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The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants

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Press Releases and Articles
Lay Reviews/Opinions/Editorials
Media/Scientific News Articles
Interviews
Video presentation and interview
Integrative research at TCAG [Video]

Contact Info:
Stephen W. Scherer
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children
14th Floor, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower/MaRS Discovery District
101 College St., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Jenny Kaderali,
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x1574     Fax: (416) 813-8319

129. Minassian, B.A., Andrade, D.M., Ianzano, L., Young, E.J., Chan, E., Ackerley, C.A. and Scherer, S.W. 2001. Laforin is a cell membrane and endoplasmic reticulum associated protein tyrosine phosphatase. Annals of Neurology 41, 271-275. [PMID: 11220751]
130. Nakabayashi, K. and Scherer, S.W. 2001. The human contactin-associated protein-like 2 gene (CNTNAP2) spans over 2 Mb of DNA at chromosome 7q35. Genomics 73, 108-112. [PMID: 11352571]
131. Hannula, K., Lipsanen-Nyman, M., Scherer, S.W., Holmberg, C., Höglund, P. and Kere, J. 2001. Maternal and paternal chromosomes 7 show differential methylation of many genes in lymphoblast DNA. Genomics 73, 1-9. [PMID: 11352560]
132. Petek, E., Windpassinger, C., Vincent, J.B., Cheung, J., Boright, A.P., Scherer, S.W., Kroisel, P.M. and Wagner, K. 2001. Disruption of a novel gene (IMMP2L) by a breakpoint in 7q31 associated with Tourette syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics 68, 848-858. [PMID: 11254443]
133. Fröhling, S., Nakabayashi, K., Scherer, S.W., Döhner, H. and Döhner, K. 2001. Mutation analysis of the origin recognition complex subunit 5 (ORC5L) gene in adult patients with myeloid leukemias exhibiting deletions of chromosome band 7q22. Human Genetics 108, 304-309. [PMID: 11379876]
134. Wilson, M.D., Riemer, C., Martindale, D.W., Schnupf, P., Boright, A.P., Cheung, T.L., Hardy, D.M., Schwartz, S., Scherer, S.W., Tsui, L.C., Miller, W. and Koop, B.F. 2001. Comparative analysis of the gene-dense ACHE/TFR2 region on human chromosome 7q22 with the orthologous region on mouse chromosome 5. Nucleic Acids Research 29, 1352-1365. [PMID: 11239002]
135. Wong, C.G., Scherer, S.W., Snead, O.C. and Hampson, D.R. 2001. Localization of the human mGluR4 gene within an epilepsy susceptibility locus. Molecular Brain Research 87, 109-116. [PMID: 11223165]
136. Hadano, S., Yanagisawa, Y., Skaug, J., Fichter, K., Nasir, J., Martindale, D., Koop, B.F., Scherer, S.W., Nicholson, D.W., Rouleau, G.A., Ikeda, J. and Hayden M.R. 2001. Cloning and Characterization of Three Novel Genes, ALS2CR1, ALS2CR2, and ALS2CR3, in the Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS2) Critical Region at Chromosome 2q33-q34: Candidate Genes for ALS2. Genomics 71, 200-213. [PMID: 11161814]
137. Hadano, S., Hand, C.K., Osuga, H., Yanagisawa, Y., Otomo, A., Devon, R.S., Miyamoto, N., Showguchi-Miyata, J., Okada, Y., Singaraja, R., Figlewicz, D.A., Kwiatkowski, T., Hosler, B.A., Sagie, T., Skaug, J., Nasir, J., Brown, R.H. Jr, Scherer, S.W., Rouleau, G.A., Hayden, M.R. and Ikeda, J.E. 2001. A gene encoding a putative GTPase regulator is mutated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2. Nature Genetics 29, 166-173. [PMID: 11586298]
138. Ma, Z., Morris, S.W., Valentine, V., Li, M., Herbrick, J.A., Cui, X., Bouman, D., Li, Y., Mehta, P.K., Nizetic, D., Kaneko, Y., Chan, G.C., Chan, L.C., Squire, J., Scherer, S.W. and Hitzler JK. 2001. Fusion of two novel genes, RBM15 and MKL1, in the t(1;22)(p13;q13) of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. Nature Genetics 3, 220-221. [PMID: 11431691]
139. Cheung, J., Petek, E., Nakabayashi, K., Tsui, L.C., Vincent, J.B. and Scherer, S.W. 2001. Identification of the human cortactin-binding protein-2 gene from the autism candidate region at 7q31. Genomics 78, 7-11. [PMID: 11707066]
140. Osborne, L.R., Li, M., Pober, B., Chitayat, D., Bodurtha, J., Mandel, A., Costa, T., Grebe, T., Cox, S., Tsui, L.C. and Scherer, S.W. 2001. A 1.5 million base pair inversion polymorphism in families with Williams-Beuren syndrome. Nature Genetics 29, 321-325. [PMID: 11685205]