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Louis Martens Kunkel, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Genomics Program
617-355-7576
Kunkel Lab Website
GFAP is necessary for the integrity of CNS white matter architecture and long-term maintenance of myelination.
Authors: Authors: Liedtke W, Edelmann W, Bieri PL, Chiu FC, Cowan NJ, Kucherlapati R, Raine CS.
Neuron
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Association of codon 108/158 catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphism with the psychiatric manifestations of velo-cardio-facial syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Lachman HM, Morrow B, Shprintzen R, Veit S, Parsia SS, Faedda G, Goldberg R, Kucherlapati R, Papolos DF.
Am J Med Genet
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Translocation breakpoints upstream of the HMGIC gene in uterine leiomyomata suggest dysregulation of this gene by a mechanism different from that in lipomas.
Authors: Authors: Schoenberg Fejzo M, Ashar HR, Krauter KS, Powell WL, Rein MS, Weremowicz S, Yoon SJ, Kucherlapati RS, Chada K, Morton CC.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer
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Physical mapping of a commonly deleted region, the site of a candidate tumor suppressor gene, at 12q22 in human male germ cell tumors.
Authors: Authors: Murty VV, Renault B, Falk CT, Bosl GJ, Kucherlapati R, Chaganti RS.
Genomics
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cDNA cloning, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of myelodysplasia/myeloid leukemia factor 2 (MLF2).
Authors: Authors: Kuefer MU, Look AT, Williams DC, Valentine V, Naeve CW, Behm FG, Mullersman JE, Yoneda-Kato N, Montgomery K, Kucherlapati R, Morris SW.
Genomics
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Meiotic pachytene arrest in MLH1-deficient mice.
Authors: Authors: Edelmann W, Cohen PE, Kane M, Lau K, Morrow B, Bennett S, Umar A, Kunkel T, Cattoretti G, Chaganti R, Pollard JW, Kolodner RD, Kucherlapati R.
Cell
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Role of recombination enzymes in mammalian cell survival.
Authors: Authors: Edelmann W, Kucherlapati R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Mutations in the activin receptor-like kinase 1 gene in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2.
Authors: Authors: Johnson DW, Berg JN, Baldwin MA, Gallione CJ, Marondel I, Yoon SJ, Stenzel TT, Speer M, Pericak-Vance MA, Diamond A, Guttmacher AE, Jackson CE, Attisano L, Kucherlapati R, Porteous ME, Marchuk DA.
Nat Genet
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Isolation of a new clathrin heavy chain gene with muscle-specific expression from the region commonly deleted in velo-cardio-facial syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Sirotkin H, Morrow B, DasGupta R, Goldberg R, Patanjali SR, Shi G, Cannizzaro L, Shprintzen R, Weissman SM, Kucherlapati R.
Hum Mol Genet
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Neuronal abnormalities in microtubule-associated protein 1B mutant mice.
Authors: Authors: Edelmann W, Zervas M, Costello P, Roback L, Fischer I, Hammarback JA, Cowan N, Davies P, Wainer B, Kucherlapati R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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