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Population-Based Prevalence of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Using Genetic Analysis of Statewide Blood Screening Program by Johnson, Nicholas E., Butterfield, Russell J., Mayne, Katie, Newcomb, Tara, Imburgia, Carina, Dunn, Diane, Duval, Brett, Feldkamp, Marcia L., Weiss, Robert B.

“…To determine whether the genetic prevalence of the CTG expansion in the gene associated with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) in an unbiased cohort is higher…”
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Gut microbes of mammalian herbivores facilitate intake of plant toxins by Kohl, Kevin D, Weiss, Robert B, Cox, James, Dale, Colin, Denise Dearing, M, Dam, Nicole

“…The foraging ecology of mammalian herbivores is strongly shaped by plant secondary compounds (PSCs) that defend plants against herbivory. Conventional wisdom…”
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Evidence-based path to newborn screening for duchenne muscular dystrophy by Mendell, Jerry R., Shilling, Chris, Leslie, Nancy D., Flanigan, Kevin M., al-Dahhak, Roula, Gastier-Foster, Julie, Kneile, Kelley, Dunn, Diane M., Duval, Brett, Aoyagi, Alexander, Hamil, Cindy, Mahmoud, Maha, Roush, Kandice, Bird, Lauren, Rankin, Chelsea, Lilly, Heather, Street, Natalie, Chandrasekar, Ram, Weiss, Robert B.

“…Objective: Creatine kinase (CK) levels are increased on dried blood spots in newborns related to the birthing process. As a marker for newborn screening, CK in…”
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Stochasticity, determinism, and contingency shape genome evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria by Boyd, Bret M., James, Ian, Johnson, Kevin P., Weiss, Robert B., Bush, Sarah E., Clayton, Dale H., Dale, Colin

“…Evolution results from the interaction of stochastic and deterministic processes that create a web of historical contingency, shaping gene content and…”
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LTBP4 genotype predicts age of ambulatory loss in duchenne muscular dystrophy by Flanigan, Kevin M., Ceco, Ermelinda, Lamar, Kay-Marie, Kaminoh, Yuuki, Dunn, Diane M., Mendell, Jerry R., King, Wendy M., Pestronk, Alan, Florence, Julaine M., Mathews, Katherine D., Finkel, Richard S., Swoboda, Kathryn J., Gappmaier, Eduard, Howard, Michael T., Day, John W., McDonald, Craig, McNally, Elizabeth M., Weiss, Robert B.

“…Objective Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) displays a clinical range that is not fully explained by the primary DMD mutations. Ltbp4, encoding latent…”
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Nicotinic alpha 7 receptor expression and modulation of the lung epithelial response to lipopolysaccharide by Gahring, Lorise C, Myers, Elizabeth J, Dunn, Diane M, Weiss, Robert B, Rogers, Scott W

“…Nicotine modulates multiple inflammatory responses in the lung through the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtype alpha7 (α7). Previously we reported that α7…”
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A novel human-infection-derived bacterium provides insights into the evolutionary origins of mutualistic insect-bacterial symbioses by Clayton, Adam L, Oakeson, Kelly F, Gutin, Maria, Pontes, Arthur, Dunn, Diane M, von Niederhausern, Andrew C, Weiss, Robert B, Fisher, Mark, Dale, Colin

“…Despite extensive study, little is known about the origins of the mutualistic bacterial endosymbionts that inhabit approximately 10% of the world's insects. In…”
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Interplay of Genetic Risk Factors (CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4) and Cessation Treatments in Smoking Cessation Success by Chen, Li-Shiun, Baker, Timothy B., Piper, Megan E., Breslau, Naomi, Cannon, Dale S., Doheny, Kimberly F., Gogarten, Stephanie M., Johnson, Eric O., Saccone, Nancy L., Wang, Jen C., Weiss, Robert B., Goate, Alison M., Bierut, Laura Jean

“…When smokers were separated by their nicotinic receptor gene variants, those with the low-risk genotype responded equally well to pharmacological treatments,…”
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Peroxinectin catalyzed dityrosine crosslinking in the adhesive underwater silk of a casemaker caddisfly larvae, Hysperophylax occidentalis by Wang, Ching-Shuen, Ashton, Nicholas N., Weiss, Robert B., Stewart, Russell J.

“…Aquatic caddisfly larvae use sticky silk fibers as an adhesive tape to construct protective composite structures under water. Three new silk fiber components…”
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Analysis of Dystrophin Deletion Mutations Predicts Age of Cardiomyopathy Onset in Becker Muscular Dystrophy by Kaspar, Rita Wen, Allen, Hugh D, Ray, Will C, Alvarez, Carlos E, Kissel, John T, Pestronk, Alan, Weiss, Robert B, Flanigan, Kevin M, Mendell, Jerry R, Montanaro, Federica

“…Analysis of Dystrophin Deletion Mutations Predicts Age of Cardiomyopathy Onset in Becker Muscular Dystrophy Rita Wen Kaspar, PhD, RN ; Hugh D. Allen, MD ; Will…”
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Self-Tensioning Aquatic Caddisfly Silk: Ca2+-Dependent Structure, Strength, and Load Cycle Hysteresis by Ashton, Nicholas N, Roe, Daniel R, Weiss, Robert B, Cheatham, Thomas E, Stewart, Russell J

“…Caddisflies are aquatic relatives of silk-spinning terrestrial moths and butterflies. Casemaker larvae spin adhesive silk fibers for underwater construction of…”
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Adaptation by Deletogenic Replication Slippage in a Nascent Symbiont by Clayton, Adam L, Jackson, D Grant, Weiss, Robert B, Dale, Colin

“…As a consequence of population level constraints in the obligate, host-associated lifestyle, intracellular symbiotic bacteria typically exhibit high rates of…”
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Transcriptome profiling identifies regulators of pathogenesis in collagen VI related muscular dystrophy by Butterfield, Russell J, Dunn, Diane M, Hu, Ying, Johnson, Kory, Bönnemann, Carsten G, Weiss, Robert B

“…The collagen VI related muscular dystrophies (COL6-RD), Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) and Bethlem myopathy (BM) are among the most common…”
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A candidate gene approach identifies the CHRNA5-A3-B4 region as a risk factor for age-dependent nicotine addiction by Weiss, Robert B, Baker, Timothy B, Cannon, Dale S, von Niederhausern, Andrew, Dunn, Diane M, Matsunami, Nori, Singh, Nanda A, Baird, Lisa, Coon, Hilary, McMahon, William M, Piper, Megan E, Fiore, Michael C, Scholand, Mary Beth, Connett, John E, Kanner, Richard E, Gahring, Lorise C, Rogers, Scott W, Hoidal, John R, Leppert, Mark F

“…People who begin daily smoking at an early age are at greater risk of long-term nicotine addiction. We tested the hypothesis that associations between…”
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Systemic delivery of an AAV9 exon-skipping vector significantly improves or prevents features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Dup2 mouse by Wein, Nicolas, Vetter, Tatyana A., Vulin, Adeline, Simmons, Tabatha R., Frair, Emma C., Bradley, Adrienne J., Gushchina, Liubov V., Almeida, Camila F., Huang, Nianyuan, Lesman, Daniel, Rajakumar, Dhanarajan, Weiss, Robert B., Flanigan, Kevin M.

“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is typically caused by mutations that disrupt the DMD reading frame, but nonsense mutations in the 5′ part of the gene induce…”
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Accelerated evolution of mitochondrial but not nuclear genomes of Hymenoptera: new evidence from crabronid wasps by Kaltenpoth, Martin, Showers Corneli, Patrice, Dunn, Diane M, Weiss, Robert B, Strohm, Erhard, Seger, Jon

“…Mitochondrial genes in animals are especially useful as molecular markers for the reconstruction of phylogenies among closely related taxa, due to the…”
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Nonsense mutation-associated Becker muscular dystrophy: interplay between exon definition and splicing regulatory elements within the DMD gene by Flanigan, Kevin M, Dunn, Diane M, von Niederhausern, Andrew, Soltanzadeh, Payam, Howard, Michael T, Sampson, Jacinda B, Swoboda, Kathryn J, Bromberg, Mark B, Mendell, Jerry R, Taylor, Laura E, Anderson, Christine B, Pestronk, Alan, Florence, Julaine M, Connolly, Anne M, Mathews, Katherine D, Wong, Brenda, Finkel, Richard S, Bonnemann, Carsten G, Day, John W, McDonald, Craig, Weiss, Robert B

“…Nonsense mutations are usually predicted to function as null alleles due to premature termination of protein translation. However, nonsense mutations in the…”
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Clinical phenotypes as predictors of the outcome of skipping around DMD exon 45 by Findlay, Andrew R., Wein, Nicolas, Kaminoh, Yuuki, Taylor, Laura E., Dunn, Diane M., Mendell, Jerry R., King, Wendy M., Pestronk, Alan, Florence, Julaine M., Mathews, Katherine D., Finkel, Richard S., Swoboda, Kathryn J., Howard, Michael T., Day, John W., McDonald, Craig, Nicolas, Aurélie, Le Rumeur, Elisabeth, Weiss, Robert B., Flanigan, Kevin M.

“…Objective Exon‐skipping therapies aim to convert Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) into less severe Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) by altering pre‐mRNA…”
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EGO, a novel, noncoding RNA gene, regulates eosinophil granule protein transcript expression by Wagner, Lori A., Christensen, Clarissa J., Dunn, Diane M., Spangrude, Gerald J., Georgelas, Ann, Kelley, Linda, Esplin, M. Sean, Weiss, Robert B., Gleich, Gerald J.

“…Gene expression profiling of early eosinophil development shows increased transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, transcription factors,…”
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Patterns of host gene expression associated with harboring a foregut microbial community by Kohl, Kevin D, Oakeson, Kelly F, Dunn, Diane, Meyerholz, David K, Dale, Colin, Weiss, Robert B, Dearing, M Denise

“…Harboring foregut microbial communities is considered a key innovation that allows herbivorous mammals to colonize new ecological niches. However, the…”
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