Biography and Research Interest

The study of multigene families (aspartic proteinases, metallothioneins and receptors).

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Scudiero R., Verde C., Carginale V., Kille P., Capasso C., di Prisco G., Parisi E. "Tissue-specific regulation of metallothionein and metallothionein mRNA accumulation in the Antarctic notothenioid, Notothenia coriiceps" Polar Biol. (2000) 23: 17-23

Capasso C., Lees W. E., Capasso A., Scudiero R., Carginale V., Kille P., Kay J., Parisi E. "Cathepsin D from the liver of the Antarctic icefish Chionodraco hamatus exhibits unusual activity and stability to high temperatures" Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1999) 1431: 64-73

Bargelloni L., Scudiero R., Parisi E., Carginale V., Capasso C., Patarnello T. "Metallothionein in Antarctic fish: evidence for independent duplication and gene conversion" (1999) Mol. Biol. Evol. 16: 885-897

Capasso C., Riggio M., Scudiero R., Carginale V., di Prisco G., Kay J, Kille P., Parisi E. "Molecular cloning and sequence determination of a novel aspartic proteinase from Antarctic fish" Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1998) 1387: 457-461