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• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Della Valle G. and Ciferri O. (1985) Cloning of the glutamine synthetase gene from Spirulina platensis. Plant Mol. Biol. 4: 133-136.
• De Rossi E., Riccardi G., Sanangelantoni A.M. and Ciferri O. (1985) Construction of a cosmid library of Spirulina platensis as an approach to DNA physical mapping. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 30: 239-244.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Nielsen E. and De Felice M. (1988) Detection and characterization of acetohydroxy acid synthase in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 45: 13-17.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Milano A. and De Felice M. (1988) Mutants of Spirulina platensis resistant to valine inhibition. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 45: 18-23.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1989) Plasmid screening in thermophilic Bacillus: physical characterization and molecular cloning. Curr. Microbiol. 19: 13-19.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E. and Milano A. (1989) Amino acid biosynthesis and its regulation in cyanobacteria. Plant Science 63: 135-151.
• Riccardi G., Milano A., De Rossi E., Malfatti C. and De Felice M. (1990) Amino acid biosynthesis in Spirulina. In: Biosynthesis of Branched-Chain Amino Acids (Barak Z., Chipman D.M. and Schloss J.V., eds.). VCH Publishers (Weinheim), pp. 193-197.
• Brigidi P., De Rossi E., Bertarini M.L., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1990) Genetic transformation of intact cells of Bacillus subtilis by electroporation. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 67: 135-138.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Milano A., Forlani G. and De Felice M. (1991) Molecular cloning of Spirulina platensis acetohydroxy acid synthase genes in Escherichia coli. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 360-365.
• Forlani G., Riccardi G., De Rossi E. and De Felice M. (1991) Biochemical evidences for multiple forms of acetohydroxy acid synthase in Spirulina platensis. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 298-302.
• Brigidi P., De Rossi E., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1991) A highly efficient electroporation system for transformation of Bacillus licheniformis. Biotech. Techniques 5: 5-8.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Rossi M., Matteuzzi D. and Riccardi G. (1991) Characterization of Gram-positive broad-host range plasmids carrying a thermophilic replicon. Res. Microbiol. 142: 389-396.
• Parini C., Fortina M.G., De Rossi E., Manachini P.L. and Riccardi G. (1991) Detection and characterization of naturally occurring plasmids in Bacillus licheniformis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 81: 323-334.
• De Rossi E., Milano A., Brigidi P., Bini F. and Riccardi G. (1992) Structural organization of pBC1, a cryptic plasmid from Bacillus coagulans. J. Bacteriol. 174: 638-642.
• Bini F., De Rossi E., Barbierato L. and Riccardi G. (1992) Molecular cloning and sequencing of the β-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene from the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138: 493-498.
• Milano A., De Rossi E., Zanaria E., Barbierato L., Ciferri O. and Riccardi G. (1992) Molecular characterization of the genes encoding acetohydroxy acid synthase in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138: 1399-1408.
• Ciferri O., Tiboni O., Riccardi G., Sanangelantoni A.M., De Rossi E., Milano A. and Di Pasquale G. (1993) Mutants, genes, and phylogeny of Spirulina platensis. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 12: 25-29.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Welker N.E., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1994) New shuttle vector for cloning in Bacillus stearothermophilus. Res. Microbiol. 145: 579-583.
• De Rossi E., Leva R., Gusberti L., Manachini P.L. and Riccardi G. (1995) Cloning, sequence and expression of the ilvBNC gene cluster from Streptomyces avermitilis. Gene 166: 127-132.
• Milano A., De Rossi E., Gusberti L., Marone P., Heym, B. and Riccardi G. (1996) The katE gene, which encodes the catalase HPII of Mycobacterium avium. Mol. Microbiol. 19: 113-123.
• Cantoni R., Labò M., De Rossi E. and Riccardi G. (1996) Sequence of the Bacillus stearothermophilus gene encoding aspartokinase II. Gene 196: 135-136.
• Salazar L., Fsihi H., De Rossi E., Riccardi G., Rios C., Cole S.T. and Takiff H.E. (1996) Organization of the origins of replication of the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and isolation of a functional origin from M. smegmatis. Mol. Microbiol. 20: 283-293.
• Gusberti L., Cantoni R., De Rossi E., Branzoni M. and Riccardi G. (1996) Cloning and sequencing of the ilvBNC gene cluster from Mycobacterium avium. Gene 177: 83-85.
• Fsihi H., De Rossi E., Salazar L., Cantoni R., Labò M., Riccardi G., Takiff H.E., Eiglmeier K., Bergh S. and Cole S. (1996) Gene arrangement and organisation in ~ 76 kilobase fragment encompassing oriC region of the chromosome of Mycobacterium leprae. Microbiology 142: 3147-3161.
• Labò M., Gusberti L., De Rossi E., Speziale P. and Riccardi G. (1998) Determination of a 15437 bp nucleotide sequence around the inhA gene of Mycobacterium avium and similarity analysis of the products of putative ORFs. Microbiology 144: 807-814.
• De Rossi E., Blokpoel M.C.J., Cantoni R., Branzoni M., Riccardi G., Young D.B., De Smet K.A.L. and Ciferri O. (1998) Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel tetracycline-resistance determinant, tet(V), from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents and Chemother. 42: 1931-1037.
• De Rossi E., Branzoni M., Cantoni R., Milano A., Riccardi G. and Ciferri O. (1998) mmr, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene conferring resistance to small cationic dyes and inhibitors. J. Bacteriol. 180: 6068-6071.
• Sander P., De Rossi E., Boddinghaus B., Cantoni R., Branzoni M., Boettger E.C., Takiff H., Rodriquez R., Lopez G. and Riccardi G. (2000) Contribution of the multidrug efflux pump LfrA to innate mycobacterial drug resistance. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 193: 19-23.
• Bellinzoni M., De Rossi E., Branzoni M., Milano A., Peverali F.A., Rizzi M. and Riccardi G. (2002) Heterologous expression, purification, and enzymatic activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis NAD+ synthetase. Protein Expr. Purif. 25: 547-557.
• De Rossi E., Arrigo P., Bellinzoni M., Silva P.A., Martin C., Ainsa J.A., Guglierame P. and Riccardi G. (2002) The multidrug transporters belonging to major facilitator superfamily in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol. Med. 8: 714-724.
• Visai L., De Rossi E., Valtulina V., Casolini F., Rindi S., Guglierame P., Pietrocola G., Bellotti V., Riccardi G. and Speziale P. (2003) Identification and characterization of a new ligand-binding site in FnbB, a fibronectin-binding adhesin from Streptococcus dysgalactiae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1646: 173-183.
• De Rossi E. and Ciferri O. (2003) The microbial flora of naturally-aged silk fibroin. pp. 267-270. In: Saiz-Jimenez, C. (Ed.), Molecular Biology and Cultural Heritage. A.A.Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands.
• Terwilliger T.C., Park M.S., Waldo G.S., Berendzen J., Hung L.W., Kim C.Y., Smith C.V., Sacchettini J.C., Bellinzoni M., Bossi R., De Rossi E., Mattevi A., Milano A., Riccardi G., Rizzi M., Roberts M.M., Coker A.R., Fossati G., Mascagni P., Coates A.R., Wood S.P., Goulding C.W., Apostol M.I., Anderson D.H., Gill H.S., Eisenberg D.S., Taneja B., Mande S., Pohl E., Lamzin V., Tucker P., Wilmanns M., Colovos C., Meyer-Klaucke W., Munro A.W., McLean K.J., Marshall K.R., Leys D., Yang J.K., Yoon H.J., Lee B.I., Lee M.G., Kwak J.E., Han B.W., Lee J.Y., Baek S.H., Suh S.W., Komen M.M., Arcus V.L., Baker E.N., Lott J.S., Jacobs W. Jr, Alber T. and Rupp B. (2003) The TB structural genomics consortium: a resource for Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology. Tuberculosis 83: 223-249.
• Ciferri O., Becker M.E. and De Rossi E. (2003) Characterization of bacteria isolated from naturally aged silk fibroin. pp. 190-207. In: Koestler, R.J., Koestler, V.R., Charola, A.E. and Nieto-Fernandez, F.E. (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., Arcesi F., Bellinzoni M., De Rossi E. and Riccardi G. (2004) Rv2686c-2687c-2688c, an ABC fluoroquinolone efflux pump in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48: 3175-3178.
• Bellinzoni M., Buroni S., Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., Arcesi F., De Rossi E., Riccardi G. (2005) Glutamine amidotransferase activity of NAD+ synthetase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on an amino-terminal nitrilase domain. Res. Microbiol. 156: 173-177.
• Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., De Rossi E., Zara F., Riccardi G. (2005) The mmpL7 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for isoniazid efflux in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49: 4775-4777.
• De Rossi E., Ainsa J.A., Riccardi G. (2006) Role of mycobacterial efflux transporters in drug resistance: an unresolved question. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 30: 36-52.
• Ramón-García S., Martín C., Aínsa J.A., De Rossi E. (2006) Characterization of tetracycline resistance mediated by the efflux pump Tap from Mycobacterium fortuitum. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 57: 252-259.
• Guglierame P., Pasca M.R., De Rossi E., Buroni S., Arrigo P., Manina G., and Riccardi G. (2006) Efflux pump genes of the resistance-nodulation-division family in Burkholderia cenocepacia genome. BMC Microbiol. 6: 66-79.
• Buroni S., Manina G., Guglierame P., Pasca M.R., Riccardi G., De Rossi E. (2006) LfrR is a repressor that regulates expression of the efflux pump LfrA in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 50: 4044-4052.
• Ramón-García S., Martín C., De Rossi E., Aínsa J.A. (2007) Contribution of the Rv2333c efflux pump (the Stp protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis to intrinsic antibiotic resistance in M. bovis BCG. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 59: 544-547.
• Biava M., Porretta G.C., Poce G., De Logu A., Saddi M., Meleddu R., Manetti F., De Rossi E., Botta M. (2008) 1,5-diphenyl pyrrole derivatives as antimycobacterial agents. Probing the influence on antimycobacterial activity of lipophilic substituents at the phenyl rings. J. Med. Chem. 51: 3644-3648.
• Makarov V., Manina G., Mikusova K., Möllmann U., Ryabova O., Saint-Joanis B., Dhar N., Pasca M.R., Buroni S., Lucarelli A.P., Milano A., De Rossi E., Belanova M., Bobovska A., Dianiskova P., Kordulakova J., Sala C., Fullam E., Schneider P., McKinney J.D., Brodin P., Christophe T., Waddell S., Butcher P., Albrethsen J., Rosenkrands I., Brosch R., Nandi V., Bharath S., Gaonkar S., Shandil R.K., Balasubramanian V., Balganesh T., Tyagi S., Grosset J., Riccardi G., Cole S.T. (2009) Benzothiazinones kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis by blocking arabinan synthesis. Science 324: 801-804.
• Bellinzoni M., Buroni S., Schaeffer F., Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Alzari P.A. (2009) Structural plasticity and distinct drug-binding modes of LfrR, a mycobacterial efflux pump regulator. J. Bacteriol. 191:7531-7537.
• Biava M., Porretta G.C., Poce G., De Logu A., Meleddu R., De Rossi E., Manetti F., Botta M. (2009) 1,5-Diaryl-2-ethyl pyrrole derivatives as antimycobacterial agents: design, synthesis, and microbiological evaluation. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 44: 4734-4738.
• Manina G., Bellinzoni M., Pasca M.R., Neres J., Milano A., de Jesus A.L., Ribeiro L., Buroni S., Skovierová H., Dianišková P., Mikušová K., Marák J., Makarov V., Giganti D., Haouz A., Lucarelli A.P., Degiacomi G., Piazza A., Chiarelli L.R., De Rossi E., Salina E., Cole S.T., Alzari P.M., Riccardi G. (2010) Biological and structural characterization of the Mycobacterium smegmatis nitroreductase NfnB, and its role in benzothiazinone resistance. Mol. Microbiol. 77: 1172-1185.
• Manina G., Pasca M.R., Buroni S., De Rossi E., Riccardi G. (2010) Decaprenylphosphoryl-beta-D-ribose 2'-epimerase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a magic drug target. Curr. Med. Chem. 17: 3099-3108.
• La Rosa V., Poce G., Ortiz Canseco J., Buroni S., Pasca M.R., Biava M., Raju R.M., Porretta G.C., Alfonso S., Battilocchio C., Javid B., Sorrentino F., Ioerger T.R., Sacchettini J.C., Manetti F., Botta M., De Logu A., Rubin E.J., De Rossi E. (2012) MmpL3 is the cellular target of the antitubercular pyrrole derivative BM212. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 56: 324-331.
• Ramón-García S., Mick V., Dainese E., Martín C., Thompson C.J., De Rossi E., Manganelli R., Aínsa J.A. (2012) Functional and genetic characterization of the Tap efflux pump in Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 56: 2074-2083.
• Neres J., Pojer F., Molteni E., Chiarelli L.R., Dhar N., Boy-Röttger S., Buroni S., Fullam E., Degiacomi G., Lucarelli A.P., Read R.J., Zanoni G., Edmondson D.E., De Rossi E., M.R. Pasca, McKinney J.D., Dyson P.J., Riccardi G., Mattevi A., Cole S.T., Binda C. (2012) Structural basis for benzothiazinone-mediated killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science Trans. Med. 4:150ra121.
• Poce G., Bates R.H., Alfonso S., Cocozza M., Porretta G.C., Ballell L., Rullas J., Ortega F., De Logu A., Agus E., La Rosa V., Pasca M.R., De Rossi E., Wae B., Franzblau S.G., Manetti F., Botta M., Biava M. (2013) Improved BM212 MmpL3 inhibitor analogue shows efficacy in acute murine model of tuberculosis infection. PLoS One. 8(2):e56980.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Della Valle G. and Ciferri O. (1985) Cloning of the glutamine synthetase gene from Spirulina platensis. Plant Mol. Biol. 4: 133-136.
• De Rossi E., Riccardi G., Sanangelantoni A.M. and Ciferri O. (1985) Construction of a cosmid library of Spirulina platensis as an approach to DNA physical mapping. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 30: 239-244.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Nielsen E. and De Felice M. (1988) Detection and characterization of acetohydroxy acid synthase in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 45: 13-17.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Milano A. and De Felice M. (1988) Mutants of Spirulina platensis resistant to valine inhibition. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 45: 18-23.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1989) Plasmid screening in thermophilic Bacillus: physical characterization and molecular cloning. Curr. Microbiol. 19: 13-19.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E. and Milano A. (1989) Amino acid biosynthesis and its regulation in cyanobacteria. Plant Science 63: 135-151.
• Riccardi G., Milano A., De Rossi E., Malfatti C. and De Felice M. (1990) Amino acid biosynthesis in Spirulina. In: Biosynthesis of Branched-Chain Amino Acids (Barak Z., Chipman D.M. and Schloss J.V., eds.). VCH Publishers (Weinheim), pp. 193-197.
• Brigidi P., De Rossi E., Bertarini M.L., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1990) Genetic transformation of intact cells of Bacillus subtilis by electroporation. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 67: 135-138.
• Riccardi G., De Rossi E., Milano A., Forlani G. and De Felice M. (1991) Molecular cloning of Spirulina platensis acetohydroxy acid synthase genes in Escherichia coli. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 360-365.
• Forlani G., Riccardi G., De Rossi E. and De Felice M. (1991) Biochemical evidences for multiple forms of acetohydroxy acid synthase in Spirulina platensis. Arch. Microbiol. 155: 298-302.
• Brigidi P., De Rossi E., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1991) A highly efficient electroporation system for transformation of Bacillus licheniformis. Biotech. Techniques 5: 5-8.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Rossi M., Matteuzzi D. and Riccardi G. (1991) Characterization of Gram-positive broad-host range plasmids carrying a thermophilic replicon. Res. Microbiol. 142: 389-396.
• Parini C., Fortina M.G., De Rossi E., Manachini P.L. and Riccardi G. (1991) Detection and characterization of naturally occurring plasmids in Bacillus licheniformis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 81: 323-334.
• De Rossi E., Milano A., Brigidi P., Bini F. and Riccardi G. (1992) Structural organization of pBC1, a cryptic plasmid from Bacillus coagulans. J. Bacteriol. 174: 638-642.
• Bini F., De Rossi E., Barbierato L. and Riccardi G. (1992) Molecular cloning and sequencing of the β-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene from the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138: 493-498.
• Milano A., De Rossi E., Zanaria E., Barbierato L., Ciferri O. and Riccardi G. (1992) Molecular characterization of the genes encoding acetohydroxy acid synthase in the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138: 1399-1408.
• Ciferri O., Tiboni O., Riccardi G., Sanangelantoni A.M., De Rossi E., Milano A. and Di Pasquale G. (1993) Mutants, genes, and phylogeny of Spirulina platensis. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 12: 25-29.
• De Rossi E., Brigidi P., Welker N.E., Riccardi G. and Matteuzzi D. (1994) New shuttle vector for cloning in Bacillus stearothermophilus. Res. Microbiol. 145: 579-583.
• De Rossi E., Leva R., Gusberti L., Manachini P.L. and Riccardi G. (1995) Cloning, sequence and expression of the ilvBNC gene cluster from Streptomyces avermitilis. Gene 166: 127-132.
• Milano A., De Rossi E., Gusberti L., Marone P., Heym, B. and Riccardi G. (1996) The katE gene, which encodes the catalase HPII of Mycobacterium avium. Mol. Microbiol. 19: 113-123.
• Cantoni R., Labò M., De Rossi E. and Riccardi G. (1996) Sequence of the Bacillus stearothermophilus gene encoding aspartokinase II. Gene 196: 135-136.
• Salazar L., Fsihi H., De Rossi E., Riccardi G., Rios C., Cole S.T. and Takiff H.E. (1996) Organization of the origins of replication of the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and isolation of a functional origin from M. smegmatis. Mol. Microbiol. 20: 283-293.
• Gusberti L., Cantoni R., De Rossi E., Branzoni M. and Riccardi G. (1996) Cloning and sequencing of the ilvBNC gene cluster from Mycobacterium avium. Gene 177: 83-85.
• Fsihi H., De Rossi E., Salazar L., Cantoni R., Labò M., Riccardi G., Takiff H.E., Eiglmeier K., Bergh S. and Cole S. (1996) Gene arrangement and organisation in ~ 76 kilobase fragment encompassing oriC region of the chromosome of Mycobacterium leprae. Microbiology 142: 3147-3161.
• Labò M., Gusberti L., De Rossi E., Speziale P. and Riccardi G. (1998) Determination of a 15437 bp nucleotide sequence around the inhA gene of Mycobacterium avium and similarity analysis of the products of putative ORFs. Microbiology 144: 807-814.
• De Rossi E., Blokpoel M.C.J., Cantoni R., Branzoni M., Riccardi G., Young D.B., De Smet K.A.L. and Ciferri O. (1998) Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel tetracycline-resistance determinant, tet(V), from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents and Chemother. 42: 1931-1037.
• De Rossi E., Branzoni M., Cantoni R., Milano A., Riccardi G. and Ciferri O. (1998) mmr, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene conferring resistance to small cationic dyes and inhibitors. J. Bacteriol. 180: 6068-6071.
• Sander P., De Rossi E., Boddinghaus B., Cantoni R., Branzoni M., Boettger E.C., Takiff H., Rodriquez R., Lopez G. and Riccardi G. (2000) Contribution of the multidrug efflux pump LfrA to innate mycobacterial drug resistance. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 193: 19-23.
• Bellinzoni M., De Rossi E., Branzoni M., Milano A., Peverali F.A., Rizzi M. and Riccardi G. (2002) Heterologous expression, purification, and enzymatic activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis NAD+ synthetase. Protein Expr. Purif. 25: 547-557.
• De Rossi E., Arrigo P., Bellinzoni M., Silva P.A., Martin C., Ainsa J.A., Guglierame P. and Riccardi G. (2002) The multidrug transporters belonging to major facilitator superfamily in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol. Med. 8: 714-724.
• Visai L., De Rossi E., Valtulina V., Casolini F., Rindi S., Guglierame P., Pietrocola G., Bellotti V., Riccardi G. and Speziale P. (2003) Identification and characterization of a new ligand-binding site in FnbB, a fibronectin-binding adhesin from Streptococcus dysgalactiae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1646: 173-183.
• De Rossi E. and Ciferri O. (2003) The microbial flora of naturally-aged silk fibroin. pp. 267-270. In: Saiz-Jimenez, C. (Ed.), Molecular Biology and Cultural Heritage. A.A.Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands.
• Terwilliger T.C., Park M.S., Waldo G.S., Berendzen J., Hung L.W., Kim C.Y., Smith C.V., Sacchettini J.C., Bellinzoni M., Bossi R., De Rossi E., Mattevi A., Milano A., Riccardi G., Rizzi M., Roberts M.M., Coker A.R., Fossati G., Mascagni P., Coates A.R., Wood S.P., Goulding C.W., Apostol M.I., Anderson D.H., Gill H.S., Eisenberg D.S., Taneja B., Mande S., Pohl E., Lamzin V., Tucker P., Wilmanns M., Colovos C., Meyer-Klaucke W., Munro A.W., McLean K.J., Marshall K.R., Leys D., Yang J.K., Yoon H.J., Lee B.I., Lee M.G., Kwak J.E., Han B.W., Lee J.Y., Baek S.H., Suh S.W., Komen M.M., Arcus V.L., Baker E.N., Lott J.S., Jacobs W. Jr, Alber T. and Rupp B. (2003) The TB structural genomics consortium: a resource for Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology. Tuberculosis 83: 223-249.
• Ciferri O., Becker M.E. and De Rossi E. (2003) Characterization of bacteria isolated from naturally aged silk fibroin. pp. 190-207. In: Koestler, R.J., Koestler, V.R., Charola, A.E. and Nieto-Fernandez, F.E. (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., Arcesi F., Bellinzoni M., De Rossi E. and Riccardi G. (2004) Rv2686c-2687c-2688c, an ABC fluoroquinolone efflux pump in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48: 3175-3178.
• Bellinzoni M., Buroni S., Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., Arcesi F., De Rossi E., Riccardi G. (2005) Glutamine amidotransferase activity of NAD+ synthetase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on an amino-terminal nitrilase domain. Res. Microbiol. 156: 173-177.
• Pasca M.R., Guglierame P., De Rossi E., Zara F., Riccardi G. (2005) The mmpL7 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for isoniazid efflux in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49: 4775-4777.
• De Rossi E., Ainsa J.A., Riccardi G. (2006) Role of mycobacterial efflux transporters in drug resistance: an unresolved question. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 30: 36-52.
• Ramón-García S., Martín C., Aínsa J.A., De Rossi E. (2006) Characterization of tetracycline resistance mediated by the efflux pump Tap from Mycobacterium fortuitum. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 57: 252-259.
• Guglierame P., Pasca M.R., De Rossi E., Buroni S., Arrigo P., Manina G., and Riccardi G. (2006) Efflux pump genes of the resistance-nodulation-division family in Burkholderia cenocepacia genome. BMC Microbiol. 6: 66-79.
• Buroni S., Manina G., Guglierame P., Pasca M.R., Riccardi G., De Rossi E. (2006) LfrR is a repressor that regulates expression of the efflux pump LfrA in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 50: 4044-4052.
• Ramón-García S., Martín C., De Rossi E., Aínsa J.A. (2007) Contribution of the Rv2333c efflux pump (the Stp protein) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis to intrinsic antibiotic resistance in M. bovis BCG. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 59: 544-547.
• Biava M., Porretta G.C., Poce G., De Logu A., Saddi M., Meleddu R., Manetti F., De Rossi E., Botta M. (2008) 1,5-diphenyl pyrrole derivatives as antimycobacterial agents. Probing the influence on antimycobacterial activity of lipophilic substituents at the phenyl rings. J. Med. Chem. 51: 3644-3648.
• Makarov V., Manina G., Mikusova K., Möllmann U., Ryabova O., Saint-Joanis B., Dhar N., Pasca M.R., Buroni S., Lucarelli A.P., Milano A., De Rossi E., Belanova M., Bobovska A., Dianiskova P., Kordulakova J., Sala C., Fullam E., Schneider P., McKinney J.D., Brodin P., Christophe T., Waddell S., Butcher P., Albrethsen J., Rosenkrands I., Brosch R., Nandi V., Bharath S., Gaonkar S., Shandil R.K., Balasubramanian V., Balganesh T., Tyagi S., Grosset J., Riccardi G., Cole S.T. (2009) Benzothiazinones kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis by blocking arabinan synthesis. Science 324: 801-804.
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