Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2025

  • Zamzam, M., Basak, R., Singh, S., Prakash, S., Peesapati, R., Khanday, I., Simonini, S., Grossniklaus, U., & Vijayraghavan, U. (2025). Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy The Plant Journal, 123, e70490. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70490
  • Simonini, S. (2025). Regulation of cell cycle in plant gametes: when is the right time to divide? Development, 152, dev204217. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204217
  • Fu, Y., & Simonini, S. (2025). Chromatin Immunoprecipitation for Standard, Rare, or Weakly Binding Proteins Methods in Molecular Biology, 2873, 93–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4228-3_6

• 2024

  • Manrique, S., Cavalleri, A., Guazzotti, A., Villarino, G. H., Simonini, S., Bombarely, A., Higashiyama, T., Grossniklaus, U., Mizzotti, C., Pereira, A. M., Coimbra, S., Sankaranarayanan, S., Onelli, E., Masiero, S., Franks, R. G., & Colombo, L. (2024). HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 Controls Ovule Number Determination and Transmitting Tract Differentiation Plant Physiology, 194, 2117–2135. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad629
  • Simonini, S., Bencivenga, S., & Grossniklaus, U. (2024). A paternal signal induces endosperm proliferation upon fertilization in Arabidopsis Science, 383, 646–653. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj4996

• 2021

  • Simonini, S., Bemer, M., Bencivenga, S., Gagliardini, V., Pires, N. D., Desvoyes, B., van der Graaff, E., Gutierrez, C., & Grossniklaus, U. (2021). The Polycomb group protein MEDEA controls cell proliferation and embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis Developmental Cell, 56, 1945-1960.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2021.06.004

• 2020

  • Arribas-Hernández, L., Simonini, S., Hansen, M. H., Paredes, E. B., Bressendorff, S., Dong, Y., Østergaard, L., & Brodersen, P. (2020). Recurrent requirement for the m6A-ECT2/ECT3/ECT4 axis in the control of cell proliferation during plant organogenesis Development, 147, dev189134. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.189134
  • Simonini, S., Bemer, M., Bencivenga, S., Gagliardini, V., Pires, N. D., Desvoyes, B., van der Graaff, E., Gutierrez, C., & Grossniklaus, U. (2020). The Polycomb group protein MEDEA controls cell proliferation and embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis (No. 338707; BioRxiv). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.13.338707

• 2019

  • Chung, Y., Zhu, Y., Wu, M.-F., Simonini, S., Kuhn, A., Armenta-Medina, A., Jin, R., Østergaard, L., Gillmor, C. S., & Wagner, D. (2019). Auxin Response Factors promote organogenesis by chromatin-mediated repression of the pluripotency gene SHOOTMERISTEMLESS Nature Communications, 10, 886. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08861-3
  • Simonini, S., & Østergaard, L. (2019). Female reproductive organ formation: A multitasking endeavor Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 131, 337–371. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2018.10.004

• 2018

  • Simonini, S., Mas, P. J., Mas, C. M. V. S., Østergaard, L., & Hart, D. J. (2018). Auxin sensing is a property of an unstructured domain in the Auxin Response Factor ETTIN of Arabidopsis thaliana Scientific Reports, 8, 13563. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31634-9
  • Simonini, S., Stephenson, P., & Østergaard, L. (2018). A molecular framework controlling style morphology in Brassicaceae Development, 145, dev158105. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.158105

• 2017

  • Simonini, S., Bencivenga, S., Trick, M., & Østergaard, L. (2017). Auxin-Induced Modulation of ETTIN Activity Orchestrates Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Plant Cell, 29, 1864–1882. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00389

• 2016

  • Simonini, S., Deb, J., Moubayidin, L., Stephenson, P., Valluru, M., Freire-Rios, A., Sorefan, K., Weijers, D., Friml, J., & Østergaard, L. (2016). A noncanonical auxin-sensing mechanism is required for organ morphogenesis in Arabidopsis Genes and Development, 30, 2286–2296. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.285361.116

• 2014

  • Simonini, S., & Kater, M. M. (2014). Class I BASIC PENTACYSTEINE factors regulate HOMEOBOX genes involved in meristem size maintenance Journal of Experimental Botany, 65, 1455–1465. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru003

• 2013

  • Galbiati, F., Sinha Roy, D., Simonini, S., Cucinotta, M., Ceccato, L., Cuesta, C., Simaskova, M., Benkova, E., Kamiuchi, Y., Aida, M., Weijers, D., Simon, R., Masiero, S., & Colombo, L. (2013). An integrative model of the control of ovule primordia formation The Plant Journal, 76, 446–455. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12309
  • Gregis, V., Andrés, F., Sessa, A., Guerra, R. F., Simonini, S., Mateos, J. L., Torti, S., Zambelli, F., Prazzoli, G. M., Bjerkan, K. N., Grini, P. E., Pavesi, G., Colombo, L., Coupland, G., & Kater, M. M. (2013). Identification of pathways directly regulated by SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE during vegetative and reproductive development in Arabidopsis Genome Biology, 14, R56. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-r56
  • Lindner, M., Simonini, S., Kooiker, M., Gagliardini, V., Somssich, M., Hohenstatt, M., Simon, R., Grossniklaus, U., & Kater, M. M. (2013). TAF13 interacts with PRC2 members and is essential for Arabidopsis seed development Developmental Biology, 379, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.005

• 2012

  • Simonini, S., Roig-Villanova, I., Gregis, V., Colombo, B., Colombo, L., & Kater, M. 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, 4163–4172. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.103952
  • Bencivenga, S., Simonini, S., Benková, E., & Colombo, L. (2012). The transcription factors BEL1 and SPL are required for cytokinin and auxin signaling during ovule development in Arabidopsis Plant Cell, 24, 2886–2897. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.100164