13. Vicario, M., Zanni, G., Vallese, F., Santorelli, F., Grinzato, A., Cieri, D., Berto, F., Frizzarin, M., Lopreiato, R., Zonta, F., Ferro, S., Sandre, M, Marin, O., Ruzzene, M., Bertini, E., Zanotti, G., Brini, M., Cali, T., Carafoli, E., A V1143F mutation in the neuronal-enriched isoform 2 of the PMCA pump is linked with ataxia. Neurobiology of Disease, Volume 115, July 2018, Pages 157-166. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.04.009


12. Zonta,F., Buratto, D., Crispino, G., Carrer, A., Bruno, F., Yang, G., Mammano, F.,* and Pantano, S.,*. Cues to Opening Mechanisms From in Silico Electric Field Excitation of Cx26 Hemichannel and in Vitro Mutagenesis Studies in HeLa Transfectans. Front. Mol. Neurosci., 31 May 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00170



11. Yang, Z., Du, M., Wang, W., Xin, X., Ma, P., Zhang, H., Lerner, R. A., Affinity maturation of an TpoR targeting antibody in full-length IgG form for enhanced agonist activity. Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzy002


10. Dong, H.#, Zonta, F., Wang, S., Song, K., He, X., He, M., Nie, Y.#, Li, S.# (2018). Structure and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor 12 Provide Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of the Enzyme. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19(1), 60. doi: 10.3390/ijms19010060


9. Piao Z., Wang W., Wei Y., Zonta F., Wan C., Bai J., Wu S., Wang X., Fang J.*, Characterization of an acetohydroxy acid synthase mutant conferring tolerance to imidazolinone herbicides in rice (Oryza sativa). Planta, 2017 Nov 18. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2817-2


8. Carrer A., Leparulo A., Crispino G., Ciubotaru CD., Marin O., Zonta F., Bortolozzi M., Cx32 hemichannel opening by cytosolic Ca2+ is inhibited by the R220X mutation that causes Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Oct 25. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx386. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29077882


7. Xu L., Carrer A., Zonta F., Ma P, Qu Z., Li S., Buratto D., Ceriani F., Crispino G., Zorzi V., Ziraldo G., Bruno F., Nardin C., Peres C., Mazzarda .F, Salvatore A., Raspa M., Scavizzi F., Chu Y, Xie S., Liao J., Liu X., Wang W., Wang S., Yang G., Lerner R. and Mammano F.. Design and characterization of a human monoclonal antibody that modulates mutant  connexin 26 hemichannels implicated in deafness and skin disorders. Front. Mol. Neurosci. | doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00298


6. Vicario M., Cali T., Cieri D., Vallese F., Bortolotto R., Lopreiato R., Zonta F., Nardella M., Micalizzi A., Lefeber D., Valente E., Bertini E., Zanotti G., Zanni G., Brini M., Carafoli E.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, (in press). A novel PMCA3 mutation in an ataxic patient with hypomorphic phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2) heterozygote mutations: Biochemical characterization of the pump defect. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.08.006


5. Cali T., Frizzarin M., Luoni L., Zonta F., Pantano S., Cruz C., Bonza M.C., Bertipaglia I., Ruzzene M., De Michelis M.I., Damiano N., Marin O., Zanni G., Zanotti G., Brini M., Lopreiato R., and Carafoli E. (2016) The ataxia related G1107D mutation of the plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase isoform 3 affects its interplay with calmodulin and the autoinhibition process. Biochim Biophys Acta 1863(1):165-173 doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.09.007.


4. Orlandini E.*, Baiesi M., Zonta F. (2016) How Local Flexibility Affects Knot Positioning in Ring Polymers. Macromolecules (online) doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00712.


3. Folda A., Citta A., Scalcon V., Cali T., Zonta F., Scutari G., Bindoli A., and Rigobello M.P. (2016) Mitochondrial Thioredoxin System as a Modulator of Cyclophilin D Redox State. Sci Rep 6:23071 doi: 10.1038/srep23071.


2. Zhang H., Du M., Xie J., Liu X., Sun J., Wang W., Xin X., Possani L.D., Yea K., and Lerner R.A. (2016) Autocrine-Based Selection of Drugs that Target Ion Channels from Combinatorial Venom Peptide Libraries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl doi: 10.1002/anie.201603052.


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