetic Description of Energy and Charge transfer Processes in PSI from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  145. Different Roles of α- and β-Branch Xanthophylls in Photosystem Assembly and Photoprotection

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  146. Zeaxanthin Has Enhanced Antioxidant Capacity with Respect to All Other Xanthophylls in Arabidopsis Leaves and Functions Independent of Binding to PSII Antennae

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, October 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  147. The Low-Energy Forms of Photosystem I Light-Harvesting Complexes: Spectroscopic Properties and Pigment-Pigment Interaction Characteristics

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  148. Photosynthetic Antenna Size in Higher Plants Is Controlled by the Plastoquinone Redox State at the Post-transcriptional Rather than Transcriptional Level

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  149. A specific binding site for neoxanthin in the monomeric antenna proteins CP26 and CP29 of Photosystem II

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  150. The light stress-induced protein ELIP2 is a regulator of chlorophyll synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  151. Structure, function and regulation of plant photosystem I

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  152. Understanding the Changes in the Circular Dichroism of Light Harvesting Complex II upon Varying Its Pigment Composition and Organization

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  153. Short- and Long-Term Operation of the Lutein-Epoxide Cycle in Light-Harvesting Antenna Complexes

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  154. The Arabidopsis aba4-1 Mutant Reveals a Specific Function for Neoxanthin in Protection against Photooxidative Stress

    Article • The Plant Cell, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  155. Contrasting Behavior of Higher Plant Photosystem I and II Antenna Systems during Acclimation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  156. Singlet and Triplet State Transitions of Carotenoids in the Antenna Complexes of Higher-Plant Photosystem I

    Article • Biochemistry, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  157. Chapter 7. Antenna System of Higher Plants’ Photosystem I and Its Interaction with the Core Complex

    Article • January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  158. Probing the structure of Lhca3 by mutation analysis

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  159. Biochemical and structural analyses of a higher plant photosystem II supercomplex of a photosystem I-less mutant of barley

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  160. Elucidation of the β-carotene hydroxylation pathway inArabidopsis thaliana

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 2006, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  161. Photosynthesis research in Italy: a review

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  162. Transcriptome Analysis of Cold Acclimation in Barley Albina and Xantha Mutants

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  163. Nonphotochemical Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  164. Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean Alric, Professor Roberto Bassi

  165. Excitation Decay Pathways of Lhca Proteins:  A Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  166. The Association of the Antenna System to Photosystem I in Higher Plants

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  167. Formate binding near the redox-active TyrosineD in Photosystem II: consequences on the properties of TyrD

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  168. Quenching of Chlorophyll Triplet States by Carotenoids in Reconstituted Lhca4 Subunit of Peripheral Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosystem I

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  169. Pigment-Pigment Interactions in Lhca4 Antenna Complex of Higher Plants Photosystem I

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  170. A Mechanism of Nonphotochemical Energy Dissipation, Independent from PsbS, Revealed by a Conformational Change in the Antenna Protein CP26

    Article • The Plant Cell, April 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  171. The low energy emitting states of the Lhca4 subunit of higher plant photosystem I

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2005, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  172. Excitation Energy Transfer Pathways in Lhca4

    Article • Biophysical Journal, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  173. Differential accumulation ofLhcbgene products in thylakoid membranes ofZea maysplants grown under contrasting light and temperature conditions

    Article • PROTEOMICS, February 2005, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  174. Correction

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  175. Slowly reversible de-epoxidation of lutein-epoxide in deep shade leaves of a tropical tree legume may 'lock-in' lutein-based photoprotection during acclimation to strong light

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  176. Origin of the 701-nm Fluorescence Emission of the Lhca2 Subunit of Higher Plant Photosystem I

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  177. A zeaxanthin-independent nonphotochemical quenching mechanism localized in the photosystem II core complex

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  178. A Look within LHCII:  Differential Analysis of the Lhcb1−3 Complexes Building the Major Trimeric Antenna Complex of Higher-Plant Photosynthesis

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  179. Stark effect measurements on monomers and trimers of reconstituted light-harvesting complex II of plants

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, June 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  180. A Zea mays 39-kDa thylakoid transglutaminase catalyses the modification by polyamines of light-harvesting complex�II in a light-dependent way

    Article • Planta, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  181. Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Involves Intrathylakoid Lumen pH Sensing by the PsbS Protein

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  182. The Effect of Zeaxanthin as the Only Xanthophyll on the Structure and Function of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  183. The Nature of a Chlorophyll Ligand in Lhca Proteins Determines the Far Red Fluorescence Emission Typical of Photosystem I

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  184. Genetic analysis of the expression of the cold-regulated gene cor14b: a way toward the identification of components of the cold response signal transduction in Triticeae

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, December 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  185. Mechanistic aspects of the xanthophyll dynamics in higher plant thylakoids

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, October 2003, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  186. Occurrence of the lutein-epoxide cycle in mistletoes of the Loranthaceae and Viscaceae

    Article • Planta, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  187. Carotenoid to chlorophyll energy transfer in light harvesting complex II from Arabidopsis thaliana probed by femtosecond fluorescence upconversion

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  188. Red Spectral Forms of Chlorophylls in Green Plant PSI− A Site-Selective and High-Pressure Spectroscopy Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  189. Xanthophyll Binding Sites of the CP29 (Lhcb4) Subunit of Higher Plant Photosystem II Investigated by Domain Swapping and Mutation Analysis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  190. Chlorophyll b to Chlorophyll a Energy Transfer Kinetics in the CP29 Antenna Complex: A Comparative Femtosecond Absorption Study between Native and Reconstituted Proteins

    Article • Biophysical Journal, April 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  191. Energy Transfer Pathways in the Minor Antenna Complex CP29 of Photosystem II: A Femtosecond Study of Carotenoid to Chlorophyll Transfer on Mutant and WT Complexes

    Article • Biophysical Journal, April 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  192. Recombinant Lhca2 and Lhca3 Subunits of the Photosystem I Antenna System

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  193. cor Gene Expression in Barley Mutants Affected in Chloroplast Development and Photosynthetic Electron Transport

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  194. The Lhca antenna complexes of higher plants photosystem I

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  195. Dynamics of Chromophore Binding to Lhc Proteins in Vivo and in Vitro during Operation of the Xanthophyll Cycle

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  196. Mutation Analysis of Lhca1 Antenna Complex

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  197. Biochemical Properties of the PsbS Subunit of Photosystem II Either Purified from Chloroplast or Recombinant

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  198. Chromophore Organization in the Higher-Plant Photosystem II Antenna Protein CP26

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  199. A Structural Investigation of the Central Chlorophyll a Binding Sites in the Minor Photosystem II Antenna Protein, Lhcb4

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  200. The Calculated In Vitro and In Vivo Chlorophyll a Absorption Bandshape

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  201. Carotenoid S1 State in a Recombinant Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosystem II

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  202. Functional architecture of the major light-harvesting complex from higher plants

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, December 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  203. Time-Resolved Fluorescence Analysis of the Photosystem II Antenna Proteins in Detergent Micelles and Liposomes

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  204. Excitation Energy Transfer in Dimeric Light Harvesting Complex I:  A Combined Streak-Camera/Fluorescence Upconversion Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  205. The Major Antenna Complex of Photosystem II Has a Xanthophyll Binding Site Not Involved in Light Harvesting

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  206. The Chloroplast Gene ycf9 Encodes a Photosystem II (PSII) Core Subunit, PsbZ, That Participates in PSII Supramolecular Architecture

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2001, JSTOR

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  207. The Chloroplast Gene ycf9 Encodes a Photosystem II (PSII) Core Subunit, PsbZ, That Participates in PSII Supramolecular Architecture

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  208. Pigment conformation and pigment-protein interactions in the reconstituted Lhcb4 antenna protein

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2001, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  209. Carotenoid-to-Chlorophyll Energy Transfer in Recombinant Major Light-Harvesting Complex (LHCII) of Higher Plants. I. Femtosecond Transient Absorption Measurements

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  210. Time-resolved fluorescence analysis of the recombinant photosystem II antenna complex CP29. Effects of zeaxanthin, pH and phosphorylation

    Article • FEBS Journal, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  211. Photochemical Behavior of Xanthophylls in the Recombinant Photosystem II Antenna Complex, CP26

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  212. Time-resolved fluorescence analysis of the recombinant photosystem II antenna complex CP29

    Article • FEBS Journal, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  213. Energy Transfer among CP29 Chlorophylls: Calculated Förster Rates and Experimental Transient Absorption at Room Temperature

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  214. Evidence for Two Spectroscopically Different Dimers of Light-Harvesting Complex I from Green Plants

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  215. Calcium Binding to the Photosystem II Subunit CP29

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  216. Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  217. Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  218. Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  219. Chlorophyll Binding to Monomeric Light-harvesting Complex

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  220. Carotenoid-binding Sites of the Major Light-harvesting Complex II of Higher Plants

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  221. Orientation of Chlorophyll Transition Moments in the Higher-Plant Light-Harvesting Complex CP29

    Article • Biochemistry, September 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  222. Mutational analysis of a higher plant antenna protein provides identification of chromophores bound into multiple sites

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  223. The neoxanthin binding site of the major light harvesting complex (LHCII) from higher plants

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1999, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  224. Xanthophyll Cycle Pigment Localization and Dynamics during Exposure to Low Temperatures and Light Stress inVinca major1

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, July 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  225. Multiple light-harvesting II polypeptides from maize mesophyll chloroplasts are distinct gene products

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, March 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  226. Multiple Types of Association of Photosystem II and Its Light-Harvesting Antenna in Partially Solubilized Photosystem II Membranes

    Article • Biochemistry, February 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  227. The Interaction between Cold and Light Controls the Expression of the Cold-Regulated Barley Gene cor14b and the Accumulation of the Corresponding Protein1

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  228. Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  229. The Relationship between the Binding of Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in the Light-Harvesting Proteins of Photosystem II

    Article • Biochemistry, July 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  230. Nearest-neighbor analysis of a Photosystem II complex from Marchantia polymorpha L. (liverwort), which contains reaction center and antenna proteins

    Article • FEBS Journal, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  231. In VitroReconstitution of the Recombinant Photosystem II Light-harvesting Complex CP24 and Its Spectroscopic Characterization

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  232. Higher plants light harvesting proteins. Structure and function as revealed by mutation analysis of either protein or chromophore moieties

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, June 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  233. Pigment-binding properties of the recombinant photosystem II subunit CP26 reconstituted in vitro

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 1998, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  234. Identification and characterization of photosystem II chlorophyll a / b binding proteins in Marchantia polymorpha L.

    Article • Planta, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  235. The Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosystem I: Pigment Composition and Stoichiometry

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  236. Mutation analysis of either protein or chromophore moieties in Higher Plants Light Harvesting Proteins

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  237. Zeaxanthin-induced fluorescence quenching in the minor antenna CP29

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  238. Article • Plant Molecular Biology, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  239. Analysis of Some Optical Properties of a Native and Reconstituted Photosystem II Antenna Complex, CP29:  Pigment Binding Sites Can Be Occupied by Chlorophyll a or Chlorophyll b and Determine Spectral Forms

    Article • Biochemistry, October 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  240. Novel aspects of chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, August 1997, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  241. Novel aspects of chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, August 1997, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  242. A single point mutation (E166Q) prevents dicyclohexylcarbodiimide binding to the photosystem II subunit CP29

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 1997, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  243. Femtosecond Transient Absorption Study of Carotenoid to Chlorophyll Energy Transfer in the Light-Harvesting Complex II of Photosystem II

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  244. A CK2 site is reversibly phosphorylated in the photosystem II subunit CP29

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 1996, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  245. Reconstitution and Pigment-Binding Properties of Recombinant CP29

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 1996, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  246. Conformational Changes Induced by Phosphorylation in the CP29 Subunit of Photosystem II,

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  247. Antenna structure and energy transfer in higher plant photosystems

    Article • January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  248. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Pigment Binding Proteins

    Article • January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  249. Excited State Equilibration in the Photosystem I−Light-Harvesting I Complex:  P700 Is Almost Isoenergetic with Its Antenna

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  250. Biochemical and Functional Properties of Photosystem II in Agranal Membranes from Maize Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts

    Article • FEBS Journal, November 1995, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  251. A Stepanov relation analysis of steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectra in the isolated D1/D2/cytochrome b-559 complex

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  252. A Post-translational Modification of the Photosystem II Subunit CP29 Protects Maize from Cold Stress

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  253. Thermal Equilibration of Excited States in Antenna of PSI-200

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  254. In Vitro Reconstitution and Pigment Binding Properties of Recombinant CP29 and CP24

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  255. Xantophyll Cycle Pigments in Wild Type Arabidopsis and in aba Mutants Blocked in Zeaxanthin Epoxidation

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  256. Gaussian Decomposition of Absorption and Linear Dichroism Spectra of Outer Antenna Complexes of Photosystem II

    Article • Biochemistry, August 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  257. Heterogenous lipid distribution among chlorophyll-binding proteins of photosystem II in maize mesophyll chloroplasts

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 1994, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  258. Three-dimensional structure of the higher-plant photosystem II reaction centre and evidence for its dimeric organization in vivo

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 1994, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  259. The relation between the minor chlorophyll spectral forms and fluorescence quenching in aggregated light harvesting chlorophyll ab complex II

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, March 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  260. Identification of chlorophyll-a/b proteins as substrates of transglutaminase activity in isolated chloroplasts of Helianthus tuberosus L.

    Article • Planta, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  261. Polyamines in Chloroplasts: Post-Translational Modification of Clorophyll-a/bProteins

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  262. A study of Photosystem II fluorescence emission in terms of the antenna chlorophyll-protein complexes

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, November 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  263. Chlorophyll-proteins from maize seedlings grown under intermittent light conditions

    Article • Planta, August 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  264. Distribution of the chlorophyll spectral forms in the chlorophyll-protein complexes of photosystem II antenna

    Article • Biochemistry, April 1993, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  265. Carotenoid-binding proteins of photosystem II

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 1993, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  266. Bioenergetica E Membrane

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  267. A nomenclature for the genes encoding the chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of higher plants

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, August 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  268. A supramolecular light-harvesting complex from chloroplast photosystem-II membranes

    Article • FEBS Journal, February 1992, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  269. Organization of the Photosystem II Antenna System of Maize Plants Grown Under Intermittent Light Condition

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  270. Reorganization of Thylakoid Membrane Lateral Heterogeneity Following State I — State II Transition

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  271. Ionic permeability of the mitochondrial outer membrane

    Article • European Biophysics Journal, January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  272. Lateral redistribution of cytochrome b6/f complexes along thylakoid membranes upon state transitions.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 1991, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  273. Bacteriology of the anal wound after open hemorrhoidectomy

    Article • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, August 1991, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  274. Effects of a non-ionic detergent on the spectral properties and aggregation state of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex (LHCII)

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, June 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  275. The chlorophyll-a/b proteins of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Planta, February 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  276. Identification and characterization of the major components of the Oncorhynchus mykiss Egg Chorion

    Article • Molecular Reproduction and Development, January 1991, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  277. CHLOROPHYLL BINDING PROTEINS WITH ANTENNA FUNCTION IN HIGHER PLANTS and GREEN ALGAE

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, December 1990, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  278. Immunological studies on chlorophyll-a/b proteins and their distribution in thylakoid membrane domains

    Article • Planta, June 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  279. Studies on the Herbicide Binding Site in Isolated Photosystem II Core Complexes from a Flat-Bed Isoelectrofocusing Method

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, May 1990, De Gruyter

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  280. The Role of Light Harvesting Complex II and of the Minor Chlorophyll a/b Proteins in the Organization of the Photosystem II Antenna System

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  281. Spectroscopic Characterization of Purified Chlorophyll a/b Protiens CP29, CP26, CP24 from Maize PSII Antenna Complex

    Article • January 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  282. Società Botanica Italiana: Lavori Presentati Alla XI Riunione Del Gruppo Di Lavoro Per La Citologia: Mondello (Palerrno), 22-23 Setternbre 1988

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1989, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  283. Gruppo III Enzimi - Proteine

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1989, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  284. Light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b proteins (LHCII) populations in phosphorylated membranes

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  285. Changes in the organization of stroma membranes induced by in vivo state 1-state 2 transition

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, September 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  286. Characterisation of stroma membranes from Zea mays L. chloroplasts

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, January 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  287. Probing in vitro translation products with monoclonal antibodies to chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of barley thylakoids

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, January 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  288. Immunological characterization of chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins of barley thylakoids

    Article • Planta, January 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  289. Photosynthesis — energy transduction: A practical approach

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, December 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  290. Chlorophyll-protein complexes of barley photosystem I

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 1987, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  291. Studies on the composition, structure and differentiation of fish egg chorion

    Article • Cell Biology International Reports, June 1986, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  292. Differential expression of LHCII genes in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells of maize

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, January 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  293. Lavori Presentati Alla IX Riunione Del Gruppo Di Lavoro Per La Citologia

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  294. The role of the light harvesting complex and photosystem II in thylakoid stacking in thechlorina-f2 barley mutant

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, November 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  295. Chlorophyll-proteins of two photosystem I preparations from maize

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, May 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  296. Spectral properties and polypeptide composition of the chlorophyll-proteins from thylakoids of granal and agranal chloroplasts of maize (Zea mays L.)

    Article • Carlsberg Research Communications, March 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  297. Differences in chlorophyll-protein complexes and composition of polypeptides between thylakoids from bundle sheaths and mesophyll cells in maize

    Article • FEBS Journal, February 1985, Wiley

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  298. Societa Botanica Italiana Lavori Presentati Alla VIII Riunione Del Gruppo Di Lavoro Per La Citologia Padova, 26-28 April 1984

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1984, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  299. Societá Botanica Italiana 80° Congresso Sociale

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1984, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  300. Effect of growth conditions on carboxylating enzymes of Zea mays plants

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  301. Congress0 Sociale 1981

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, July 1981, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  302. LHCI: The Antenna Complex of Photosystem I in Plants and Green Algae

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi

  303. Carotenoids: Localization and Function

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roberto Bassi