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1996 - 2005
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        2005
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 Aneuploidy: a matter of bad connections.
       Cimini D., Degrassi F. (2005).
       Trends Cell Biol., 15: 442-451.

 Merotelic kinetochores in mammalian tissue cells.
       Salmon E.D., Cimini D., Cameron L.A., and DeLuca J.G. (2005).
       Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci., 360: 553-568.

 The Mad1/Mad2 complex as a template for Mad2 activation in the spindle assembly checkpoint.
       De Antoni A., Pearson C.G., Cimini D., Canman J.C., Sala V., Nezi L., Mapelli M., Sironi L., Faretta M.,
       Salmon E.D., and Musacchio A. (2005).
       Curr. Biol., 15: 214-225.
       [Cited in Faculty of 1000].

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        2004
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 Anaphase spindle mechanics prevent mis-segregation of merotelically oriented chromosomes.
       Cimini D., Cameron L.A., and Salmon E.D. (2004).
       Curr. Biol., 14: 2149-2155.
       [Dispatch by Tarun M. Kapoor in Curr. Biol., 14: R1011-R1013; Research Roundup article by William A. Wells
       in J. Cell Biol., 168: 10; Cited in Faculty of 1000]

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        2003
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 Merotelic kinetochore orientation occurs frequently during early mitosis in mammalian tissue cells,
       and error correction is achieved by two different mechanisms.

       Cimini D., Moree B., Canman J.C., and Salmon E.D. (2003).
       J. Cell Sci., 116: 4213-4225.
       [Cited in Faculty of 1000]

 Histone hyperacetylation in mitosis prevents sister chromatid separation and produces chromosome
       segregation defects.

       Cimini D., Mattiuzzo M., Torosantucci L., and Degrassi F. (2003).
       Mol. Biol. Cell., 14: 3821-3833.

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        2002
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 Merotelic kinetochore orientation versus chromosome mono-orientation in the origin of lagging
       chromosomes in human primary cells.

       Cimini D., Fioravanti D., Salmon E.D., Degrassi F. (2002).
       J. Cell Sci., 115 (3): 507-515.

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        2001
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 Merotelic kinetochore orientation is a major mechanism of aneuploidy in mitotic mammalian tissue cells.
       Cimini D., Howell B.J., Maddox P., Khodjakov A., Degrassi F., and Salmon E.D. (2001).
       Journal of Cell Biology, 153: 517-527.

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        1999
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 Differences in malsegregation rates obtained by scoring ana-telophases or binucleate cells.
       Cimini D., Tanzarella C., and Degrassi F. (1999).
       Mutagenesis, 14: 563-568.

 A fraction of mouse sperm chromatin is organized in nucleosomal hypersensitive domains enriched
       in retroposon DNA.

       Pittoggi C., Renzi L., Zaccagnini G., Cimini D., Degrassi F., Giordano R., Magnano A.R., Lorenzini R.,
       Lavia P., and Spadafora C. (1999).
       Journal of Cell Science, 112: 3537-3548.

 Analysis of chromosome loss and non-disjunction in cytokinesis-blocked lymphocytes of 24 male subjects.
       Carere A., Antoccia A., Cimini D., Crebelli R., Degrassi F., Leopardi P., Marcon F., Sgura A., Tanzarella C.,
       and Zijno A. (1999).
       Mutagenesis, 14: 491-496.

 Development of animal models for adeno-associated virus site-specific integration.
       Rizzuto G., Gorgoni B., Cappelletti M., Lazzaro D., Gloaguen I., Poli V., Sgura A., Cimini D., Ciliberto G.,
       Cortese R., Fattori E., and La Monica N. (1999).
       J. Virology, 73: 2517-2526.

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        1998
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 Simultaneous inhibition of contractile ring and central spindle formation in mammalian cells
       treated with cytochalasin B.

       Cimini D., Fioravanti D., Tanzarella C., and Degrassi F. (1998).
       Chromosoma, 107: 479-485. [Erratum]

  Targeted integration of adeno-associated virus-derived plasmids in transfected human cells.
       Pieroni L., Fipaldini C., Monciotti A., Cimini D., Sgura A., Fattori E., Epifano O., Cortese R., Palombo F.,
       and La Monica N. (1998).
       Virology, 249: 249-259.

 Genetic effects of petroleum fuels. II. Analysis of chromosome loss and hyperploidy in peripheral
       lymphocytes of gasoline station attendants by fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques.

       Carere A., Antoccia A., Cimini D., Crebelli R., Degrassi F., Leopardi P., Marcon F., Sgura A., Tanzarella C.,
       and Zijno A. (1998).
       Environ. Mol. Mutagenesis, 32: 130-138.

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        1997
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 Topoisomerase II inhibition in mitosis produces numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations
       in human fibroblasts.

       Cimini D., Antoccia A., Tanzarella C., and Degrassi F. (1997).
       Cytogenet. Cell Genet., 76: 61-67.

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        1996
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 The detection and evaluation of aneugenic chemicals.
       Parry J.M., ......., Cimini D., ......., Hess P. (1996).
       Mutat. Res., 353: 11-46.

 Effects of 5-azacytidine on the centromeric region of human fibroblasts studied by CREST staining
       and in situ hybridization on cytokinesis-blocked cells.

       Cimini D., Tanzarella C., and Degrassi F. (1996).
       Cytogenet. Cell Genet., 72: 219-224.