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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2011

Mutations in U4atac snRNA, a component of the minor spliceosome, in the developmental disorder MOPD I.

Huiling He, Sandya Liyanarachchi, Keiko Akagi, Rebecca Nagy, Jingfeng Li, Rosemary C Dietrich, Wei Li, Nikhil Sebastian, Bernard Wen, Baozhong Xin and 12 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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143citing papers in PubMed
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143 citing papers in PubMed, 257 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Huiling HeHuman Cancer Genetics Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Sandya Liyanarachchi
Keiko Akagi
Rebecca Nagy
Jingfeng Li
Rosemary C Dietrich
Wei Li
Nikhil Sebastian
Bernard Wen
Baozhong Xin
Jarnail Singh
Pearlly Yan
Hansjuerg Alder
Eric Haan
Dagmar Wieczorek
Beate Albrecht
Erik Puffenberger
Heng Wang
Judith A Westman
Richard A Padgett
David E Symer
Albert de la Chapelle
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USCenter For Children With Special Needs · USEssen University Hospital · DESouth Australia Pathology · AUThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Translational Therapeutics Research Program (TT)P30CA016058 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Tasleem J Padamsee · 1985 to 2026
$132.3M
Transcriptional elongation and splicing in human genes in situR01GM093074 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI PADGETT, RICHARD A · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
Mechanism of U12-dependent spliceosomal splicingR01GM079527 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI PADGETT, RICHARD A · 2007 to 2010
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016058NCI NIH HHS P30 CA16058NIGMS NIH HHS GM079527NIGMS NIH HHS GM093074NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079527NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093074
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) are essential factors in messenger RNA splicing. By means of homozygosity mapping and deep sequencing, we show that a gene encoding U4atac snRNA, a component of the minor U12-dependent spliceosome, is mutated in individuals with microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type I (MOPD I), a severe developmental disorder characterized by extreme intrauterine growth retardation and multiple organ abnormalities. Functional assays showed that mutations (30G>A, 51G>A, 55G>A, and 111G>A) associated with MOPD I cause defective U12-dependent splicing. Endogenous U12-dependent but not U2-dependent introns were found to be poorly spliced in MOPD I patient fibroblast cells. The introduction of wild-type U4atac snRNA into MOPD I cells enhanced U12-dependent splicing. These results illustrate the critical role of minor intron splicing in human development.

Indexed as

MutationRNA SplicingCell LineChromosomes, Human, Pair 2DwarfismFemaleFetal Growth RetardationHumansIntronsInverted Repeat SequencesMaleMicrocephalyNucleic Acid ConformationOsteochondrodysplasiasPedigreeRNA, Small NuclearRNA, Small NuclearU12 small nuclear RNAU2 small nuclear RNAU4 small nuclear RNA

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PMID21474760
PMCPMC3380448
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