ZFIN Person: Fontenas, Laura

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-180509-1

Fontenas, Laura

Email:	lfontenas@fau.edu
URL:	https://fontenaslab.org
Affiliation:	Fontenas Lab
Address:	Florida Atlantic University 5353 Parkside drive, MC-19 rm 202, Jupiter, Fl 33458
Country:	United States
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ORCID ID:	0000-0003-0544-0147

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Ali, M.F., Latimer, A.J., Wang, Y., Hogenmiller, L., Fontenas, L., Isabella, A.J., Moens, C.B., Yu, G., Kucenas, S. (2021) Met is required for oligodendrocyte progenitor cell migration in Danio rerio. G3 (Bethesda). 11(10):

Fontenas, L., Kucenas, S. (2021) Spinal cord precursors utilize neural crest cell mechanisms to generate hybrid peripheral myelinating glia. eLIFE. 10:

Mikdache, A., Fontenas, L., Albadri, S., Revenu, C., Loisel-Duwattez, J., Lesport, E., Degerny, C., Del Bene, F., Tawk, M. (2019) Elmo1 function, linked to Rac1 activity, regulates peripheral neuronal numbers and myelination in zebrafish. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS. 77(1):161-177

Fontenas, L., Welsh, T.G., Piller, M., Coughenour, P., Gandhi, A.V., Prober, D.A., Kucenas, S. (2019) The Neuromodulator Adenosine Regulates Oligodendrocyte Migration at Motor Exit Point Transition Zones. Cell Reports. 27:115-128.e5

Fontenas, L., Kucenas, S. (2018) Motor Exit Point (MEP) Glia: Novel Myelinating Glia That Bridge CNS and PNS Myelin. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12:333

Fontenas, L., Kucenas, S. (2017) Livin' On The Edge: glia shape nervous system transition zones. Current opinion in neurobiology. 47:44-51

Fontenas, L., De Santis, F., Di Donato, V., Degerny, C., Chambraud, B., Del Bene, F., Tawk, M. (2016) Neuronal Ndrg4 Is Essential for Nodes of Ranvier Organization in Zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1006459

Laquérriere, A., Maluenda, J., Camus, A., Fontenas, L., Dieterich, K., Nolent, F., Zhou, J., Monnier, N., Latour, P., Gentil, D., Héron, D., Desguerres, I., Landrieu, P., Beneteau, C., Delaporte, B., Bellesme, C., Baumann, C., Capri, Y., Goldenberg, A., Lyonnet, S., Bonneau, D., Estournet, B., Quijano-Roy, S., Francannet, C., Odent, S., Saint-Frison, M.H., Sigaudy, S., Figarella-Branger, D., Gelot, A., Mussini, J.M., Lacroix, C., Drouin-Garraud, V., Malinge, M.C., Attié-Bitach, T., Bessieres, B., Bonniere, M., Encha-Razavi, F., Beaufrère, A.M., Khung-Savatovsky, S., Perez, M.J., Vasiljevic, A., Mercier, S., Roume, J., Trestard, L., Saugier-Veber, P., Cordier, M.P., Layet, V., Legendre, M., Vigouroux-Castera, A., Lunardi, J., Bayes, M., Jouk, P.S., Rigonnot, L., Granier, M., Sternberg, D., Warszawski, J., Gut, I., Gonzales, M., Tawk, M., and Melki, J. (2014) Mutations in CNTNAP1 and ADCY6 are responsible for severe arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with axoglial defects. Human molecular genetics. 23(9):2279-89

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS