2019
Neurodevelopmental mutation of giant ankyrin-G disrupts a core mechanism for axon initial segment assembly
Yang R, Walder-Christensen KK, Lalani S, Yan H, García-Prieto ID, Álvarez S, Fernández-Jaén A, Speltz L, Jiang YH, Bennett V. Neurodevelopmental mutation of giant ankyrin-G disrupts a core mechanism for axon initial segment assembly. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 19717-19726. PMID: 31451636, PMCID: PMC6765234, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909989116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΒ4-spectrinAxon initial segmentC-terminal domainNormal neural developmentPrevents recruitmentGiant ankyrinNeural developmentConformational changesMissense mutationsMutationsPhosphorylationSegment assemblyRecruitmentMouse brainClose appositionCore mechanismDomainAssemblyAnkyrinClosed configurationIntermediate stageInitial segmentSitesProximal axons
2003
Disruption of the genomic imprint in trans with homologous recombination at Snrpn in ES cells
Tsai T, Bressler J, Jiang Y, Beaudet AL. Disruption of the genomic imprint in trans with homologous recombination at Snrpn in ES cells. Genesis 2003, 37: 151-161. PMID: 14666508, DOI: 10.1002/gene.10237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaternal alleleImprinting centerMaternal alleleSomatic mammalian cellsTrans-acting factorsActivation of expressionSNURF-SNRPN geneMouse ES cellsChromatin domainsGenomic imprintsImprinted domainMammalian cellsHomologous recombinationGene targetingHomologous associationES cellsComplete demethylationSNURF-SNRPNPrader-Willi syndromeExon 2AllelesGenesRecombinantsCellsDomain