Massimo Pizzato

SERINC5 Is the Primary Target of Retroviral Antagonists Among Human SERINC Paralogs and Requires a Tri-Cysteine Motif for Its Counteraction by HIV-1 Nef

This paper identifies SERINC5 as the primary target of retroviral antagonists and shows that a tri-cysteine motif in intracellular loop 4 is critical for its downregulation by HIV-1 Nef.

Inexpensive and colorimetric RNA detection by E. coli cell-free protein synthesis platform at room temperature

This paper describes a low-cost, colorimetric method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA using E. coli cell-free protein synthesis at room temperature.

S2 from Equine infectious anemia virus is an infectivity factor which counteracts the retroviral inhibitors SERINC5 and SERINC3

This paper identifies S2 from EIAV as a protein that enhances infectivity by counteracting SERINC5 and SERINC3, similar to HIV-1's Nef.