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2011-04-10 new articles we read this week

Vision

  1. Standfuss J, Edwards PC, D’Antona A, Fransen M, Xie G, Oprian DD, Schertler GF. The structural basis of agonist-induced activation in constitutively active rhodopsin. Nature. 2011 Mar 31;471(7340):656-60. Epub 2011 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 21389983.

Genetics

  1. Hurst LD. Molecular genetics: The sound of silence. Nature. 2011 Mar 31;471(7340):582-3. PubMed PMID: 21455166.
    • How silence mutations can cause disease? One more example from the study of Crohn’s disease.
  2. Lachke SA, Alkuraya FS, Kneeland SC, Ohn T, Aboukhalil A, Howell GR, Saadi I, Cavallesco R, Yue Y, Tsai AC, Nair KS, Cosma MI, Smith RS, Hodges E, Alfadhli SM, Al-Hajeri A, Shamseldin HE, Behbehani A, Hannon GJ, Bulyk ML, Drack AV, Anderson PJ, John SW, Maas RL. Mutations in the RNA granule component TDRD7 cause cataract and glaucoma. Science. 2011 Mar 25;331(6024):1571-6. PubMed PMID: 21436445.
    • Commentary: Duncan MK. Development. A new focus on RNA in the lens. Science. 2011 Mar 25;331(6024):1523-4. PubMed PMID: 21436425.
  3. Horn T, Sandmann T, Fischer B, Axelsson E, Huber W, Boutros M. Mapping of signaling networks through synthetic genetic interaction analysis by RNAi. Nat Methods. 2011 Apr;8(4):341-6. Epub 2011 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 21378980.

 

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