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Overview

Angelo Fontana is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Engineering as key subfields.

The scientist's body of work encompasses various topics, including:

  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Fontana's publication record includes numerous journal articles, with recent papers covering diverse aspects of molecular sciences and marine-derived bioactive compounds. Notable recent publications include:

  • Natural Compounds of Marine Origin as Inducers of Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD): Potential Role for Cancer Interception and Therapy, 2021, Cells
  • Antitumor Potential of Immunomodulatory Natural Products, 2022, Marine Drugs
  • Effect of Cultivation Parameters on Fermentation and Hydrogen Production in the Phylum Thermotogae, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Autotrophic vs. Heterotrophic Cultivation of the Marine Diatom Cyclotella cryptica for EPA Production, 2021, Marine Drugs
  • Diatoms synthesize sterols by inclusion of animal and fungal genes in the plant pathway, 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with common co-authors including Genoveffa Nuzzo, Giuliana d'Ippolito, Emiliano Manzo, Carmela Gallo, and Marcello Ziaco.

They have contributed to a range of publication venues, with Marine Drugs being the most frequent, followed by the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology, Cells, and Antioxidants.

Best Publications

  • Formation and inactivation of endogenous cannabinoid anandamide in central neurons.

    V. Di Marzo;A. Fontana;H. Cadas;S. Schinelli

  • Probing protein structure by limited proteolysis.

    Angelo Fontana;Patrizia Polverino de Laureto;Barbara Spolaore;Erica Frare

  • Correlation between sites of limited proteolysis and segmental mobility in thermolysin.

    Angelo Fontana;Giorgio Fassina;Claudio Vita;Daniele Dalzoppo

  • Probing the partly folded states of proteins by limited proteolysis

    Angelo Fontana;Patrizia Polverino de Laureto;Vincenzo De Filippis;Elena Scaramella

  • Tomographic flow cytometry by digital holography.

    Francesco Merola;Pasquale Memmolo;Lisa Miccio;Roberto Savoia

  • A Highly Amyloidogenic Region of Hen Lysozyme

    Erica Frare;Patrizia Polverino de Laureto;Jesús Zurdo;Christopher M Dobson

  • Site-specific modification and PEGylation of pharmaceutical proteins mediated by transglutaminase.

    Angelo Fontana;Barbara Spolaore;Anna Mero;Francesco M. Veronese

  • Low pH Activates the Vacuolating Toxin of Helicobacter pylori, Which Becomes Acid and Pepsin Resistant

    Marina de Bernard;Emanuele Papini;Vincenzo de Filippis;Elena Gottardi

  • Sulfenyl halides as modifying reagents for polypeptides and proteins. I. Modification of tryptophan residues.

    Ernesto. Scoffone;Angelo. Fontana;Raniero. Rocchi

  • [34] Modification of tryptophan with BNPS-skatole (2-(2-nitrophenylsulfenyl)-3-methyl-3-bromoindolenine).

    Angelo Fontana

  • Probing the conformational state of apomyoglobin by limited proteolysis.

    Angelo Fontana;Marcello Zambonin;Patrizia Polverino de Laureto;Vincenzo De Filippis

  • Anandamide, an endogenous cannabinomimetic eicosanoid: ‘Killing two birds with one stone’

    V. Di Marzo;A. Fontana

  • Identification of the core structure of lysozyme amyloid fibrils by proteolysis.

    Erica Frare;Maria F. Mossuto;Patrizia Polverino de Laureto;Mireille Dumoulin

  • A New Antitumor Isoquinoline Alkaloid from the Marine Nudibranch Jorunna funebris

    Angelo Fontana;Paolo Cavaliere;Solimabi Wahidulla;Chandrakant G. Naik

  • New trends in marine chemical ecology

    A. Ianora;M. Boersma;R. Casotti;A. Fontana

  • Potential of lipid metabolism in marine diatoms for biofuel production

    Giuliana d’Ippolito;Angela Sardo;Debora Paris;Filomena Monica Vella

  • LOX-Induced Lipid Peroxidation Mechanism Responsible for the Detrimental Effect of Marine Diatoms on Zooplankton Grazers

    Angelo Fontana;Giuliana d'Ippolito;Adele Cutignano;Giovanna Romano

  • Modification of the Single Tryptophan Residue of Staphylococcal Nuclease by a New Mild Oxidizing Agent

    Gilbert S. Omenn;Angelo Fontana;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • The role of complex lipids in the synthesis of bioactive aldehydes of the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum.

    Giuliana d'Ippolito;Sara Tucci;Adele Cutignano;Giovanna Romano

  • The structural basis for the regulation of tissue transglutaminase by calcium ions

    Rita Casadio;Eugenia Polverini;Paolo Mariani;Francesco Spinozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Cimino
Guido Cimino National Research Council (CNR)
Adrianna Ianora
Adrianna Ianora Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Francesco M. Veronese
Francesco M. Veronese University of Padua
Conxita Avila
Conxita Avila University of Barcelona
Claudio Toniolo
Claudio Toniolo University of Padua
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Paola Picotti
Paola Picotti ETH Zurich
Christopher M. Dobson
Christopher M. Dobson University of Cambridge
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Christophe Brunet
Christophe Brunet Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

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