Department of Genetics Publications for Jan. 14-27, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published four papers during Jan. 14-27, 2018.

Examining the role of common and rare mitochondrial variants in schizophrenia.

Gonçalves VF, Giamberardino SN, Crowley JJ, Vawter MP, Saxena R, Bulik CM, Yilmaz Z, Hultman CM, Sklar P, Kennedy JL, Sullivan PF, Knight J.

PLoS One. 2018 Jan 25;13(1):e0191153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191153. eCollection 2018.

PMID: 29370225

Ceratocystis cacaofunesta genome analysis reveals a large expansion of extracellular phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase-C genes (PI-PLC).

Molano EPL, Cabrera OG, Jose J, do Nascimento LC, Carazzolle MF, Teixeira PJPL, Alvarez JC, Tiburcio RA, Tokimatu Filho PM, de Lima GMA, Guido RVC, Corrêa TLR, Leme AFP, Mieczkowski P, Pereira GAG.

BMC Genomics. 2018 Jan 17;19(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4440-4.

PMID: 29343217

Intratumor Heterogeneity of the Estrogen Receptor and the Long-term Risk of Fatal Breast Cancer.

Lindström LS, Yau C, Czene K, Thompson CK, Hoadley KA, Van’t Veer LJ, Balassanian R, Bishop JW, Carpenter PM, Chen YY, Datnow B, Hasteh F, Krings G, Lin F, Zhang Y, Nordenskjöld B, Stål O, Benz CC, Fornander T, Borowsky AD, Esserman LJ; STO Trialists Group.

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 Jan 19. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djx270. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29361175

Gemin4 is an essential gene in mice, and its overexpression in human cells causes relocalization of the SMN complex to the nucleoplasm.

Meier ID, Walker MP, Matera AG.

Biol Open. 2018 Jan 25. pii: bio.032409. doi: 10.1242/bio.032409. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29371219