2014
A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system
Schlecht U, Suresh S, Xu W, Aparicio AM, Chu A, Proctor MJ, Davis RW, Scharfe C, St Onge RP. A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system. BMC Genomics 2014, 15: 263. PMID: 24708151, PMCID: PMC4023593, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory growthFunctional screenCopper homeostasis genesHomozygous diploid deletionIntracellular copper concentrationList of genesComplex cellular systemsDeletion strainHomeostasis genesCopper homeostasisLow vacuolar pHDirect regulatorRespiratory defectsDifferent genesAerobic organismsIron uptakeFunctional linkMendelian disordersGenesCellular systemsGrowth mediumVacuolar pHHomeostasis resultsGenetic originHuman health
2005
Identifying new candidate genes for hereditary facial paresis on chromosome 3q21–q22 by RNA in situ hybridization in mouse
van der Zwaag B, Burbach JP, Scharfe C, Oefner PJ, Brunner HG, Padberg GW, van Bokhoven H. Identifying new candidate genes for hereditary facial paresis on chromosome 3q21–q22 by RNA in situ hybridization in mouse. Genomics 2005, 86: 55-67. PMID: 15953540, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary congenital facial paresisNew candidate genesMouse developmentCandidate genesSitu hybridizationTranscription-PCR analysisUndetectable expression levelsMouse embryogenesisPositional candidatesExpression analysisUbiquitous expressionGenesMeans of RNAExpression levelsGenetic defectsRNADisease familiesHybridizationCongenital cranial dysinnervation disordersExpressionFacial paresisCranial dysinnervation disordersEmbryogenesisChromosomesFamily
2004
Integrative Analysis of the Mitochondrial Proteome in Yeast
Prokisch H, Scharfe C, Camp DG, Xiao W, David L, Andreoli C, Monroe ME, Moore RJ, Gritsenko MA, Kozany C, Hixson KK, Mottaz HM, Zischka H, Ueffing M, Herman ZS, Davis RW, Meitinger T, Oefner PJ, Smith RD, Steinmetz LM. Integrative Analysis of the Mitochondrial Proteome in Yeast. PLOS Biology 2004, 2: e160. PMID: 15208715, PMCID: PMC423137, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial proteomeGenomic approachesPhenotype screeningGenome-wide approachesSubcellular localization studiesComplex mitochondrial disordersDifferent genomic approachesProtein interaction analysisYeast mitochondriaMitochondrial proteinsMitochondrial organellesProteomic approachProteome studiesAbundant proteinsExpression analysisCandidate genesExpression profilingIntegrative analysisMitochondrial functionLocalization studiesOrganellesMitochondrial disordersProteinSystematic identificationMass spectrometry
2002
Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast
Steinmetz LM, Scharfe C, Deutschbauer AM, Mokranjac D, Herman ZS, Jones T, Chu AM, Giaever G, Prokisch H, Oefner PJ, Davis RW. Systematic screen for human disease genes in yeast. Nature Genetics 2002, 31: 400-404. PMID: 12134146, DOI: 10.1038/ng929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial proteinsNuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteinsGenomic map positionFunctional genomic studiesHuman disease genesGene expression analysisHuman mitochondriaYeast deletionHuman orthologGenomic studiesMap positionHuman genesSystematic screenFunctional screenStrain fitnessExpression analysisDisease genesHuman disordersMitochondrial diseaseHigh similarityMitochondrial respirationHeritable diseaseMitochondrial functionGenesProtein
2000
The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein
Pusch C, Zeitz C, Brandau O, Pesch K, Achatz H, Feil S, Scharfe C, Maurer J, Jacobi F, Pinckers A, Andreasson S, Hardcastle A, Wissinger B, Berger W, Meindl A. The complete form of X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is caused by mutations in a gene encoding a leucine-rich repeat protein. Nature Genetics 2000, 26: 324-327. PMID: 11062472, DOI: 10.1038/81627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBrainChromosome MappingDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA, ComplementaryElectroretinographyEye ProteinsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenesGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic MarkersGlycosylphosphatidylinositolsHumansKidneyLeucineMaleModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyMuscle ProteinsMusclesNerve Tissue ProteinsNight BlindnessOrgan SpecificityPedigreeProtein ConformationProteoglycansRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidRetinaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Amino AcidTestisX ChromosomeConceptsLeucine-rich repeatsLeucine-rich repeat proteinFuture functional analysisProtein-protein interactionsCell-cell contactProximal short armCongenital stationary night blindnessGenetic mappingNew genesX chromosome2Repeat proteinsExtracellular proteinsLinkage intervalFunctional analysisStationary night blindnessDifferent lociShort armCell adhesionAmino acidsGenesCSNB1 locusProteinDifferent mutationsLociMutation analysis