Mitotic regulation by NEK kinase networks

AM Fry, R Bayliss, J Roig - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Genetic studies in yeast and Drosophila led to identification of cyclin-dependent kinases
(CDKs), Polo-like kinases (PLKs) and Aurora kinases as essential regulators of mitosis …

Lessons learned from large-scale, first-tier clinical exome sequencing in a highly consanguineous population

D Monies, M Abouelhoda, M Assoum… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
We report the results of clinical exome sequencing (CES) on> 2,200 previously unpublished
Saudi families as a first-tier test. The predominance of autosomal-recessive causes allowed …

The emerging impact of tRNA modifications in the brain and nervous system

J Ramos, D Fu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2019 - Elsevier
A remarkable number of neurodevelopmental disorders have been linked to defects in tRNA
modifications. These discoveries place tRNA modifications in the spotlight as critical …

Diagnostic implications of pitfalls in causal variant identification based on 4577 molecularly characterized families

L AlAbdi, S Maddirevula, HE Shamseldin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite large sequencing and data sharing efforts, previously characterized pathogenic
variants only account for a fraction of Mendelian disease patients, which highlights the need …

Clinical genomics expands the morbid genome of intellectual disability and offers a high diagnostic yield

S Anazi, S Maddirevula, E Faqeih, H Alsedairy… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Intellectual disability (ID) is a measurable phenotypic consequence of genetic and
environmental factors. In this study, we prospectively assessed the diagnostic yield of …

Genetics of intellectual disability in consanguineous families

H Hu, K Kahrizi, L Musante, Z Fattahi, R Herwig… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Autosomal recessive (AR) gene defects are the leading genetic cause of intellectual
disability (ID) in countries with frequent parental consanguinity, which account for about …

Matching tRNA modifications in humans to their known and predicted enzymes

V de Crécy-Lagard, P Boccaletto… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract tRNA are post-transcriptionally modified by chemical modifications that affect all
aspects of tRNA biology. An increasing number of mutations underlying human genetic …

Characterizing the morbid genome of ciliopathies

R Shaheen, K Szymanska, B Basu, N Patel, N Ewida… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Ciliopathies are clinically diverse disorders of the primary cilium. Remarkable
progress has been made in understanding the molecular basis of these genetically …

Autozygome and high throughput confirmation of disease genes candidacy

S Maddirevula, F Alzahrani, M Al-Owain… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Purpose Establishing links between Mendelian phenotypes and genes enables the
proper interpretation of variants therein. Autozygome, a rich source of homozygous variants …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical genomics can facilitate countrywide estimation of autosomal recessive disease burden

M Abouelhoda, T Sobahy, M El-Kalioby, N Patel… - Genetics in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Most autosomal recessive diseases are rare, but they collectively account for a
substantial proportion of disease burden, especially in consanguineous populations …