2021
Expansion of NEUROD2 phenotypes to include developmental delay without seizures
Mis EK, Sega AG, Signer RH, Cartwright T, Ji W, Martinez‐Agosto J, Nelson SF, Palmer CGS, Lee H, Mitzelfelt T, Konstantino M, Network U, Jeffries L, Khokha MK, Marco E, Martin MG, Lakhani SA. Expansion of NEUROD2 phenotypes to include developmental delay without seizures. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2021, 185: 1076-1080. PMID: 33438828, PMCID: PMC8212414, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental delayEarly-onset seizuresDe novo heterozygous variantsNovo heterozygous variantsDifferentiation factor 2Xenopus laevis tadpolesHeterozygous variantsSeizuresNeuronal differentiationParental studiesFunctional testingMissense variantsPatient variantsFunctional evidenceFactor 2Vivo assaysLaevis tadpolesVariant pathogenicityFunction effectsAdolescentsVariants
2014
Uncovering Buffered Pleiotropy: A Genome-Scale Screen for mel-28 Genetic Interactors in Caenorhabditis elegans
Fernandez A, Mis E, Lai A, Mauro M, Quental A, Bock C, Piano F. Uncovering Buffered Pleiotropy: A Genome-Scale Screen for mel-28 Genetic Interactors in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2014, 4: 185-196. PMID: 24281427, PMCID: PMC3887534, DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.008532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMEL-28Caenorhabditis elegansLethal genesGenetic interaction screensGenome-scale screeningWild-type wormsNuclear envelope functionsCell-matrix attachmentWild-type larvaeDynactin functionGenetic interactorsGenome-scaleVesicle transportConserved proteinsChromosome segregationGene networksIdentified genesCellular processesPostembryonic rolesInteraction screenNuclear poresPleiotropic functionsGenesEarly embryosLarval development