Dr. Antonella Longo

Research Scientist

University of North Texas

Department of Biological Sciences

Email: Antonella.Longo@unt.edu

Teaching

Yu, Y., Dickstein, R., Longo, A. (2021). Structural modeling and in planta complementation studies link mutated residues of the Medicago truncatula nitrate transporter NPF1.7 to functionality in root nodules. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.685334/full
Longo, A., Miles, N.W., Dickstein, R. (2018). Genome mining of plant NPFs reveals varying conservation of signature motifs associated with the mechanism of transport. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9 1668. Denton, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01668/full
Nesterov, V.V., Zakharov, L.N., Nesterov, V.N., Calderon, J.G., Longo, A., Zaman, K., Choudhury, F.K., Farrell, W., Shulaev, V., Richmond, M.G. (2017). 5, 7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) chroman-4-one (naringenin): X-ray diffraction structures of the naringenin enantiomers and DFT evaluation of the preferred ground-state structures and thermodynamics for racemization. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1130 994–1000. Elsevier.

Yu, Y. (Author & Presenter), Longo, A. (Author), Dickstein, R. (Author), NSF Plant Genome Grant Annual Project Meeting, Screening putative important residues for nitrate transporter MtNPF1.7 function, Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK & Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
Longo, A. (Author & Presenter), Dickstein, R. (Author), NSF Plant Genome Grant Annual Project Meeting, Structural features and evolution of the NPF family of plant nitrate/peptide transporters through genome mining, Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK & Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
Yu, Y. (Author & Presenter), Longo, A. (Author), Dickstein, R. (Author), UNT BioDiscovery Institute Seminar Series, Screening putative important residues for Medicago truncatula nitrate transporter NPF1.7 function, BioDiscovery Institute, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2020).

Yu, Y. (Author & Presenter), Longo, A. (Author), Dickstein, R. (Author), BioDiscovery Institute Retreat, Site-directed mutagenesis studies support postulated MtNPF1.7 structure and transport mechanism, BioDiscovery Institute, UNT, Denton, TX & Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
Yu, Y. (Author & Presenter), Longo, A. (Author), Dickstein, R. (Author), Plant Biology World Wide Summit 2020, Site-directed mutagenesis studies support postulated MtNPF1.7 structure and transport mechanism, American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD & Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
Dickstein, R. (Author), Longo, A. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, Structural and functional evolution of the nitrate/peptide family (NPF) in legumes, Dijon, France, France. (2019 - 2019).
Dickstein, R. (Author), Longo, A. (Author & Presenter), International Plant Molecular Biology, Genome mining of NPFs reveals sparse conservation of critical amino acids and a compromised proton-transport mechanism in some subfamilies, France. (2018 - 2018).

Longo, A. (Co-Principal), Wang, X. (Principal), "UGT Engineering for Detoxifying Anticancer Drug SN-38," sponsored by National Institutes of Health, FED, Funded. (2015 - 2019).