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Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura: Roma, Lazio, IT

2000-02-01 to present | Researcher
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Roberto Ambra

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia: Roma, Lazio, IT

1995-01-01 to 2000-01-31 | PhD Student
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Roberto Ambra

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Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza: Roma, Lazio, IT

1990 to 1994 | Biology
Education
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Roberto Ambra

Works (45)

Botanical Origin, Phytochemical Profile, and Antioxidant Activity of Bee Pollen from the Mila Region, Algeria

Antioxidants
2025-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/antiox14030291
Contributors: Nassiba Boulfous ; Hakima Belattar; Roberto Ambra; Gianni Pastore; Asma Ghorab
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Reply to Rayman et al. Comment on “Ambra et al. Could Selenium Supplementation Prevent COVID-19? A Comprehensive Review of Available Studies. <i>Molecules</i> 2023, <i>28</i>, 4130”

Molecules
2024-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112468
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Sahara Melloni; Eugenia Venneria
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Development of a Sensitive, Easy and High-Throughput Compliant Protocol for Maize and Soybean DNA Extraction and Quantitation Using a Plant-Specific Universal Taqman Minor Groove Binder Probe

Genes
2023-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/genes14091797
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Marco Marcelli; Fabio D'Orso
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The Fate of Chlorophylls in Alkali-Treated Green Table Olives: A Review

Molecules
2023-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186673
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Gianni Pastore; Fausta Natella
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Could Selenium Supplementation Prevent COVID-19? A Comprehensive Review of Available Studies

Molecules
2023-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104130
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Sahara Melloni; Eugenia Venneria
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The Fate of the Chlorophyll Derivatives in Olives Preserved and/or Packaged in Presence of Exogenous Copper

Molecules
2023-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104250
Contributors: Fausta Natella; Gianni Pastore; Altero Aguzzi; Paolo Gabrielli; Nicoletta Nardo; Roberto Ambra
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Unraveling the Effects of Carotenoids Accumulation in Human Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Antioxidants
2022-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081463
Contributors: Alessandra DI MASI; Rosario Luigi Sessa; Ylenia Cerrato; Gianni Pastore; Barbara Guantario; Roberto Ambra; Michael Di Gioacchino; Armida SODO; Martina Verri; Pierfilippo Crucitti et al.
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A Review of the Effects of Olive Oil-Cooking on Phenolic Compounds

Molecules
2022-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030661
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Sabrina Lucchetti; Gianni Pastore
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The Role of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds on the Impact of Beer on Health

Molecules
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020486
Contributors: Roberto Ambra; Gianni Pastore; Sabrina Lucchetti
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Antiangiogenic effect of alkaloids

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9475908
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2-s2.0-85067537186
Contributors: Alasvand, M.; Assadollahi, V.; Ambra, R.; Hedayati, E.; Kooti, W.; Peluso, I.
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MAPK signalling pathway in cancers: Olive products as cancer preventive and therapeutic agents

Seminars in Cancer Biology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.09.002
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2-s2.0-85029573908
Contributors: Peluso, I.; Yarla, N.S.; Ambra, R.; Pastore, G.; Perry, G.
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S. Giovanni Varieties (Pyrus communis L.): Antioxidant properties and phytochemical characteristics

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6714103
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2-s2.0-85069291964
Contributors: Azzini, E.; Maiani, G.; Durazzo, A.; Foddai, M.S.; Intorre, F.; Venneria, E.; Forte, V.; Lucchetti, S.; Ambra, R.; Pastore, G. et al.
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A simple microsatellite-based method for hazelnut oil DNA analysis

Food Chemistry
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.107
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2-s2.0-85038217096
Contributors: Lucchetti, S.; Pastore, G.; Leoni, G.; Arima, S.; Merendino, N.; Baima, S.; Ambra, R.
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Effects of peeling and/or toasting on the presence of tocopherols and phenolic compounds in four Italian hazelnut cultivars

European Food Research and Technology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-017-3028-6
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2-s2.0-85040240702
Contributors: Lucchetti, S.; Ambra, R.; Pastore, G.
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Genetic polymorphisms and zinc status: Implications for supplementation in metabolic diseases

Current Pharmaceutical Design
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2174/1381612824666181016155903
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2-s2.0-85061161305
Contributors: Virgili, F.; Ambra, R.; McCormack, J.; Simpson, E.E.A.; Ciarapica, D.; Barnaba, L.; Azzini, E.; Polito, A.
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Redox role of lactobacillus casei shirota against the cellular damage induced by 2,2'-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride-induced oxidative and inflammatory stress in enterocytes-like epithelial cells

Frontiers in Immunology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01131
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2-s2.0-85047498911
Contributors: Finamore, A.; Ambra, R.; Nobili, F.; Garaguso, I.; Raguzzini, A.; Serafini, M.
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Effect of partial substitution of sodium with potassium chloride in the fermenting brine on organoleptic characteristics and bioactive molecules occurrence in table olives debittered using Spanish and Castelvetrano methods

International Journal of Food Science and Technology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.13319
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2-s2.0-85007425757
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Lucchetti, S.; Moneta, E.; Peparaio, M.; Nardo, N.; Baiamonte, I.; Di Costanzo, M.G.; Saggia Civitelli, E.; Pastore, G.
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Phenolics fate in table olives (Olea europaea L. cv. Nocellara del Belice) debittered using the Spanish and Castelvetrano methods

Food Research International
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.07.027
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2-s2.0-85024503593
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Natella, F.; Bello, C.; Lucchetti, S.; Forte, V.; Pastore, G.
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Tocotrienols: A family of molecules with specific biological activities

Antioxidants
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/antiox6040093
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2-s2.0-85036509742
Contributors: Comitato, R.; Ambra, R.; Virgili, F.
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α-Tocopherol, β-carotene, lutein, squalene and secoiridoids in seven monocultivar Italian extra-virgin olive oils

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2016.1265099
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2-s2.0-85003953002
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Natella, F.; Lucchetti, S.; Forte, V.; Pastore, G.
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Nanomolar caffeic acid decreases glucose uptake and the effects of high glucose in endothelial cells

PLoS ONE
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142421
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2-s2.0-84952684646
Contributors: Natarelli, L.; Ranaldi, G.; Leoni, G.; Roselli, M.; Guantario, B.; Comitato, R.; Ambra, R.; Cimino, F.; Speciale, A.; Virgili, F. et al.
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Transcriptome analysis of human primary endothelial cells (HUVEC) from umbilical cords of gestational diabetic mothers reveals candidate sites for an epigenetic modulation of specific gene expression

Genomics
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.03.003
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2-s2.0-84902124010
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Manca, S.; Palumbo, M.C.; Leoni, G.; Natarelli, L.; De Marco, A.; Consoli, A.; Pandolfi, A.; Virgili, F.
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Oxidative stress activation of miR-125b is part of the molecular switch for Hailey-Hailey disease manifestation

Experimental Dermatology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01359.x
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2-s2.0-80054118982
Contributors: Manca, S.; Magrelli, A.; Cialfi, S.; Lefort, K.; Ambra, R.; Alimandi, M.; Biolcati, G.; Uccelletti, D.; Palleschi, C.; Screpanti, I. et al.
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Red wine metabolites modulate NF-κB, activator protein-1 and cAMP response element-binding proteins in human endothelial cells

British Journal of Nutrition
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992479
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2-s2.0-77950361954
Contributors: Canali, R.; Comitato, R.; Ambra, R.; Virgili, F.
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Tocotrienols activity in MCF-7 breast cancer cells: Involvement of ERβ signal transduction

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200900383
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2-s2.0-77952405283
Contributors: Comitato, R.; Leoni, G.; Canali, R.; Ambra, R.; Nesaretnam, K.; Virgili, F.
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A novel mechanism of natural vitamin E tocotrienol activity: Involvement of ERβ signal transduction

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00187.2009
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2-s2.0-68049093874
Contributors: Comitato, R.; Nesaretnam, K.; Leoni, G.; Ambra, R.; Canali, R.; Bolli, A.; Marino, M.; Virgili, F.
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Assessment of the nutritional values of genetically modified wheat, corn, and tomato crops

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jf8010992
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2-s2.0-54449094483
Contributors: Venneria, E.; Fanasca, S.; Monastra, G.; Finotti, E.; Ambra, R.; Azzini, E.; Durazzo, A.; Foddai, M.S.; Maiani, G.
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Intestinal and peripheral immune response to MON810 maize ingestion in weaning and old mice

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jf802059w
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2-s2.0-58949104769
Contributors: Finamore, A.; Roselli, M.; Britti, S.; Monastra, G.; Ambra, R.; Turrini, A.; Mengheri, E.
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A novel model to study the biological effects of red wine at the molecular level

British Journal of Nutrition
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507657870
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2-s2.0-34250312004
Contributors: Canali, R.; Ambra, R.; Stelitano, C.; Mattivi, F.; Scaccini, C.; Virgili, F.
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Effect of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside on UVB-induced response in human keratinocytes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jf060253x
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2-s2.0-33745508515
Contributors: Cimino, F.; Ambra, R.; Canali, R.; Saija, A.; Virgili, F.
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Genistein affects the expression of genes involved in blood pressure regulation and angiogenesis in primary human endothelial cells

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.03.003
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2-s2.0-33645960111
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Rimbach, G.; De Pascual Teresa, S.; Fuchs, D.; Wenzel, U.; Daniel, H.; Virgili, F.
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Antioxidant and gene regulatory properties of procyanidins

Nutrigenomics
2005 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-33845982730
Contributors: Canali, R.; Ambra, R.; Virgili, F.; Gulati, O.
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Proteome analysis for identification of target proteins of genistein in primary human endothelial cells stressed with oxidized LDL or homocysteine

European Journal of Nutrition
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-004-0499-6
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2-s2.0-15244359228
Contributors: Fuchs, D.; De Pascual-Teresa, S.; Rimbach, G.; Virgili, F.; Ambra, R.; Turner, R.; Daniel, H.; Wenzel, U.
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Characterization of the hsp70 response in lymphoblasts from aged and centenarian subjects and differential effects of in vitro zinc supplementation

Experimental Gerontology
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.07.009
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2-s2.0-6944252403
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Mocchegiani, E.; Giacconi, R.; Canali, R.; Rinna, A.; Malavolta, M.; Virgili, F.
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Nutritional flavonoids modulate estrogen receptor α signaling

IUBMB Life
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15216540410001685083
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2-s2.0-2542463153
Contributors: Virgili, F.; Acconcia, F.; Ambra, R.; Rinna, A.; Totta, P.; Marino, M.
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Photomorphogenesis in the hypogeous fungus Tuber borchii: Isolation and characterization of Tbwc-1, the homologue of the blue-light photoreceptor of Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.02.004
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2-s2.0-2942616861
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Grimaldi, B.; Zamboni, S.; Filetici, P.; Macino, G.; Ballario, P.
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Pycnogenol® in cancer chemoprevention

Phytopharmaceuticals in Cancer Chemoprevention
2004 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85056673775
Contributors: Virgili, F.; Ambra, R.; Canali, R.; Gulati, O.
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Tocotrienol-rich fraction from palm oil affects gene expression in tumors resulting from MCF-7 cell inoculation in athymic mice

Lipids
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-004-1251-1
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2-s2.0-4544324946
Contributors: Nesaretnam, K.; Ambra, R.; Selvaduray, K.R.; Radhakrishnan, A.; Reimann, K.; Razak, G.; Virgili, F.
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Tocotrienol-rich fraction from palm oil and gene expression in human breast cancer cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2004 | Book
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1331.014
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2-s2.0-14944340238
Contributors: Nesaretnam, K.; Ambra, R.; Selvaduray, K.R.; Radhakrishnan, A.; Canali, R.; Virgili, F.
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Effect of oxidized low-density lipoprotein on differential gene expression in primary human endothelial cells

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037395492
Contributors: Virgili, F.; Ambra, R.; Muratori, F.; Natella, F.; Majewicz, J.; Minihane, A.-M.; Rimbach, G.
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Selective changes in DNA binding activity of transcription factors in UM-X7.1 cardiomyopathic hamsters

Life Sciences
2002 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02020-9
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2-s2.0-0037019871
Contributors: Ambra, R.; Di Nardo, P.; Fantini, C.; Minieri, M.; Canali, R.; Natella, F.; Virgili, F.
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Cloning and characterization of PKC-homologous genes in the truffle species Tuber borchii and Tuber magnatum

FEMS Microbiology Letters
2000 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00250-0
EID:

2-s2.0-0034255916
Contributors: Ambra, R.; MacIno, G.
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Effects of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition on cell death and chromosome damage induced by VP16 and bleomycin

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
1998 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1998)32:1<56::AID-EM7>3.0.CO;2-9
EID:

2-s2.0-0031926772
Contributors: D'Agnano, I.; Antonelli, A.; Bucci, B.; Marcucci, L.; Petrinelli, P.; Ambra, R.; Zupi, G.; Elli, R.
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Effects of topoisomerase II inhibition in lymphoblasts from patients with progeroid and "chromosome instability" syndromes

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
1996 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00294-4
EID:

2-s2.0-0029917980
Contributors: Elli, R.; Chessa, L.; Antonelli, A.; Petrinelli, P.; Ambra, R.; Marcucci, L.
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VP16 hypersensitivity and increased faulty recombination in ataxia telangiectasia lymphocytes characterized by the tandem translocation t(14;14)(q11;q32)

Carcinogenesis
1996 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.2.203
EID:

2-s2.0-0029878426
Contributors: Petrinelli, P.; Elli, R.; Marcucci, L.; Barbieri, C.; Ambra, R.; Antonelli, A.
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