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• Feliciello, Isidoro; Pezer, Željka; Sermek, Antonio; Bruvo Mađarić, Branka; Ljubić, Sven; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satellite DNA-Mediated Gene Expression Regulation: Physiological and Evolutionary Implication // Progress in molecular and subcellular biology, 60 (2021), 145-167. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74889-0_6

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Original scientific paper

• Santini, Nunzia; Procino, Alfredo; Ljubić, Sven; Đermić, Damir; Ugarković, Đurđica; Feliciello, Isidoro | Extracellular Alpha-Satellite DNA in Human Plasma as a Candidate Biomarker for Bladder Cancer Detection: Preliminary Evidence Using Digital PCR // International journal of molecular sciences, 27 (2026), 15; 6834-6845. doi: 10.3390/ijms27156834

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• Ljubić, Sven; Matulić, Maja; Đermić, Damir; Feliciello, Maria Chiara; Procino, Alfredo; Ugarković, Đurđica; Feliciello, Isidoro | Antibiotics induce overexpression of alpha satellite DNA accompanied with epigenetic changes at alpha satellite arrays as well as genome-wide // Epigenetics & Chromatin, 18 (2025), 1; 62, 13. doi: 10.1186/s13072-025-00628-z

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• Ljubić, Sven; Matulić, Maja; Đermić, Damir; Feliciello, Maria Chiara; Procino, Alfredo; Passaro, Francesco; Ugarković, Đurđica; Feliciello, Isidoro | Downregulation of Gene Expression by Alpha Satellite Transcripts // International journal of molecular sciences, 26 (2025), 22; 11204, 12. doi: 10.3390/ijms262211204

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• Feliciello, Isidoro; Ljubić, Sven; Đermić, Edyta; Ivanković, Siniša; Zahradka, Davor; Đermić, Damir | Single-strand DNA-binding protein suppresses illegitimate recombination in Escherichia coli, acting in synergy with RecQ helicase // Scientific reports, 14 (2024), 20476, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70817-5

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• Đermić, Damir; Ljubić, Sven; Matulić, Maja; Procino, Alfredo; Feliciello, Maria Chiara; Ugarković, Đurđica; Feliciello, Isidoro | Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) without the need for prior removal of DNA // Scientific reports, 13 (2023), 11470, 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38383-4

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• Ljubić, Sven ; Sermek, Antonio ; Prgomet Sečan, Angela ; Prpić, Marin ; Jakšić, Blanka ; Murgić, Jure ; Fröbe, Ana ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Feliciello, Isidoro | Alpha Satellite RNA Levels Are Upregulated in the Blood of Patients with Metastatic Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer // Genes, 13 (2022), 2; 383, 12. doi: 10.3390/genes13020383

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• Feliciello, Isidoro ; Đermić, Edyta ; Malović, Helena ; Ivanković, Siniša ; Zahradka, Davor ; Ljubić, Sven ; Procino, Alfredo ; Đermić, Damir | Regulation of ssb Gene Expression in Escherichia coli // International journal of molecular sciences, 23 (2022), 18; 10917, 14. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810917

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Review article (scientific)

• Ugarković, Đurđica ; Sermek, Antonio ; Ljubić, Sven ; Feliciello, Isidoro | Satellite DNAs in Health and Disease // Genes, 13 (2022), 7; 1154, 15. doi: 10.3390/genes13071154

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Doctoral thesis

• Ljubić, Sven | Alpha satellite DNA in evolution of gene modulatory networks / Ugarković, Đurđica (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2026