List of recent publications:
J Joseph, G Perrella, R Aiese Cigliano, M Di Marsico, M Canton, E Carrera, L Conti, C Bonghi, S Varotto (2025) Beyond dormancy: organ-specific regulatory networks control winter development in peach buds. Hortic Res, uhaf310 https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf310
W Fang, A Baldini, G Locci, F Battaglia, JD Capò, S Radio, R Aiese Cigliano, L Conti, G Perrella (2025) Histone deacetylase complex 1 facilitates hypocotyl elongation by attenuating acetylation and transcription via a PIF4-dependent process. Cell Rep, 44,8 116027 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116027.
E Fantini, L Daddiego, P Facella, G Perrella, L Bianco, C Fasano, F Alagna, MA Savoia, D Rigano, C Sirignano, O Tagliatela Scarfati, S Pacifico, S Piccolella, L Lopez, F Panara (2025) MYC2 influences rubber and sesquiterpene lactones synthesis in Taraxacum species. Planta, 262, 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-025-04719-9.
G Perrella, E Vellutini, A Beverdige, G Hamilton, P Herzyk, E Kaiserli (2025) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 integrates light signaling and flowering regulatory pathways at the chromatin level. New Phytol, 247: 706-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70213.
A Robustelli Test, G Perrella, B landoni, S Colanero, A Sutti, P Korwin Krukowski, T Xu, E Vellutini, G Castorina, M Galbiati, D Martignago, E Kaiserli, C Tonelli, L Conti (2025) Abscisic acid and GIGANTEA signalling converge to regulate the recruitment of CONSTANS to the FT promoter and activate floral transition. J Ex Bot, eraf199. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf199.
M Biancucci, D Chirivì, A Baldini, E Badenhorst, F Dobetti, B Khahani, E Formentin, T Eguen, F Turck, JP Moore, E Tavakol, S Wenkel, F Lo Schiavo, I Ezquer, V Brambilla, D Horner, M Chiara, G Perrella, C Betti, F Fornara (2025) Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice. Plant Physiol, 197:4 https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf120.
A Baldini, F Battaglia, G Perrella (2025) The generation of novel epialleles in plants: the prospective behind re-shaping the epigenome. Front Plant Sci, 16:1544744 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1544744.
L Conti, G Perrella (2024) MYC2‐SUMO protease feedback loops boost salt tolerance in wheat. New Phytol, 245:6. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20259.
G Perrella, C Fasano, NA Donald, L Daddiego, W Fang, D Martignago, C Carr, L Conti, P Herzyk, and A Amtmann (2024) Histone Deacetylase Complex 1 and histone 1 epigenetically moderate stress responsiveness of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. New Phytol, 241: 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19165.
M Quint, C Delker, S Balasubramanian, M Balcerowicz, JJ Casal, CDM Castroverde, M Chen, X Chen, I De Smet, C Fankhauser, KA Franklin, KJ Halliday, S Hayes, D Jiang, JH Jung, E Kaiserli, S Vinod Kumar, D Maag, E Oh, CM Park, S Penfield, G Perrella, S Prat, RS Reis, PA Wigge, BC Willige, M van Zanten (2023) 25 Years of thermomorphogenesis research: milestones and perspectives. Trends in Plant Sci, 10, 1098-1100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.001.
U Shapulatov, M van Zanten, M van Hoogdalem, M Meisenburg, A van Hall, I Kappers, C Fasano, P Facella, C Cheng Loh, G Perrella, A van der Krol (2023) The Mediator complex subunit MED25 interacts with HDA9 and PIF4 to regulate thermomorphogenesis, Plant Phys, 192,1. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac581.
W Fang, C Fasano, G Perrella Unlocking the Secret to Higher Crop Yield: The Potential for Histone Modifications (2023) Plants, 12, 1712. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12081712.
W Fang, E Vellutini, G Perrella, E Kaiserli (2022) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 regulates phytochrome B abundance and signaling to fine-tune hypocotyl growth, Plant Cell, 34, 11, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac236.
E Patitaki, G Schivre, A Zioutopoulou, G Perrella, C Bourbousse, F Barneche and E Kaiserli (2022) Light, chromatin, action: nuclear events regulating light signaling in Arabidopsis. New Phytol, 236: 333-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18424.
V Azevedo, L Daddiego, MF Cardone, G Perrella, L Sousa, RB Santos, R Malhò, C Bergamini, AD Marsico, A Figuereido, F Alaet al. (2022) Transcriptomic and methylation analysis of susceptible and tolerant grapevine genotypes following Plasmopara viticola infection. Physiologia Plantarum, 174(5), e13771. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13771.
F Panara, C Fasano, L Lopez, A Porceddu, P Facella, E Fantini, L Daddiego, G Perrella (2022) Genome-Wide Identification and Spatial Expression Analysis of Histone Modification Gene Families in the Rubber Dandelion Taraxacum kok-saghyz. Plants, 11, 2077. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162077.
G Perrella, I Bäurle and M van Zanten (2022) Epigenetic regulation of thermomorphogenesis and heat stress tolerance. New Phytol, 234: 1144-1160. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17970.