Grossi Milena
Researcher
Department of Biology and biotechnology
University La Sapienza
Italy
Biography
1981 - University of Rome "La Sapienza"- Laurea in Biological Science with full marks cum laude. 1991 - University of Perugia/University of Rome "La Sapienza" - PhD in "Experimental Medicine"
Research Interest
• Molecular cell biology of muscle differentiation; relationship between transformation and expression of differentiation program in transformed muscle cells. • Cell cycle control in normal and transformed cells; molecular mechanisms of differential gene expression in transformed cells. • Viral and cellular oncogenes as models for oncogenesis and for proto-oncogenes function(s). • Cadherin-mediated cell-cell interactions and growth control. • Microorganism-host interactions.
Publications
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Messina G, Blasi C, La Rocca SA, Pompili M, Calconi A, Grossi M. p27Kip1 acts downstream of N-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion to promote myogenesis beyond cell cycle regulation. Molecular biology of the cell. 2005 Mar 1;16(3):1469-80.
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Travaglione S, Messina G, Fabbri A, Falzano L, Giammarioli AM, Grossi M, Rufini S, Fiorentini C. Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 hinders skeletal muscle differentiation in vitro by perturbing the activation/deactivation balance of Rho GTPases. Cell death and differentiation. 2005 Jan 1;12(1):78.
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La Rocca SA, Vannucchi S, Pompili M, Pinney DF, Emerson CP, Grossi M, Tato F. Selective repression of myoD transcription by v-Myc prevents terminal differentiation of quail embryo myoblasts transformed by the MC29 strain of avian myelocytomatosis virus. Oncogene. 2002 Jul 18;21(31):4838.
