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Overview

Glenn E. Morris is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with specific focus on molecular biology and cardiology-related fields.

Their work addresses key topics such as:

  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise

Glenn E. Morris has contributed to research published in specialized venues, including:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • BMC Molecular and Cell Biology

Two recent notable publications by Morris include:

  • "Muscle cell differentiation and development pathway defects in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy," published in Neuromuscular Disorders in 2020
  • "An interaction of heart disease-associated proteins POPDC1/2 with XIRP1 in transverse tubules and intercalated discs," published in BMC Molecular and Cell Biology in 2020

The author frequently collaborates with other researchers, most often with:

  • Ian Holt
  • Heidi R. Fuller
  • Emily C Storey
  • R. Schindler
  • Sally L. Shirran

Their research integrates molecular biology approaches with cardiovascular medicine to explore mechanisms underlying muscle and heart disease, including studies on nuclear organization, RNA splicing, and cardiac protein interactions.

Best Publications

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn–/– mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy

    Umrao R. Monani;Michael Sendtner;Daniel D. Coovert;D. William Parsons

  • Myoblast Transfer in the Treatment of Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

    Jerry R. Mendell;John T. Kissel;Anthony A. Amato;Wendy King

  • Functional amounts of dystrophin produced by skipping the mutated exon in the mdx dystrophic mouse.

    Qi Long Lu;Christopher J Mann;Fang Lou;George Bou-Gharios

  • The Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Protein, Emerin, is a Nuclear Membrane Protein

    S. Manilal;Nguyen thi Man;C. A. Sewry;G. E. Morris

  • Localization of the DMDL gene-encoded dystrophin-related protein using a panel of nineteen monoclonal antibodies: presence at neuromuscular junctions, in the sarcolemma of dystrophic skeletal muscle, in vascular and other smooth muscles, and in proliferating brain cell lines.

    T M Nguyen;J M Ellis;D R Love;K E Davies

  • A novel dystrophin isoform is required for normal retinal electrophysiology

    Vinita N. D'Souza;Nguyen thi Man;Glenn E. Morris;Wolfram Karges

  • A 71-kilodalton protein is a major product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene in brain and other nonmuscle tissues.

    Doron Lederfein;Zehava Levy;Natalie Augier;Dominique Mornet

  • Direct interaction between emerin and lamin A

    L. Clements;S. Manilal;D.R. Love;G.E. Morris

  • Massive idiosyncratic exon skipping corrects the nonsense mutation in dystrophic mouse muscle and produces functional revertant fibers by clonal expansion.

    Q.L. Lu;G.E. Morris;Steve Wilton;T. Ly

  • New nomenclature and DNA testing guidelines for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)

    T. Ashizawa;I. Gonzales;N. Ohsawa;R. H. Singer

  • Long-term persistence of donor nuclei in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient receiving bone marrow transplantation

    Emanuela Gussoni;Richard R. Bennett;Kristina R. Muskiewicz;Todd Meyerrose

  • Both emerin and lamin C depend on lamin A for localization at the nuclear envelope.

    O.A. Vaughan;M. Alvarez-Reyes;J.M. Bridger;J.L.V. Broers

  • The Cajal body.

    Glenn E. Morris

  • Neuronal SMN expression corrects spinal muscular atrophy in severe SMA mice while muscle-specific SMN expression has no phenotypic effect

    Tatiana O. Gavrilina;Vicki L. McGovern;Eileen Workman;Thomas O. Crawford

  • The dystrophin-related protein, utrophin, is expressed on the sarcolemma of regenerating human skeletal muscle fibres in dystrophies and inflammatory myopathies.

    T.R. Helliwell;Man Nguyen thi;G.E. Morris;K.E. Davies

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn(-/-) mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy (vol 9, pg 333, 2000)

    UR Monani;M Sendtner;DD Coovert;DW Parsons

  • Disruption of nesprin-1 produces an Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy-like phenotype in mice.

    Megan J. Puckelwartz;Eric Kessler;Yuan Zhang;Didier Hodzic

  • Phase I study of dystrophin plasmid-based gene therapy in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy.

    Norma B. Romero;Serge Braun;Olivier Benveniste

  • Localization and quantitation of the chromosome 6-encoded dystrophin-related protein in normal and pathological human muscle.

    George Karpati;Stirling Carpenter;Glenn E. Morris;Kay E. Davies

  • The Relationship between SMN, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Protein, and Nuclear Coiled Bodies in Differentiated Tissues and Cultured Cells

    Young Pj;Le Tt;thi Man N;Burghes Ah

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Sewry
Caroline Sewry University College London
Caroline Sewry
Caroline Sewry Great Ormond Street Hospital
Arthur H.M. Burghes
Arthur H.M. Burghes The Ohio State University
Denis Furling
Denis Furling Université Paris Cité
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Kay E. Davies
Kay E. Davies University of Oxford
Donald R. Love
Donald R. Love Auckland City Hospital
Elliot J. Androphy
Elliot J. Androphy Indiana University
Catherine M. Shanahan
Catherine M. Shanahan King's College London
Gisèle Bonne
Gisèle Bonne Sorbonne University

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