pySolo: a complete suite for sleep analysis in Drosophila

Bioinformatics. 2009 Jun 1; 25: 1466-1467 pySolo: a complete suite for sleep analysis in Drosophila Gilestro GF., Cirelli C. Summary: pySolo is a multi-platform software for analysis of sleep and locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster. pySolo provides a user-friendly graphic interface and it has been developed with the specific aim of being accessible, portable, fast [...]

Redundant mechanisms for regulation of midline crossing in Drosophila

PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3798. Epub 2008 Nov 24. Redundant mechanisms for regulation of midline crossing in Drosophila. Gilestro GF. Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria. During development, all neurons have to decide on whether to cross the longitudinal midline to project on the contralateral side of the body. In vertebrates and invertebrates regulation of crossing [...]

Regulation of commissural axon pathfinding by slit and its Robo receptors

Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2006;22:651-75. Regulation of commissural axon pathfinding by slit and its Robo receptors. Dickson BJ, Gilestro GF. Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), A-1030 Vienna, Austria. Commissural axons grow along complex pathways toward, across, and beyond the midline of the central nervous system. Taking commissural axons in the vertebrate spinal cord [...]

Plexin-B3 is a functional receptor for semaphorin 5A

EMBO Rep. 2004 Jul;5(7):710-4. Epub 2004 Jun 25. Artigiani S, Conrotto P, Fazzari P, Gilestro GF, Barberis D, Giordano S, Comoglio PM, Tamagnone L. Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino–Medical School, 10060 Candiolo (TO), Italy. Semaphorins are a large family of molecular cues implicated in neural development and in a variety [...]