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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I’d like to thank all the people that let me carry on this research project: first of all the team I worked with, and so Professor Maria Grazia Tozzi, Doctor Rossana Pesi and Doctor Simone Allegrini whose professionality, helpfulness and patience were fundamental for the scientific pathway I followed; second, many thanks to all the Biochemistry Unit, where I found not only a stimulating scientific atmosphere where collaboration and willingness are the main ingredients of a good scientific recipe but also good friends who taught me great truths.
A special thank goes to Professor Mauro Pistello, Doctor Laura Vannucci and Doctor Flavia Chiuppesi, as well as to Doctor Annalisa Legitimo and Doctor Giulia Orsini and also to Professor Francesco Annunziato and Doctor Laura Maggi for FACS analysis.
Many thanks also to Doctor Elena Bianca Maserti and Doctor Alessandra Podda for 2-D electrophoresis, to Doctor Giovanni Strambini and Doctor Margherita Gonnelli for light scattering experiments and to Dr. Alvaro Galli for yeast experimental branch.
