The Hospital for Sick Children

Websites:
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants
McLaughlin Centre
Steve Scherer's Wiki

News:
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
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street, Room 13.9800
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Elaine Chang
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x301574
Fax: (416) 813-8319

Publications (2003)
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  1. Petek, E., Windpassinger, C., Mach, M., Rauter, L., Scherer, S.W., Wagner, K. and Kroisel, P.M. 2003. Molecular characterization of a 12q22-q24 deletion associated with congenital deafness: Confirmation and refinement of the DFNA25 locus. American Journal of Medical Genetics 117A, 122-126. [PMID: 12567408]
  2. Lamhonwah, A.M., Skaug, J., Scherer, S.W. and Tein, I. 2003. A third human carnitine/organic cation transporter (OCTN3) as a candidate for the 5q31 Crohn's disease locus (IBD5). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1, 98-101. [PMID: 12535646]
  3. Cheung, J., Estivill, X., MacDonald J., Khaja, R., Osborne, L.R., Tsui, L.-C. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Genome-wide detection of recent segmental duplications on chromosomes and potential assembly errors in the human genome sequence. Genome Biology, 4, R25. [PMID: 12702206]
  4. Cisternas F.A., Vincent, J.B., Scherer, S.W. and Ray, P.N. 2003. Cloning and characterization of human CADPS and CADPS2, new members of the Ca2+-dependent activator for secretion protein family. Genomics 3, 279-291. [PMID: 12659812]
  5. Hitzler, J.K., Cheung, J., Li, Y., Scherer, S.W. and Zipursky, A. 2003. GATA1 mutations in transient leukemia and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia of Down syndrome. Blood 11, 4301-4304. [PMID: 12586620]
  6. Bentley, L., Nakabayashi, K., Monk, D., Beechey, C., Peters, J., Birjandi, Z., Khayat, F.E., Patel, M., Preece, M.A., Stanier, P., Scherer, S.W. and Moore, G.E. 2003. The imprinted region on human chromosome 7q32 extends to the carboxypeptidase A gene cluster: an imprinted candidate for Silver-Russell syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics 40, 249-256. [PMID: 12676894]
  7. *Scherer, S.W., Cheung, J., MacDonald, J.R., Osborne, L.R., Nakabayashi, K., Herbrick, J.A., Carson, A.R., Parker-Katiraee, L., Skaug, J., Khaja, R., Zhang, J., Hudek, A.K., Li, M., Haddad, M., Duggan, G.E., Fernandez, B.A., Kanematsu, E., Gentles, S., Christopoulos, C.C., Choufani, S., Kwasnicka, D., Zheng, X.H., Nusskern, D., Zhang, Q., Gu, Z., Lu, F., Zeesman, S., Teshima, I., Chitayat, D., Shuman, C., Weksberg, R., Zackai, E.H., Grebe, T.A., Cox, S.R., Kirkpatrick, S.J., Rahman, N., Friedman, J.M., Heng, H.H.Q., Pelicci, P., Lo-coco, F., Belloni, E., Shaffer, L.G., Pober, B., Morton, C.C., Gusella, J.F., Bruns, G.A.P., Korf, B.R., Quade, B.J., Ligon, A.H., Ferguson, H., Higgins, A.W., Leach, N.T., Herrick, S.R., Lemyre, E., Farra, C.G., Kim, H-G., Summers, A.M., Gripp, K.W., Roberts ,W., Szatmari, P,, Winsor, E.J.T., Grzeschik, K-H., Teebi, A., Minassian, B.A., Kere, J., Armengol, L., Pugana, M.A., Estivill, X., Wilson, M.D., Koop, B.F., Tosi, S., Moore, G.E., Boright, A.P., Zlotorynski, E., Kerem, B., Kroisel, P.M., Petek, E., Oscier, D.G., Mould, S.J., Döhner, H., Döhner, K., Rommens, J.M., Vincent, J.B., Venter, J.C., Li, P.W., Mural, R.J., Adams, M.D. and Tsui, L-C.. 2003. Human Chromosome 7: DNA Sequence and Biology. Science 300, 767-772. *corresponding author [PMID: 12690205]
  8. Ianzano, L., Zhao, X.C., Minassian, B.M. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Identification of a novel protein interacting with laforin, the EPM2A Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy gene-product. Genomics 6, 579-587. [PMID: 12782127]
  9. Hudek, A.K., Cheung, J., Boright, A.P. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Genescript: DNA sequence annotation pipeline. Bioinformatics 9, 1177-1178. [PMID: 12801881]
  10. Cheung, J., Wilson, M.D., Zhang, J., Khaja, R., MacDonald, J.R., Koop, B.F. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Recent segmental and gene duplications in the mouse genome. Genome Biology 4, R47. [PMID: 12914656]
  11. Tosi, S., Hughes, J., Scherer, S.W., Nakabayashi, K., Harbott, J., Haas, O., Cazzaniga, G., Biondi, A., Kempski, H. and Kearney, L. 2003. Heterogeneity of the 7q36 breakpoints in the t(7;12) involving ETV6 in infant leukemia. Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer 38, 191-200. [PMID: 12939747]
  12. Armengol, L., Pujana, M.A., Cheung, J., Scherer, S.W. and Estivill, X. 2003. Enrichment of segmental suplications in regions of breaks of synteny between the human and mouse genomes suggest their involvement in evolutionary rearrangements. Human Molecular Genetics 17, 2201-2208. [PMID: 12915466]
  13. Chan, E.M., Young, E.J., Ianzano, L., Munteanu-Oprea, I., Zhao, X., Christopoulos, C.C., Avanzini, G., Elia, M., Ackerley, C.A., Jovic, N.J., Bohlega, S., Andermann, E., Rouleau, G., Delgado-Escueta, A.V., Minassian, B.A. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Mutations in NHLRC1 cause progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Nature Genetics 35, 125-127. [PMID: 12958597]
  14. Chan, E.M., Bulman, D.E., Paterson, A.D., Turnbull, J., Andermann, E., Rouleau, G.A., Delgado-Escueta, A.V., Scherer, S.W. and Minassian, B.A. 2003. Genetic mapping of a new Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy locus (EPM2B) on 6p22. Journal of Medical Genetics 40, 671-675. [PMID: 12960212]
  15. Zlotorynski, E., Rahat, A., Skaug, J., Ben-Porat, N., Hershberg, R., Levi, A., Scherer, S.W., Margalit, H. and Kerem, B. 2003. Molecular basis for expression of common and rare fragile sites. Molecular and Cellular Biology 23, 7143-7151. [PMID: 14517285]
  16. Fadiel, A., Lithwick, S., Ganji, G. and Scherer, S.W. 2003. Remarkable sequence signatures in archaeal genomes. Archaea 1, 185-190. [PMID: 15803664]
  17. Andrade, D.M., Minett, T.S.C., Teive, H.A.G., Bohlega, S., Scherer, S.W. and Minassian, B.A. 2003. Skin biopsy in Lafora disease: genotype-phenotype correlations and diagnostic pitfalls. Neurology 11, 1611-1614. [PMID: 14663053]
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