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Publications

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  • Gardini, L., Vignolini, T., Curcio, V., P., Pavone, F.S., and M. Capitanio, Optimization of highly inclined Illumination for diffraction-limited and super-resolution microscopy,  Opt. Express 31, 26208-26225 (2023); doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.492152

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  • Kashchuk, A. V., Perederiy, O., Caldini, C., Gardini, L., Pavone, F.S., Negriyko, A. M. and M. Capitanio, Particle Localization Using Local Gradients and Its Application to Nanometer Stabilization of a Microscope, ACS Nano, 17 (2), 1344-1354; (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09787

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  • Arbore, C., Sergides, M., Gardini, L., Bianco, G., Kashchuk, A., Pertici, I., Bianco, P., Pavone, F.S., and M. Capitanio, α-catenin switches between a slip and an asymmetric catch bond with F-actin to cooperatively regulate cell junction fluidity, Nature Communications 13, 1146 (2022). 

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  • Gardini, L., Woody, M.S., Kashchuk, A.V., Goldman, Y.E., Ostap, E.M., Capitanio, M. High-Speed Optical Traps Address Dynamics of Processive and Non-Processive Molecular Motors. In: Gennerich, A. (eds) Optical Tweezers. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2478. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2229-2_19 (2022)

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  • Casalone, E., Vignolini, T., Braconi, L., Gardini, L., Capitanio, M., Pavone, F.S., Giovannelli, L., Dei, S., Teodori, E., Characterization of substituted piperazines able to reverse MDR in Escherichia coli strains overexpressing resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) efflux pumps, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 413–424 (2022) 

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  • Gardini, L., Kashchuk, A. V., Pavone, F. S., Capitanio, M. “Dissecting Mechanoenzymatic Properties of Processive Myosins with Ultra Force-Clamp Spectroscopy" J. Vis. Exp. e62388, (2021)s 

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  • Sergides, M., Perego, L., Galgani, T., Pavone F.S., and M. Capitanio. “Probing mechanotransduction in living cells by optical tweezers and FRET-based molecular force microscopy”. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 136, 316 (2021). 

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  • Casalone, E. , Vignolini, T., Braconi, L., Gardini, L., Capitanio, M., Pavone, F. S., Dei, S. and E. Teodori, "1-benzyl-1,4-diazepane reduces the efflux of resistance-nodulation-cell division pumps inEscherichia coli", Future Microbiology 15 (11), 987-999 (2020) ​

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  • Arbore, C., Perego, L., Sergides, M., and M. Capitanio,“Probing force in living cells with optical tweezers: from single molecule mechanics to cell mechanotransduction”, Biophysical Reviews 11, 765–782 (2019)

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  • Woody, M.S., Winkelmann, D. A., Capitanio, M., Ostap, M.E., and Y.E. Goldman, “Single molecule mechanics resolves the earliest events in force generation by cardiac myosin”, eLife 8, e49266 (2019)

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  • Gardini, L., Arbore, C., M. Capitanio and F. S. Pavone, “A protocol for single molecule imaging and tracking of processive myosin motors”, MethodsX 6, 1854 (2019)

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  • Gardini, L., Heissler, S., Arbore, C., Yang, Y., Sellers, J., Pavone, F. S. and M. Capitanio, “Dissecting myosin-5B mechanosensitivity and calcium regulation at the single molecule level”, Nature Communications, 9, 2844 (2018)

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  • Gardini, L., Tempestini, A., Pavone F.S., and M. Capitanio “High-speed optical tweezers for the study of single molecular motors”. In: Lavelle, C. (eds) Molecular Motors 2nd ed. Methods in Molecular Biology 1805. Humana Press, New York, NY (2018) 

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  • Gardini, L., Calamai, M., Hatakeyama, H., Kanzaki, M., Capitanio, M., and F.S.Pavone, “three-dimensional tracking of quantum dot-conjugated molecules in living cells”. In: Lyubchenko Y. (eds) Nanoscale Imaging. Methods in Molecular Biology 1814. Humana Press, New York, NY (2018)

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  • Sosa-Costa, A., Piechocka, I., Gardini, L., Pavone, F. S., Capitanio, M., Garcia-Parajo, M. F., Manzo, C. “PLANT, a method for detecting changes of slope in noisy trajectories”, Biophysical Journal 114, Issue 9, 2044–2051 (2018)

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  • Woody, M.S., Capitanio, M., Ostap, M.E., and Y.E. Goldman, “Electro-optic deflectors deliver advantages over acousto-optical deflectors in a high resolution, ultra-fast force-clamp optical trap”, Optics Express 26, 11181-11193 (2018)

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  • Tempestini, A., Monico, C., Gardini, L., Vanzi, F., Pavone F. S., and M. Capitanio, “Sliding of a single lac repressor protein along DNA is tuned by DNA sequence and molecular switching”, Nucleic Acids Research 46, 5001-5011, doi: 10.1093/nar/gky208, (2018) 

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  • Capitanio M. Optical Tweezers. In “An Introduction to Single Molecule Biophysics”, Edited by Yuri L. Lyubchenko, Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group; 1 edition (November 29, 2017), ISBN-10: 1439806942, ISBN-13: 978-1439806944

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  • Gardini, L., Capitanio, M., Pavone F.S., “3D tracking of single nanoparticles and quantum dots in living cells by out-of-focus imaging with diffraction pattern recognition”, Scientific Reports 5, 16088; doi: 10.1038/srep16088 (2015).

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  • Monico, C., Belcastro, G., Vanzi, F., Pavone, F.S. and M. Capitanio, “Combining single-molecule manipulation and imaging for the study of protein-DNA interactions”, Journal of Visualized Experiments 90, e51446, doi:10.3791/51446 (2014).

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  • Capitanio, M. and Pavone, F.S. “Interrogating biology with force: single-molecule high-resolution measurements with optical tweezers”, Biophysical Journal 105, 1293 (2013).

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  • Monico, C., Capitanio, M., Belcastro, G., Vanzi, F., Pavone, F.S., “Optical Methods to Study Protein-DNA Interactions in Vitro and in Living Cells at the Single-Molecule Level”, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14, 3961-3992 (2013).

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  • Capitanio, M., Canepari, M., Maffei, M., Beneventi, D., Monico, C., Vanzi, F., Bottinelli, R. and Pavone F.S. “Ultrafast force-clamp spectroscopy of single molecules reveals load dependence of myosin working stroke”, Nature Methods 9, 1013–1019 (2012).

 

  • Elangovan, R., Capitanio, M., Melli, L., Pavone, F.S., Lombardi, V., Piazzesi, G. An integrated in vitro and in situ study of kinetics of myosin II from frog skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 590, 1227-1242  (2012).

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  • Capitanio, M., Maggi, D., Vanzi, F. and Pavone, F. S. Fiona in the trap: the advantages of combining optical tweezers and fluorescence. J. Opt. A - Pure Appl. Opt. 9, S157  (2007).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Cicchi, R. and Pavone, F. S. Continuous and time-shared multiple optical tweezers for the study of single motor proteins. Opt. Las. Eng. 45, 450-457  (2007).

 

  • F. Vanzi, Capitanio, M., Sacconi, L., Stringari, C., Cicchi, R., Canepari, M., Maffei, M., Bottinelli, R., Piroddi, N.,  Tesi, C., Poggesi, C., Nucciotti, V., Linari, M., Piazzesi, G., Lombardi, V., and Pavone, F.S. New Techniques in linear- and non-linear Laser Optics in Muscle Research. J. Muscle Res. Cell Mot. 27, 469-479 (2006).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Canepari, M., Cacciafesta, P., Lombardi, V., Cicchi, R., Maffei, M., Pavone, F.S. and Bottinelli, R. Two independent mechanical events in the interaction cycle of skeletal muscle myosin with actin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 87-92 (2006).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Cicchi, R. and Pavone, F. S. Position control and optical manipulation for nanotechnology applications. Eur. Phys. J. B 46, 1-8 (2005).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Vanzi, F., Broggio, C., Cicchi, R., Normanno, D., Romano, G., Sacconi, L., and Pavone, F. S. Exploring Molecular Motors and Switches at the Single-Molecule Level. Micr. Res. Tech. 65, 194-204 (2004).

 

  • Normanno, D., Capitanio, M. and Pavone, F. S. Spin absorption, windmill and magneto-optics effects in optical angular momentum transfer. Phys. Rev. A 70, 053829 (2004).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Normanno, D. and Pavone, F. S. High precision measurement of light-induced torque on absorbing micro-spheres. Opt. Lett. 29, 2231-2233 (2004).

 

  • Romano, G., Sacconi, L., Capitanio, M. and Pavone, F.S. Force and torque measurements using magnetic micro beads for single molecule biophysics. Opt. Comm. 215, 323-331 (2003).

 

  • Capitanio, M., Romano, G., Ballerini, R., Dunlap, D., Finzi, L., Giuntini, M. and Pavone, F. S. Calibration of optical tweezers with differential interference contrast signals. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 73, 1687-1696 (2002).

 

  • Sacconi, L., Romano, G., Ballerini, R., Capitanio, M., De Pas, M., Dunlap, D., Giuntini, M., Finzi, L. and Pavone,   F. S. Three-dimensional  magneto-optical trap for micro-object manipulation. Opt. Lett. 26, 1359-1361 (2001).- Gardini, L., Vignolini, T., Curcio, V., P., Pavone, F.S., and M. Capitanio*, “Optimization of highly inclined Illumination for diffraction-limited and super-resolution microscopy”, (2023) bioRxiv 2023.02.17.528478; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.17.528478

 

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