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
1999
Paternal Deletion from Snrpn to Ube3a in the Mouse Causes Hypotonia, Growth Retardation and Partial Lethality and Provides Evidence for a Gene Contributing to Prader-Willi Syndrome
Tsai T, Jiang Y, Bressler J, Armstrong D, Beaudet A. Paternal Deletion from Snrpn to Ube3a in the Mouse Causes Hypotonia, Growth Retardation and Partial Lethality and Provides Evidence for a Gene Contributing to Prader-Willi Syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 1999, 8: 1357-1364. PMID: 10400982, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.8.1357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbnormalities, MultipleAnimalsAutoantigensBrainChromosome DeletionFemaleGene ExpressionGenomic ImprintingHumansLigasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsMuscle HypotoniaMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOpen Reading FramesPedigreePhenotypePrader-Willi SyndromeRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNASnRNP Core ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsOpen reading framePartial lethalityExon 2Pathogenesis of PWSUpstream open reading framesObvious phenotypic abnormalitiesMouse chromosome 7CGenomic imprintsImprinted expressionPrader-Willi syndromeHuman translocationImprinted genesGene ContributingStructural genePaternal deficiencyChromosome 7CPaternal chromosomesGenotype/phenotype correlationHuman chromosomesMethylation patternsImprinting mutationsReading frameMultiple genesLoss of expressionSNRPN