Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2024

  • Manrique, Silvia; Cavalleri, Alex; Guazzotti, Andrea; Villarino, Gonzalo H; Simonini, Sara; Bombarely, Aureliano; Higashiyama, Tetsuya; Grossniklaus, Ueli; Mizzotti, Chiara; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Silvia; Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian; Onelli, Elisabetta; Masiero, Simona; Franks, Robert G; Colombo, Lucia (2024). HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 Controls Ovule Number Determination and Transmitting Tract Differentiation. Plant Physiology, 194(4):2117-2135.
  • Simonini, Sara; Bencivenga, Stefano; Grossniklaus, Ueli (2024). A paternal signal induces endosperm proliferation upon fertilization in Arabidopsis. Science, 383(6683):646-653.

• 2021

  • Simonini, Sara; Bemer, Marian; Bencivenga, Stefano; Gagliardini, Valeria; Pires, Nuno D; Desvoyes, Bénédicte; van der Graaff, Eric; Gutierrez, Crisanto; Grossniklaus, Ueli (2021). The Polycomb group protein MEDEA controls cell proliferation and embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, 56(13):1945-1960.e7.

• 2020

  • Arribas-Hernández, Laura; Simonini, Sara; Hansen, Mathias Henning; Paredes, Esther Botterweg; Bressendorff, Simon; Dong, Yang; Østergaard, Lars; Brodersen, Peter (2020). Recurrent requirement for the m6A-ECT2/ECT3/ECT4 axis in the control of cell proliferation during plant organogenesis. Development, 147:dev189134.
  • Simonini, Sara; Bemer, Marian; Bencivenga, Stefano; Gagliardini, Valeria; Pires, Nuno D; Desvoyes, Bénédicte; van der Graaff, Eric; Gutierrez, Crisanto; Grossniklaus, Ueli (2020). The Polycomb group protein MEDEA controls cell proliferation and embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv 338707, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

• 2019

  • Chung, Yuhee; Zhu, Yang; Wu, Miin-Feng; Simonini, Sara; Kuhn, Andre; Armenta-Medina, Alma; Jin, Run; Østergaard, Lars; Gillmor, C Stewart; Wagner, Doris (2019). Auxin Response Factors promote organogenesis by chromatin-mediated repression of the pluripotency gene SHOOTMERISTEMLESS. Nature Communications, 10(1):886.
  • Simonini, Sara; Østergaard, Lars (2019). Female reproductive organ formation: A multitasking endeavor. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 131:337-371.

• 2018

  • Simonini, Sara; Mas, Philippe J; Mas, Caroline M V S; Østergaard, Lars; Hart, Darren J (2018). Auxin sensing is a property of an unstructured domain in the Auxin Response Factor ETTIN of Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports, 8(1):13563.
  • Simonini, Sara; Stephenson, Pauline; Østergaard, Lars (2018). A molecular framework controlling style morphology in Brassicaceae. Development, 145(5):dev158105.

• 2017

  • Simonini, Sara; Bencivenga, Stefano; Trick, Martin; Østergaard, Lars (2017). Auxin-Induced Modulation of ETTIN Activity Orchestrates Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 29(8):1864-1882.

• 2016

  • Simonini, Sara; Deb, Joyita; Moubayidin, Laila; Stephenson, Pauline; Valluru, Manoj; Freire-Rios, Alejandra; Sorefan, Karim; Weijers, Dolf; Friml, Jiří; Østergaard, Lars (2016). A noncanonical auxin-sensing mechanism is required for organ morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Genes and Development, 30(20):2286-2296.

• 2014

  • Simonini, Sara; Kater, Martin M (2014). Class I BASIC PENTACYSTEINE factors regulate HOMEOBOX genes involved in meristem size maintenance. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(6):1455-1465.

• 2013

  • Galbiati, Francesca; Sinha Roy, Dola; Simonini, Sara; Cucinotta, Mara; Ceccato, Luca; Cuesta, Candela; Simaskova, Maria; Benkova, Eva; Kamiuchi, Yuri; Aida, Mitsuhiro; Weijers, Dolf; Simon, Rüdiger; Masiero, Simona; Colombo, Lucia (2013). An integrative model of the control of ovule primordia formation. The Plant Journal, 76(3):446-455.
  • Gregis, Veronica; Andrés, Fernando; Sessa, Alice; Guerra, Rosalinda F; Simonini, Sara; Mateos, Julieta L; Torti, Stefano; Zambelli, Federico; Prazzoli, Gian Marco; Bjerkan, Katrine N; Grini, Paul E; Pavesi, Giulio; Colombo, Lucia; Coupland, George; Kater, Martin M (2013). Identification of pathways directly regulated by SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE during vegetative and reproductive development in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology, 14(6):R56.
  • Lindner, Matias; Simonini, Sara; Kooiker, Maarten; Gagliardini, Valeria; Somssich, Marc; Hohenstatt, Mareike; Simon, Rüdiger; Grossniklaus, Ueli; Kater, Martin M (2013). TAF13 interacts with PRC2 members and is essential for Arabidopsis seed development. Developmental Biology, 379(1):28-37.

• 2012

  • Simonini, Sara; Roig-Villanova, Irma; Gregis, Veronica; Colombo, Bilitis; Colombo, Lucia; Kater, Martin M (2012). Basic pentacysteine proteins mediate MADS domain complex binding to the DNA for tissue-specific expression of target genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 24(10):4163-4172.
  • Bencivenga, Stefano; Simonini, Sara; Benková, Eva; Colombo, Lucia (2012). The transcription factors BEL1 and SPL are required for cytokinin and auxin signaling during ovule development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 24(7):2886-2897.