Leone A, D'Urso OF, Cimaglia F, Cappello MS, Baruzzi F, Morea M, Minervini F, Zacheo G, Logrieco A, Mita G, and Poltronieri P
CNR-ISPA develops analyses of food products and compounds with the use of innovative technologies: ?Identification: genes, proteins and metabolites in food products and plants, biosynthesis pathways, biomarkers, DNA arrays and expression profiling, Northern blots, RT-PCR ?Analysis: effects of biocompounds on cell cultures, cell growth and survival, biochemical assays, cell activation /inhibition, Western blots, monitoring changes in cell phenotype, cell-to-cell contact, analysis of gap-junctions using microinjection and confocal microscopy ?Detection: compounds / proteins in food using Protein arrays and antibody chips (enzymes, allergens, protein-protein interaction studies.