Cristina Capodicasa

The specificity of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP): a single amino acid substitution in the solvent-exposed β-strand/β-turn region of the leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) confers a new recognition capability

Fiona Leckie, Benedetta Mattei, Cristina Capodicasa et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1999 · 233 citations · Full text

Protein Function, Protein Expression, Leucine-rich Repeats +8

Characterization of the Complex Locus of Bean Encoding Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins Reveals Subfunctionalization for Defense against Fungi and Insects

R. D’Ovidio, Alessandro Raiola, Cristina Capodicasa et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2004 · 141 citations · Full text

Targeted Modification of Homogalacturonan by Transgenic Expression of a Fungal Polygalacturonase Alters Plant Growth

Cristina Capodicasa, Donatella Vairo, Olga A. Zabotina et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2004 · 68 citations · Full text

Plant Physiology, Engineering, Genetics +17

The characterization of the soybean polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (Pgip) gene family reveals that a single member is responsible for the activity detected in soybean tissues

R. D’Ovidio, Serena Roberti, Michela Di Giovanni et al. · Planta · 2006 · 58 citations

Plant Molecular Biology, Biosynthesis, Protein Expression +9

Characterization of expressed Pgip genes in rice and wheat reveals similar extent of sequence variation to dicot PGIPs and identifies an active PGIP lacking an entire LRR repeat

Michela Janni, Michela Di Giovanni, Serena Roberti et al. · Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2006 · 38 citations

Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Genetics +11