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- Engle, S. E., Antonellis, P. J., Whitehouse, L. S., Bansal, R., Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D., Kesterson, R. A., Mykytyn, K., Berbari, N. F. A CreER mouse to study melanin concentrating hormone signaling in the developing brain Genesis 2018 56 DOI:10.1002/dvg.23217 PMID:29806135 PMCID:PMC6167158
- Jontes, J. The cadherin superfamily in neural circuit assembly Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2018 10 DOI:10.1101/cshperspect.a029306 PMID:28778868 PMCID:PMC6028066
- Light, S. E. W., Jontes, J. D. δ-Protocadherins: Organizers of neural circuit assembly Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2017 69:83-90 DOI:10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.07.037 PMID:28751249 PMCID:PMC5582989
- Cooper, S. R., Jontes, J. D., Sotomayor, M. Structural determinants of adhesion by Protocadherin-19 and implications for its role in epilepsy Elife 2016 5 DOI:10.7554/eLife.18529 PMID:27787195 PMCID:PMC5115871
- Hao le, T., Duy, P. Q., Jontes, J. D., Beattie, C. E. Motoneuron development influences dorsal root ganglia survival and Schwann cell development in a vertebrate model of spinal muscular atrophy Human Molecular Genetics 2015 24:346-360 DOI:10.1093/hmg/ddu447 PMID:25180019 PMCID:PMC4275068
- Cooper, S. R., Emond, M. R., Duy, P. Q., Liebau, B. G., Wolman, M. A., Jontes, J. D. Protocadherins control the modular assembly of neuronal columns in the zebrafish optic tectum Journal of Cell Biology 2015 211:807-814 DOI:10.1083/jcb.201507108 PMID:26598617 PMCID:PMC4657173
- Ortiz-Medina, H., Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D. Zebrafish calsyntenins mediate homophilic adhesion through their amino-terminal cadherin repeats Neuroscience 2015 286:87-96 DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.030 PMID:25463516 PMCID:PMC4298480
- Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D. Bead aggregation assays for the characterization of putative cell adhesion molecules Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE 2014 DOI:10.3791/51762 PMID:25350770
- Biswas, S., Emond, M. R., Duy, P. Q., Hao, L. T., Beattie, C. E., Jontes, J. D. Protocadherin-18b interacts with Nap1 to control motor axon growth and arborization in zebrafish Molecular Biology of the Cell 2014 25:633-642 DOI:10.1091/mbc.E13-08-0475 PMID:24371087 PMCID:PMC3937089
- Hao, L. T., Duy, P. Q., Jontes, J. D., Wolman, M., Granato, M., Beattie, C. E. Temporal requirement for SMN in motoneuron development Human Molecular Genetics 2013 22:2612-2625 DOI:10.1093/hmg/ddt110 PMID:23459934 PMCID:PMC3674802
- Weiner, J. A., Jontes, J. D. Protocadherins, not prototypical: a complex tale of their interactions, expression, and functions Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2013 6 DOI:10.3389/fnmol.2013.00004 PMID:23515683 PMCID:PMC3601302
- Weiner, J. A., Jontes, J. D., Burgess, R. W. Introduction to mechanisms of neural circuit formation Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2013 6 DOI:10.3389/fnmol.2013.00012 PMID:23717261 PMCID:PMC3652293
- Jontes, J. D., Emond, M. R. Fluorescence imaging of transgenic zebrafish embryos Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2012 2012 DOI:10.1101/pdb.prot069245 PMID:22550295
- Biswas, S., Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D. The clustered protocadherins Pcdh(alpha) and Pcdh(gamma) form a heteromeric complex in zebrafish Neuroscience 2012 219:280-289 DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.058 PMID:22659564 PMCID:PMC3402709
- Blevins, C. J., Emond, M. R., Biswas, S., Jontes, J. D. Differential expression, alternative splicing, and adhesive properties of the zebrafish Protocadherins δ1-protocadherins Neuroscience 2011 199:523-534 DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.061
- Emond, M. R., Biswas, S., Blevins, C. J., Jontes, J. D. A complex of Protocadherin-19 and N-cadherin mediates a novel mechanism of cell adhesion Journal of Cell Biology 2011 195:1115-1121 DOI:10.1083/jcb.201108115 PMID:22184198 PMCID:PMC3246890
- Biswas, S., Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D. Protocadherin-19 and N-cadherin interact to control cell movements during anterior neurulation Journal of Cell Biology 2010 191:1029-1041 DOI:10.1083/jcb.201007008 PMID:21115806 PMCID:PMC2995167
- Emond, M. R., Biswas, S., Jontes, J. D. Protocadherin-19 is essential for early steps in brain morphogenesis Developmental Biology 2009 334:72-83 DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.008 PMID:19615992
- Biswas, S., Jontes, J. D. Cloning and characterization of zebrafish protocadherin-17 Development Genes and Evolution 2009 219:265-271 DOI:10.1007/s00427-009-0288-6 PMID:19449025
- Emond, M. R., Jontes, J. D. Inhibition of protocadherin-alpha function results in neuronal death in the developing zebrafish Developmental Biology 2008 321:175-187 DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.011 PMID:18602383
- Jontes, J. D., Phillips, G. R. Selective stabilization and synaptic specificity: a new cell-biological model Trends in Neurosciences 2006 29:186-191 DOI:10.1016/j.tins.2006.02.002 PMID:16490264
- Jontes, J. D., Emond, M. R., Smith, S. J. In vivo trafficking and targeting of N-cadherin to nascent presynaptic terminals Journal of Neuroscience 2004 24:9027-9034 DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.5399-04.2004 PMID:15483121
- Jontes, J. D., Smith, S. J. Filopodia, spines, and the generation of synaptic diversity Neuron 2000 27:11-14 DOI:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)00003-9 PMID:10939326
- Jontes, J. D., Buchanan, J., Smith, S. J. Growth cone and dendrite dynamics in zebrafish embryos: early events in synaptogenesis imaged in vivo Nature Neuroscience 2000 3:231-237 DOI:10.1038/72936 PMID:10700254
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Veigel, C., Coluccio, L. M., Jontes, J. D., Sparrow, J. C., Milligan, R. A., Molloy, J. E. The motor protein myosin-i produces its working stroke in two steps Nature 1999 398:530-533 PMID:10206648
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Jontes, J. D., Ostap, E. M., Pollard, T. D., Milligan, R. A. Three-dimensional structure of acanthamoeba castellanii myosin-ib (mib) determined by cryoelectron microscopy of decorated actin filaments Journal of Cell Biology 1998 141:155-162 DOI:10.1083/jcb.141.1.155 PMID:9531555
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Jontes, J. D., Milligan, R. A., Pollard, T. D., Ostap, E. M. Kinetic characterization of brush border myosin-i atpase Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1997 94:14332-14337 DOI:10.1073/pnas.94.26.14332 PMID:9405612
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Jontes, J. D., Milligan, R. A. Brush border myosin-i structure and adp-dependent conformational changes revealed by cryoelectron microscopy and image analysis Journal of Cell Biology 1997 139:683-693 DOI:10.1083/jcb.139.3.683 PMID:9348285
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Jontes, J. D., Milligan, R. A. Three-dimensional structure of brush border myosin-i at similar to 20 Å resolution by electron microscopy and image analysis Journal of Molecular Biology 1997 266:331-342 DOI:10.1006/jmbi.1996.0777 PMID:9047367
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Celia, H., Jontes, J. D., Whittaker, M., Milligan, R. A. Two-dimensional crystallization of brush border myosin i Journal of Structural Biology 1996 117:236-241 DOI:10.1006/jsbi.1996.0088 PMID:8986654
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Jontes, J. D., Wilson-Kubalek, E. M., Milligan, R. A. A 32 degree tail swing in brush border myosin I on ADP release Nature 1995 378:751-753 DOI:10.1038/378751a0 PMID:7501027
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Jontes, J. D. Theories of muscle contraction Journal of Structural Biology 1995 115:119-143 DOI:10.1006/jsbi.1995.1037 PMID:7577233
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Schiavo, G., Santucci, A., Dasgupta, B. R., Mehta, P. P., Jontes, J., Benfenati, F., Wilson, M. C., Montecucco, C. Botulinum neurotoxins serotypes A and E cleave SNAP-25 at distinct COOH-terminal peptide bonds FEBS Letters 1993 335:99-103 DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(93)80448-4 PMID:8243676
- Downing, K. H.*, Jontes, J.* Projection map of tubulin in zinc-induced sheets at 4 A resolution Journal of Structural Biology 1992 109:152-159 DOI:10.1016/1047-8477(92)90046-d PMID:1288616 (* = equal contribution)