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  1. The Under-explored Extracellular Proteome of Aero-Terrestrial Microalgae Provides Clues on Different Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Non-Model Organisms

    Article • Microbial Ecology, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  2. Disentangling the role of extracellular polysaccharides in desiccation tolerance in lichen‐forming microalgae. First evidence of sulfated polysaccharides and ancient sulfotransferase genes

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  3. Ultrastructural and biochemical analyses reveal cell wall remodelling in lichen-forming microalgae submitted to cyclic desiccation–rehydration

    Article • Annals of Botany, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  4. Endogenous NO Is Involved in Dissimilar Responses to Rehydration and Pb(NO3)2 in Ramalina farinacea Thalli and Its Isolated Phycobionts

    Article • Microbial Ecology, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  5. Dynamic evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Trebouxiophyceae, including the first completely assembled mtDNA from a lichen-symbiont microalga (Trebouxia sp. TR9)

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

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  6. Tolerance to Cyclic Desiccation in Lichen Microalgae is Related to Habitat Preference and Involves Specific Priming of the Antioxidant System

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  7. Chlororespiration induces non‐photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence during darkness in lichen chlorobionts

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, August 2018, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  8. Origin and evolution of chloroplast group I introns in lichen algae

    Article • Journal of Phycology, October 2017, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  9. Contrasting strategies used by lichen microalgae to cope with desiccation-rehydration stress revealed by metabolite profiling and cell wall analysis

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  10. Coordinated ultrastructural and phylogenomic analyses shed light on the hidden phycobiont diversity of Trebouxia microalgae in Ramalina fraxinea

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  11. Differences in the cell walls and extracellular polymers of the two Trebouxia microalgae coexisting in the lichen Ramalina farinacea are consistent with their distinct capacity to immobilize extracellular Pb

    Article • Plant Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  12. Lichen Rehydration in Heavy Metal-Polluted Environments: Pb Modulates the Oxidative Response of Both Ramalina farinacea Thalli and Its Isolated Microalgae

    Article • Microbial Ecology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  13. Balanced Gene Losses, Duplications and Intensive Rearrangements Led to an Unusual Regularly Sized Genome in Arbutus unedo Chloroplasts

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2013, PLOS

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  14. Evolutionary implications of intron–exon distribution and the properties and sequences of the RPL10A gene in eukaryotes

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  15. Different strategies to achieve Pb-tolerance by the two Trebouxia algae coexisting in the lichen Ramalina farinacea

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  16. The genetic structure of the cosmopolitan three-partner lichenRamalina farinaceaevidences the concerted diversification of symbionts

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  17. Two Trebouxia algae with different physiological performances are ever-present in lichen thalli of Ramalina farinacea. Coexistence versus Competition?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  18. A single primer pair gives a specific ortholog amplicon in a wide range of Cyanobacteria and plastid-bearing organisms: Applicability in inventory of reference material from collections and phylogenetic analysis

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  19. Oxidative stress induces distinct physiological responses in the two Trebouxia phycobionts of the lichen Ramalina farinacea

    Article • Annals of Botany, November 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  20. Suitability of chloroplast LSU rDNA and its diverse group I introns for species recognition and phylogenetic analyses of lichen-forming Trebouxia algae

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  21. Effect of Polyamines on Glutathione Reductase Activity in Spinach

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, April 2008, De Gruyter

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  22. Degradation of plastid unspliced transcripts and lariat group II introns

    Article • Biochimie, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  23. Multiple phosphorylation sites in the β subunit of thylakoid ATP synthase

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

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  24. Role of thylakoid Ndh complex and peroxidase in the protection against photo-oxidative stress: fluorescence and enzyme activities in wild-type and ndhF-deficient tobacco

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, December 2004, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  25. Topology of the plastid Ndh complex and its NDH-F subunit in thylakoid membranes

    Article • Biochemical Journal, August 2004, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  26. The Activity of the Chloroplastic Ndh Complex Is Regulated by Phosphorylation of the NDH-F Subunit

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2003, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  27. Biochemical and Molecular Characterisation of Wheat Chloroplastic Glutathione Reductase

    Article • Biologia Plantarum, December 2001, Institute of Experimental Botany

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  28. Hydrogen Peroxide Mediates the Induction of Chloroplastic Ndh Complex under Photooxidative Stress in Barley

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, March 2001, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  29. Peroxidase Activity in Aloe barbadensis Commercial Gel: Probable Role in Skin Protection

    Article • Planta Medica, December 2000, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  30. Inhibition of Wheat Nitrate Reductase Activity by Zinc

    Article • Biologia Plantarum, August 2000, Institute of Experimental Botany

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  31. Chlororespiration and Poising of Cyclic Electron Transport: PLASTOQUINONE AS ELECTRON TRANSPORTER BETWEEN THYLAKOID NADH DEHYDROGENASE AND PEROXIDASE

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  32. Leaf age- and paraquat concentration-dependent effects on the levels of enzymes protecting against photooxidative stress

    Article • Plant Science, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  33. Changes in gluthatione reductase activity and protein content in wheat leaves and chloroplasts exposed to photooxidative stress

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, April 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  34. Nitrate reductase is inhibited in leaves of Triticum aestivum treated with high levels of copper

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, September 1997, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  35. Nitrate reductase is inhibited in leaves of Triticum aestivum treated with high levels of copper

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, September 1997, Wiley

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  36. Inactivation and Degradation of CuZn-SOD by Active Oxygen Species in Wheat Chloroplasts Exposed to Photooxidative Stress

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, January 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  37. Identification of the Product of ndhA Gene as a Thylakoid Protein Synthesized in Response to Photooxidative Treatment

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, April 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  38. The Effect of Oxygen Radicals on Proteolysis in Isolated Oat Chloroplasts

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, April 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  39. Proteolytic Activity at Alkaline pH in Oat Leaves, Isolation of an Aminopeptidase

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 1989, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Leonardo M Casano

  40. Post-flowering photoperiodic effect on reproductive efficiency and seed growth in soybean

    Article • Field Crops Research, June 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Leonardo M Casano