Jacques S. Beckmann

Publication List Details

Period

2004 - 2008

Number

32

Co-Authors

Association of ABCB1genetic variants with renal function in Africans and in Caucasians (2008)

Bochud, Murielle, Eap, Chin B, Maillard, Marc, Johnson, Toby, Vollenweider, Peter, Bovet, Pascal, ...

Abstract Background The P-glycoprotein, encoded by the ABCB1 gene, is expressed in human endothelial and mesangial cells, which contribute to control renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rate....

In Vitro Whole-Genome Analysis Identifies a Susceptibility Locus for HIV-1 (2008)

Corinne Loeuillet, Samuel Deutsch, Angela Ciuffi, Daniel Robyr, Patrick Taffé, Miguel Muñoz, ...

Advances in large-scale analysis of human genomic variability provide unprecedented opportunities to study the genetic basis of susceptibility to infectious agents. We report here the use of an in...

Association of ABCB1 genetic variants with renal function in Africans and in Caucasians. (2008)

Bochud, Murielle, Eap, Chin B, Maillard, Marc, Johnson, Toby, Vollenweider, Peter, Bovet, Pascal, ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The P-glycoprotein, encoded by the ABCB1 gene, is expressed in human endothelial and mesangial cells, which contribute to control renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration...

Computational Problems in Perfect Phylogeny Haplotyping: (2004)

Tag Snps, Tamar Barzuza, Jacques S. Beckmann, Ron Shamir

The perfect phylogeny model for haplotype evolution has been successfully applied to haplotype resolution from genotype data. In this study we explore the application of the perfect phylogeny model...

A homeobox gene, vax2, controls the patterning of the eye dorsoventral axis

Barbieri, Anna Maria, Lupo, Giuseppe, Bulfone, Alessandro, Andreazzoli, Massimiliano, Mariani, Margherita, Fougerousse, Francoise, ...

We have identified a transcription factor specifically expressed in the developing vertebrate eye. We named this gene vax2 because of the high degree of sequence similarity to the recently described...

Expression and Functional Characteristics of Calpain 3 Isoforms Generated through Tissue-Specific Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Events

Herasse, Muriel, Ono, Yasuko, Fougerousse, Françoise, Kimura, Ei-ichi, Stockholm, Daniel, Beley, Cyriaque, ...

Calpain 3 is a nonlysosomal cysteine protease whose biological functions remain unknown. We previously demonstrated that this protease is altered in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A patients....

In Vitro TRANSCRIPTION OF A TRANSFER RNA GENE*

Daniel, Violet, Sarid, Sara, Beckmann, Jacques S., Littauer, Uriel Z.

The Escherichia coli tRNATyr gene carried by the ϕ80psu3 + transducing phage was transcribed in vitro by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The enzymatically synthesized tRNATyr-like polynucleotide...

Purification and In Vitro Transcription of a Transfer RNA Gene

Daniel, Violet, Beckmann, Jacques S., Sarid, Sara, Grimberg, Jacob I., Herzberg, Max, Littauer, Uriel Z.

A gene specifying tyrosine transfer RNA has been purified and transcribed in vitro. The purification procedure made use of two specialized transducing phages carrying the tRNATyr gene of Escherichia...

Use of a Combined Ex Vivo/In Vivo Population Approach for Screening of Human Genes Involved in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Life Cycle for Variants Influencing Disease Progression†

Bleiber, Gabriela, May, Margaret, Martinez, Raquel, Meylan, Pascal, Ott, Jürg, Beckmann, Jacques S., ...

Humans differ substantially with respect to susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We evaluated variants of nine host genes participating in the viral life cycle for their...

Vacuoliting Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts, Mapped to Chromosome 22qtel

Topçu, Meral, Gartioux, Corine, Ribierre, Florence, Yalçinkaya, Cengiz, Tokus, Erem, Öztekin, Nese, ...

The leukodystrophies form a complex group of orphan genetic disorders that primarily affect myelin, the main constituent of the brain white matter. Among the leukodystrophies of undetermined...

Genetic Linkage of the Muckle-Wells Syndrome to Chromosome 1q44

Cuisset, Laurence, Drenth, Joost P. H., Berthelot, Jean-Marie, Meyrier, Alain, Vaudour, Gérard, Watts, Richard A., ...

The Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder characterized by acute febrile inflammatory episodes comprising abdominal pain, arthritis, and urticaria. Progressive nerve...

Recovering frequencies of known haplotype blocks from single-nucleotide polymorphism allele frequencies.

Pe'er, Itsik, Beckmann, Jacques S

Prospects for large-scale association studies rely on economical methods and powerful analysis. Representing available SNPs by small subsets and measuring allele frequencies on pooled DNA samples...

Confirmation of genetic heterogeneity in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: Linkage of an autosomal dominant form to chromosome 5q

Speer, Marcy C., Yamaoka, Larry H., Gilchrist, James H., Gaskell, C. P., Stajich, Jeffrey M., Vance, Jeffery M., ...

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders, with both recessive and dominant forms reported. Recently, a series of recessive LGMD families...

A homeobox gene, vax2, controls the patterning of the eye dorsoventral axis

Barbieri, Anna Maria, Lupo, Giuseppe, Bulfone, Alessandro, Andreazzoli, Massimiliano, Mariani, Margherita, Fougerousse, Francoise, ...

We have identified a transcription factor specifically expressed in the developing vertebrate eye. We named this gene vax2 because of the high degree of sequence similarity to the recently described...

Expression and Functional Characteristics of Calpain 3 Isoforms Generated through Tissue-Specific Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Events

Herasse, Muriel, Ono, Yasuko, Fougerousse, Françoise, Kimura, Ei-ichi, Stockholm, Daniel, Beley, Cyriaque, ...

Calpain 3 is a nonlysosomal cysteine protease whose biological functions remain unknown. We previously demonstrated that this protease is altered in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A patients....

In Vitro TRANSCRIPTION OF A TRANSFER RNA GENE*

Daniel, Violet, Sarid, Sara, Beckmann, Jacques S., Littauer, Uriel Z.

The Escherichia coli tRNATyr gene carried by the ϕ80psu3 + transducing phage was transcribed in vitro by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The enzymatically synthesized tRNATyr-like polynucleotide...

A Highly Significant Association between a COMT Haplotype and Schizophrenia

Shifman, Sagiv, Bronstein, Michal, Sternfeld, Meira, Pisanté-Shalom, Anne, Lev-Lehman, Efrat, Weizman, Avraham, ...

Several lines of evidence have placed the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene in the limelight as a candidate gene for schizophrenia. One of these is its biochemical function in metabolism of...

Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type I Is Caused by Mutations in Codanin-1

Dgany, Orly, Avidan, Nili, Delaunay, Jean, Krasnov, Tatyana, Shalmon, Lea, Shalev, Hanna, ...

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDAs) constitute a rare group of inherited red-blood-cell disorders associated with dysplastic changes in late erythroid precursors. CDA type I (CDAI [MIM...

Purification and In Vitro Transcription of a Transfer RNA Gene

Daniel, Violet, Beckmann, Jacques S., Sarid, Sara, Grimberg, Jacob I., Herzberg, Max, Littauer, Uriel Z.

A gene specifying tyrosine transfer RNA has been purified and transcribed in vitro. The purification procedure made use of two specialized transducing phages carrying the tRNATyr gene of Escherichia...

Identification of C7orf11 (TTDN1) Gene Mutations and Genetic Heterogeneity in Nonphotosensitive Trichothiodystrophy

Nakabayashi, Kazuhiko, Amann, Daniela, Ren, Yan, Saarialho-Kere, Ulpu, Avidan, Nili, Gentles, Simone, ...

We have identified C7orf11, which localizes to the nucleus and is expressed in fetal hair follicles, as the first disease gene for nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy (TTD). C7orf11 maps to...

Use of a Combined Ex Vivo/In Vivo Population Approach for Screening of Human Genes Involved in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Life Cycle for Variants Influencing Disease Progression†

Bleiber, Gabriela, May, Margaret, Martinez, Raquel, Meylan, Pascal, Ott, Jürg, Beckmann, Jacques S., ...

Humans differ substantially with respect to susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We evaluated variants of nine host genes participating in the viral life cycle for their...

Vacuoliting Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts, Mapped to Chromosome 22qtel

Topçu, Meral, Gartioux, Corine, Ribierre, Florence, Yalçinkaya, Cengiz, Tokus, Erem, Öztekin, Nese, ...

The leukodystrophies form a complex group of orphan genetic disorders that primarily affect myelin, the main constituent of the brain white matter. Among the leukodystrophies of undetermined...

Genetic Linkage of the Muckle-Wells Syndrome to Chromosome 1q44

Cuisset, Laurence, Drenth, Joost P. H., Berthelot, Jean-Marie, Meyrier, Alain, Vaudour, Gérard, Watts, Richard A., ...

The Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder characterized by acute febrile inflammatory episodes comprising abdominal pain, arthritis, and urticaria. Progressive nerve...

Recovering frequencies of known haplotype blocks from single-nucleotide polymorphism allele frequencies.

Pe'er, Itsik, Beckmann, Jacques S

Prospects for large-scale association studies rely on economical methods and powerful analysis. Representing available SNPs by small subsets and measuring allele frequencies on pooled DNA samples...

Confirmation of genetic heterogeneity in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: Linkage of an autosomal dominant form to chromosome 5q

Speer, Marcy C., Yamaoka, Larry H., Gilchrist, James H., Gaskell, C. P., Stajich, Jeffrey M., Vance, Jeffery M., ...

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders, with both recessive and dominant forms reported. Recently, a series of recessive LGMD families...

A unique set of SH3–SH3 interactions controls IB1 homodimerization

Kristensen, Ole, Guenat, Sylvie, Dar, Imran, Allaman-Pillet, Nathalie, Abderrahmani, Amar, Ferdaoussi, Mourad, ...

Islet-brain 1 (IB1 or JIP-1) is a scaffold protein that interacts with components of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signal-transduction pathway. IB1 is expressed at high levels in neurons and in...

Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies to Calpain 3 and Protein Expression in Muscle from Patients with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A

Anderson, Louise V. B., Davison, Keith, Moss, Jennifer A., Richard, Isabelle, Fardeau, Michel, Tomé, Fernando M. S., ...

Monoclonal antibodies were raised to two regions of calpain 3 (muscle-specific calcium-activated neutral protease), which is the product of the gene that is defective in limb-girdle muscular...

In Vitro Whole-Genome Analysis Identifies a Susceptibility Locus for HIV-1

Loeuillet, Corinne, Deutsch, Samuel, Ciuffi, Angela, Robyr, Daniel, Taffé, Patrick, Muñoz, Miguel, ...

Advances in large-scale analysis of human genomic variability provide unprecedented opportunities to study the genetic basis of susceptibility to infectious agents. We report here the use of an in...

Premature termination codons in PRPF31 cause retinitis pigmentosa via haploinsufficiency due to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

Rio Frio, Thomas, Wade, Nicholas M., Ransijn, Adriana, Berson, Eliot L., Beckmann, Jacques S., Rivolta, Carlo

Dominant mutations in the gene encoding the mRNA splicing factor PRPF31 cause retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary form of retinal degeneration. Most of these mutations are characterized by DNA changes...

Loss of Calpain 3 Proteolytic Activity Leads to Muscular Dystrophy and to Apoptosis-Associated Iκbα/Nuclear Factor κb Pathway Perturbation in Mice

Richard, Isabelle, Roudaut, Carinne, Marchand, Sylvie, Baghdiguian, Stephen, Herasse, Muriel, Stockholm, Daniel, ...

Calpain 3 is known as the skeletal muscle–specific member of the calpains, a family of intracellular nonlysosomal cysteine proteases. It was previously shown that defects in the human calpain 3...