Table of contents
January 2008, Volume 40 No 1 pp1-117
About the coverEditorial
Human Variome Microattribution Reviews - p1
doi:10.1038/ng0108-1
Full Text - Human Variome Microattribution Reviews | PDF (119 KB) - Human Variome Microattribution Reviews
Book Review
Trial and error - p3
Alan Packer reviews Genetic Witness: Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling by Jay D. Aronson
doi:10.1038/ng0108-3
Full Text - Trial and error | PDF (109 KB) - Trial and error
News and Views
Copy-number analysis goes more than skin deep - pp5 - 6
Steven A McCarroll
doi:10.1038/ng0108-5
Full Text - Copy-number analysis goes more than skin deep | PDF (187 KB) - Copy-number analysis goes more than skin deep
See also: Brief Communication by Hollox et al.
Genomic rearrangements in the spotlight - pp6 - 7
Lucy R Osborne
doi:10.1038/ng0108-6
Full Text - Genomic rearrangements in the spotlight | PDF (215 KB) - Genomic rearrangements in the spotlight
See also: Letter by Turner et al.
BRCA1—sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow - pp8 - 9
William D Foulkes
doi:10.1038/ng0108-8
Full Text - BRCA1—sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow | PDF (247 KB) - BRCA1—sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow
See also: Letter by Saal et al.
Basal bodies, kinocilia and planar cell polarity - pp10 - 11
Jeffrey D Axelrod
doi:10.1038/ng0108-10
Full Text - Basal bodies, kinocilia and planar cell polarity | PDF (232 KB) - Basal bodies, kinocilia and planar cell polarity
See also: Article by Jones et al.
Research highlights - p15
doi:10.1038/ng0108-15
Full Text - Research highlights | PDF (91 KB) - Research highlights
Perspective
The emerging landscape of breast cancer susceptibility - pp17 - 22
Michael R Stratton & Nazneen Rahman
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.53
Abstract - The emerging landscape of breast cancer susceptibility | Full Text - The emerging landscape of breast cancer susceptibility | PDF (298 KB) - The emerging landscape of breast cancer susceptibility
Brief Communications
Psoriasis is associated with increased
-defensin genomic copy number - pp23 - 25
Edward J Hollox, Ulrike Huffmeier, Patrick L J M Zeeuwen, Raquel Palla, Jesús Lascorz, Diana Rodijk-Olthuis, Peter C M van de Kerkhof, Heiko Traupe, Gys de Jongh, Martin den Heijer, André Reis, John A L Armour & Joost Schalkwijk
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.48
Abstract - Psoriasis is associated with increased [beta]-defensin genomic copy number | Full Text - Psoriasis is associated with increased
-defensin genomic copy number | PDF (173 KB) - Psoriasis is associated with increased
-defensin genomic copy number | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by McCarroll
Common genetic variants at the CRAC1 (HMPS) locus on chromosome 15q13.3 influence colorectal cancer risk - pp26 - 28
Emma Jaeger, Emily Webb, Kimberley Howarth, Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Andrew Rowan, Peter Broderick, Axel Walther, Sarah Spain, Alan Pittman, Zoe Kemp, Kate Sullivan, Karl Heinimann, Steven Lubbe, Enric Domingo, Ella Barclay, Lynn Martin, Maggie Gorman, Ian Chandler, Jayaram Vijayakrishnan, Wendy Wood, Elli Papaemmanuil, Steven Penegar, Mobshra Qureshi, members of the CORGI Consortium, Susan Farrington, Albert Tenesa, Jean-Baptiste Cazier, David Kerr, Richard Gray, Julian Peto, Malcolm Dunlop, Harry Campbell, Huw Thomas, Richard Houlston & Ian Tomlinson
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.41
Abstract - Common genetic variants at the : CRAC1: (: HMPS: ) locus on chromosome 15q13.3 influence colorectal cancer risk | Full Text - Common genetic variants at the CRAC1 (HMPS) locus on chromosome 15q13.3 influence colorectal cancer risk | PDF (204 KB) - Common genetic variants at the CRAC1 (HMPS) locus on chromosome 15q13.3 influence colorectal cancer risk | Supplementary information
Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - pp29 - 31
Michael A van Es, Paul WJ van Vught, Hylke M Blauw, Lude Franke, Christiaan GJ Saris, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Sonja W de Jong, Vianney de Jong, Frank Baas, Ruben van't Slot, Robin Lemmens, Helenius J Schelhaas, Anna Birve, Kristel Sleegers, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Jennifer C Schymick, Bryan J Traynor, John HJ Wokke, Cisca Wijmenga, Wim Robberecht, Peter M Andersen, Jan H Veldink, Roel A Ophoff & Leonard H van den Berg
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.52
Abstract - Genetic variation in : DPP6: is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Full Text - Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | PDF (222 KB) - Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Supplementary information
Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2 - pp32 - 34
Uwe Kornak, Ellen Reynders, Aikaterini Dimopoulou, Jeroen van Reeuwijk, Bjoern Fischer, Anna Rajab, Birgit Budde, Peter Nürnberg, Francois Foulquier, the ARCL Debré-type Study Group, Dirk Lefeber, Zsolt Urban, Stephanie Gruenewald, Wim Annaert, Han G Brunner, Hans van Bokhoven, Ron Wevers, Eva Morava, Gert Matthijs, Lionel Van Maldergem & Stefan Mundlos
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.45
Abstract - Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H: +: -ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2 | Full Text - Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2 | PDF (275 KB) - Impaired glycosylation and cutis laxa caused by mutations in the vesicular H+-ATPase subunit ATP6V0A2 | Supplementary information
Articles
ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms - pp35 - 42
Yoshihiro Onouchi, Tomohiko Gunji, Jane C Burns, Chisato Shimizu, Jane W Newburger, Mayumi Yashiro, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Hiroshi Yanagawa, Keiko Wakui, Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Fumio Kishi, Kunihiro Hamamoto, Masaru Terai, Yoshitake Sato, Kazunobu Ouchi, Tsutomu Saji, Akiyoshi Nariai, Yoichi Kaburagi, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Kyoko Suzuki, Takeo Tanaka, Toshiro Nagai, Hideo Cho, Akihiro Fujino, Akihiro Sekine, Reiichiro Nakamichi, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Yusuke Nakamura & Akira Hata
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.59
Abstract - ITPKC: functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms | Full Text - ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms | PDF (797 KB) - ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms | Supplementary information
Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis - pp43 - 50
Tsung-Cheng Chang, Duonan Yu, Yun-Sil Lee, Erik A Wentzel, Dan E Arking, Kristin M West, Chi V Dang, Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko & Joshua T Mendell
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.30
Abstract - Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis | Full Text - Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis | PDF (693 KB) - Widespread microRNA repression by Myc contributes to tumorigenesis | Supplementary information
PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1 (RUNX1) in adult mouse hematopoiesis - pp51 - 60
Gang Huang, Pu Zhang, Hideyo Hirai, Shannon Elf, Xiaomei Yan, Zhao Chen, Steffen Koschmieder, Yutaka Okuno, Tajhal Dayaram, Joseph D Growney, Ramesh A Shivdasani, D Gary Gilliland, Nancy A Speck, Stephen D Nimer & Daniel G Tenen
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.7
Abstract - PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1 (RUNX1) in adult mouse hematopoiesis | Full Text - PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1 (RUNX1) in adult mouse hematopoiesis | PDF (1,047 KB) - PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1 (RUNX1) in adult mouse hematopoiesis | Supplementary information
RNA toxicity in myotonic muscular dystrophy induces NKX2-5 expression - pp61 - 68
Ramesh S Yadava, Carla D Frenzel-McCardell, Qing Yu, Varadamurthy Srinivasan, Amy L Tucker, Jack Puymirat, Charles A Thornton, Owen W Prall, Richard P Harvey & Mani S Mahadevan
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.28
Abstract - RNA toxicity in myotonic muscular dystrophy induces NKX2-5 expression | Full Text - RNA toxicity in myotonic muscular dystrophy induces NKX2-5 expression | PDF (655 KB) - RNA toxicity in myotonic muscular dystrophy induces NKX2-5 expression | Supplementary information
Ciliary proteins link basal body polarization to planar cell polarity regulation - pp69 - 77
Chonnettia Jones, Venus C Roper, Isabelle Foucher, Dong Qian, Boglarka Banizs, Christine Petit, Bradley K Yoder & Ping Chen
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.54
Abstract - Ciliary proteins link basal body polarization to planar cell polarity regulation | Full Text - Ciliary proteins link basal body polarization to planar cell polarity regulation | PDF (1,517 KB) - Ciliary proteins link basal body polarization to planar cell polarity regulation | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Axelrod
Letters
Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) variants that diminish activity or secretion are associated with chronic pancreatitis - pp78 - 82
Jonas Rosendahl, Heiko Witt, Richárd Szmola, Eesh Bhatia, Béla Ózsvári, Olfert Landt, Hans-Ulrich Schulz, Thomas M Gress, Roland Pfützer, Matthias Löhr, Peter Kovacs, Matthias Blüher, Michael Stumvoll, Gourdas Choudhuri, Péter Hegyi, René HM te Morsche, Joost PH Drenth, Kaspar Truninger, Milan Macek, Jr, Gero Puhl, Ulrike Witt, Hartmut Schmidt, Carsten Büning, Johann Ockenga, Andreas Kage, David Alexander Groneberg, Renate Nickel, Thomas Berg, Bertram Wiedenmann, Hans Bödeker, Volker Keim, Joachim Mössner, Niels Teich & Miklós Sahin-Tóth
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.44
First paragraph - Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) variants that diminish activity or secretion are associated with chronic pancreatitis | Full Text - Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) variants that diminish activity or secretion are associated with chronic pancreatitis | PDF (288 KB) - Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) variants that diminish activity or secretion are associated with chronic pancreatitis | Supplementary information
Polymorphism at the TNF superfamily gene TNFSF4 confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus - pp83 - 89
Deborah S Cunninghame Graham, Robert R Graham, Harinder Manku, Andrew K Wong, John C Whittaker, Patrick M Gaffney, Kathy L Moser, John D Rioux, David Altshuler, Timothy W Behrens & Timothy J Vyse
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.47
First paragraph - Polymorphism at the TNF superfamily gene : TNFSF4: confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus | Full Text - Polymorphism at the TNF superfamily gene TNFSF4 confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus | PDF (531 KB) - Polymorphism at the TNF superfamily gene TNFSF4 confers susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus | Supplementary information
Germline rates of de novo meiotic deletions and duplications causing several genomic disorders - pp90 - 95
Daniel J Turner, Marcos Miretti, Diana Rajan, Heike Fiegler, Nigel P Carter, Martyn L Blayney, Stephan Beck & Matthew E Hurles
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.40
First paragraph - Germline rates of : de novo: meiotic deletions and duplications causing several genomic disorders | Full Text - Germline rates of de novo meiotic deletions and duplications causing several genomic disorders | PDF (538 KB) - Germline rates of de novo meiotic deletions and duplications causing several genomic disorders | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Osborne
Closing gaps in the human genome with fosmid resources generated from multiple individuals - pp96 - 101
Donald Bovee, Yang Zhou, Eric Haugen, Zaining Wu, Hillary S Hayden, Will Gillett, Eray Tuzun, Gregory M Cooper, Nick Sampas, Karen Phelps, Ruth Levy, V Anne Morrison, James Sprague, Donald Jewett, Danielle Buckley, Sandhya Subramaniam, Jean Chang, Douglas R Smith, Maynard V Olson, Evan E Eichler & Rajinder Kaul
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.34
First paragraph - Closing gaps in the human genome with fosmid resources generated from multiple individuals | Full Text - Closing gaps in the human genome with fosmid resources generated from multiple individuals | PDF (351 KB) - Closing gaps in the human genome with fosmid resources generated from multiple individuals | Supplementary information
Recurrent gross mutations of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene in breast cancers with deficient DSB repair - pp102 - 107
Lao H Saal, Sofia K Gruvberger-Saal, Camilla Persson, Kristina Lövgren, Mervi Jumppanen, Johan Staaf, Göran Jönsson, Maira M Pires, Matthew Maurer, Karolina Holm, Susan Koujak, Shivakumar Subramaniyam, Johan Vallon-Christersson, Håkan Olsson, Tao Su, Lorenzo Memeo, Thomas Ludwig, Stephen P Ethier, Morten Krogh, Matthias Szabolcs, Vundavalli VVS Murty, Jorma Isola, Hanina Hibshoosh, Ramon Parsons & Åke Borg
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.39
First paragraph - Recurrent gross mutations of the : PTEN: tumor suppressor gene in breast cancers with deficient DSB repair | Full Text - Recurrent gross mutations of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene in breast cancers with deficient DSB repair | PDF (711 KB) - Recurrent gross mutations of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene in breast cancers with deficient DSB repair | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Foulkes
AID is required for germinal center–derived lymphomagenesis - pp108 - 112
Laura Pasqualucci, Govind Bhagat, Mila Jankovic, Mara Compagno, Paula Smith, Masamichi Muramatsu, Tasuku Honjo, Herbert C Morse, III, Michel C Nussenzweig & Riccardo Dalla-Favera
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.35
First paragraph - AID is required for germinal center-derived lymphomagenesis | Full Text - AID is required for germinal center–derived lymphomagenesis | PDF (646 KB) - AID is required for germinal center–derived lymphomagenesis | Supplementary information
Identification and characterization of high-flux-control genes of yeast through competition analyses in continuous cultures - pp113 - 117
Daniela Delneri, David C Hoyle, Konstantinos Gkargkas, Emma J M Cross, Bharat Rash, Leo Zeef, Hui-Sun Leong, Hazel M Davey, Andrew Hayes, Douglas B Kell, Gareth W Griffith & Stephen G Oliver
doi:10.1038/ng.2007.49
First paragraph - Identification and characterization of high-flux-control genes of yeast through competition analyses in continuous cultures | Full Text - Identification and characterization of high-flux-control genes of yeast through competition analyses in continuous cultures | PDF (380 KB) - Identification and characterization of high-flux-control genes of yeast through competition analyses in continuous cultures | Supplementary information

