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Overview

Diane M. Dunn is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, spanning various subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and physiology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Human Mutation
  • Genome Research

Dunn has contributed to various scientific papers, including:

  • "Population-Based Prevalence of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Using Genetic Analysis of Statewide Blood Screening Program," 2021, Neurology
  • "Intron mutations and early transcription termination in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy," 2022, Human Mutation
  • "Deciphering D4Z4 CpG methylation gradients in fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using nanopore sequencing," 2023, Genome Research
  • "Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Absence of Significant Off-Target Splicing Variation with a U7snRNA Vector Targeting DMD Exon 2 Duplications," 2021, Human Gene Therapy

Consistent collaboration is evident with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Robert B. Weiss
  • Russell J. Butterfield
  • Megan A. Waldrop
  • Brett Duval
  • Kevin M. Flanigan

The areas of study undertaken by Diane M. Dunn cover both fundamental and applied aspects of muscle disorders, genetic mutational analysis, RNA processing, and advanced sequencing techniques.

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations.

    Richard M. Cawthon;Robert Weiss;Gangfeng Xu;David Viskochil

  • The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene encodes a protein related to GAP

    Gangfeng Xu;Peter O'Connell;David Viskochil;Richard Cawthon

  • The catalytic domain of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene product stimulates ras GTPase and complements ira mutants of S. cerevisiae

    Gangfeng Xu;Boris Lin;Kazuma Tanaka;Diane Dunn

  • Evidence-based path to newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Jerry R. Mendell;Chris Shilling;Nancy D. Leslie;Kevin M. Flanigan

  • Mutational Spectrum of DMD Mutations in Dystrophinopathy Patients: Application of Modern Diagnostic Techniques to a Large Cohort

    Flanigan Km;Dunn Dm;von Niederhausern A;Soltanzadeh P

  • The interferon-inducible p47 (IRG) GTPases in vertebrates: loss of the cell autonomous resistance mechanism in the human lineage

    Cemalettin Bekpen;Julia P Hunn;Christoph Rohde;Iana Parvanova

  • A candidate gene approach identifies the CHRNA5-A3-B4 region as a risk factor for age-dependent nicotine addiction.

    Robert B Weiss;Timothy B. Baker;Dale Sherman Cannon;Andrew Von Niederhausern

  • Reading frame switch caused by base-pair formation between the 3' end of 16S rRNA and the mRNA during elongation of protein synthesis in Escherichia coli.

    R. B. Weiss;D. M. Dunn;A. E. Dahlberg;J. F. Atkins

  • Rapid Direct Sequence Analysis of the Dystrophin Gene

    Kevin M. Flanigan;Andrew von Niederhausern;Diane M. Dunn;Jonathan Alder

  • A strong signature of balancing selection in the 5′ cis-regulatory region of CCR5

    Michael J. Bamshad;Srinivas Mummidi;Enrique Gonzalez;Seema S. Ahuja

  • LTBP4 genotype predicts age of ambulatory loss in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Kevin M. Flanigan;Kevin M. Flanigan;Ermelinda Ceco;Kay Marie Lamar;Yuuki Kaminoh

  • Genome degeneration and adaptation in a nascent stage of symbiosis

    Kelly F. Oakeson;Rosario Gil;Adam L. Clayton;Diane M. Dunn

  • A nascent peptide is required for ribosomal bypass of the coding gap in bacteriophage T4 gene 60

    Robert B. Weiss;Wai Mun Huang;Diane M. Dunn

  • Clinical and genetic characterization of manifesting carriers of DMD mutations.

    Payam Soltanzadeh;Michael J. Friez;Diane Dunn;Andrew von Niederhausern

  • Independent evolution of bitter-taste sensitivity in humans and chimpanzees

    Stephen Wooding;Bernd Bufe;Christina Grassi;Michael T. Howard

  • Automated genomic sequence analysis of the three collagen VI genes: applications to Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and Bethlem myopathy

    A. K. Lampe;D. M. Dunn;A. C. Von Niederhausern;C. Hamil

  • Divergence of the hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus furiosus and P. horikoshii inferred from complete genomic sequences.

    Dennis L. Maeder;Robert B. Weiss;Diane M. Dunn;Joshua L. Cherry

  • A novel human-infection-derived bacterium provides insights into the evolutionary origins of mutualistic insect-bacterial symbioses.

    Adam L. Clayton;Kelly F. Oakeson;Maria Gutin;Arthur Pontes

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. Weiss
Robert B. Weiss University of Utah
Kevin M. Flanigan
Kevin M. Flanigan The Ohio State University
Scott W. Rogers
Scott W. Rogers University of Utah
Jerry R. Mendell
Jerry R. Mendell The Ohio State University
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
Hilary Coon
Hilary Coon University of Utah
Raymond F. Gesteland
Raymond F. Gesteland University of Utah
Carsten G. Bönnemann
Carsten G. Bönnemann University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington
Richard S. Finkel
Richard S. Finkel St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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