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Colin A. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Oncology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research covers several key topics addressed in their publications:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Renal and related cancers
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Colin A. Johnson include:

  • Content validity of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30 for use in cancer, 2022, European Journal of Cancer
  • Primary Cilia, Ciliogenesis and the Actin Cytoskeleton: A Little Less Resorption, A Little More Actin Please, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • A restricted spectrum of missense KMT2D variants cause a multiple malformations disorder distinct from Kabuki syndrome, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Mutations in Spliceosomal Genes PPIL1 and PRP17 Cause Neurodegenerative Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia with Microcephaly, 2020, Neuron
  • Pre-mRNA Processing Factors and Retinitis Pigmentosa: RNA Splicing and Beyond, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Colin A. Johnson across multiple publications. These include:

  • James A. Poulter
  • Sunayna Best
  • Michelle Peckham
  • Katarzyna Szymańska
  • Verity Hartill

The most common venues where their work has been published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex

    Xinsheng Nan;Huck-Hui Ng;Colin A. Johnson;Carol D. Laherty

  • MBD2 is a transcriptional repressor belonging to the MeCP1 histone deacetylase complex.

    Huck-Hui Ng;Yi Zhang;Brian Hendrich;Colin A Johnson

  • PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron

    Neil V Morgan;Shawn K Westaway;Jenny E V Morton;Allison Gregory

  • The ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is mutated in cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (Joubert syndrome type B) and Meckel syndrome

    Marion Delous;Lekbir Baala;Rémi Salomon;Christine Laclef;Christine Laclef

  • Exome Capture Reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 Mutations, Linking Renal Ciliopathies to DNA Damage Response Signaling

    Moumita Chaki;Rannar Airik;Amiya K. Ghosh;Rachel H. Giles

  • Mutations in the Cilia Gene ARL13B Lead to the Classical Form of Joubert Syndrome

    Vincent Cantagrel;Jennifer L. Silhavy;Stephanie L. Bielas;Dominika Swistun

  • The Cilium: Cellular Antenna and Central Processing Unit

    Jarema J. Malicki;Colin A. Johnson

  • TTC21B contributes both causal and modifying alleles across the ciliopathy spectrum

    Erica E. Davis;Qi Zhang;Qin Liu;Bill H. Diplas

  • Correction: Corrigendum: TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport

    Miriam Schmidts;Yuqing Hou;Claudio R. Cortes;Dorus A. Mans

  • Planar Cell Polarity Acts Through Septins to Control Collective Cell Movement and Ciliogenesis

    Su Kyoung Kim;Asako Shindo;Tae Joo Park;Tae Joo Park;Edwin C. Oh

  • Loss-of-function mutations in MICU1 cause a brain and muscle disorder linked to primary alterations in mitochondrial calcium signaling

    Clare V Logan;György Szabadkai;György Szabadkai;Jenny A Sharpe;David A Parry

  • IFT80 , which encodes a conserved intraflagellar transport protein, is mutated in Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

    Philip L Beales;Elizabeth Bland;Jonathan L Tobin;Chiara Bacchelli

  • Mutations in radial spoke head protein genes RSPH9 and RSPH4A cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with central-microtubular-pair abnormalities

    Victoria H. Castleman;Leila Romio;Rahul Chodhari;Robert A. Hirst

  • Mutations in VPS33B, encoding a regulator of SNARE-dependent membrane fusion, cause arthrogryposis-renal dysfunction-cholestasis (ARC) syndrome

    P Gissen;P Gissen;C A Johnson;N Morgan;J M Stapelbroek

  • Pleiotropic Effects of CEP290 (NPHP6) Mutations Extend to Meckel Syndrome

    Lekbir Baala;Sophie Audollent;Jéléna Martinovic;Catherine Ozilou

  • Mutations in TMEM216 perturb ciliogenesis and cause Joubert, Meckel and related syndromes

    Enza Maria Valente;Clare V Logan;Soumaya Mougou-Zerelli;Jeong Ho Lee

  • The transmembrane protein meckelin ( MKS3 ) is mutated in Meckel-Gruber syndrome and the wpk rat

    Ursula M Smith;Mark Consugar;Louise J Tee;Brandy M McKee

  • The Meckel–Gruber Syndrome proteins MKS1 and meckelin interact and are required for primary cilium formation

    Helen R. Dawe;Ursula M. Smith;Andrew R. Cullinane;Dianne Gerrelli

  • A common allele in RPGRIP1L is a modifier of retinal degeneration in ciliopathies.

    Hemant Khanna;Erica E Davis;Carlos A Murga-Zamalloa;Alejandro Estrada-Cuzcano

  • Mutations in TJP2 cause progressive cholestatic liver disease

    Melissa Sambrotta;Sandra Strautnieks;Efterpi Papouli;Peter Rushton

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare V. Logan
Clare V. Logan University of Edinburgh
Eamonn R. Maher
Eamonn R. Maher University of Cambridge
Chris F. Inglehearn
Chris F. Inglehearn University of Leeds
Eamonn Sheridan
Eamonn Sheridan University of Leeds
Tania Attié-Bitach
Tania Attié-Bitach Université Paris Cité
Paul Gissen
Paul Gissen University College London
Richard C. Trembath
Richard C. Trembath King's College London
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital
Neil V. Morgan
Neil V. Morgan University of Birmingham
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc

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