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John J. Wasmuth was affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States during their academic career. Their work is associated with this institution as the primary point of research activity.

There are no records of recent papers authored by Wasmuth, and no specific data on frequent co-authors or common publication venues tied to their research output.

No information is available regarding Wasmuth's published books or contributions to specific publishers.

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John J. Wasmuth is recorded as deceased, and the profile reflects this status accordingly.

Best Publications

  • A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes

    Marcy E. MacDonald;Christine M. Ambrose;Mabel P. Duyao;Richard H. Myers

  • A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes. The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group.

    M Shah;N Datson;L Srinidhi;VP Stanton

  • Identification and characterization of the familial adenomatous polyposis coli gene

    Joanna Groden;Andrew Thliveris;Andrew Thliveris;Wade Samowitz;Mary Carlson

  • Mutations in the transmembrane domain of FGFR3 cause the most common genetic form of dwarfism, achondroplasia.

    Rita Shiang;Leslie M. Thompson;Ya-Zhen Zhu;Deanna M. Church

  • Identification of deletion mutations and three new genes at the familial polyposis locus

    Geoff Joslyn;Geoff Joslyn;Mary Carlson;Andrew Thliveris;Andrew Thliveris;Hans Albertsen

  • The gene for familial polyposis coli maps to the long arm of chromosome 5.

    M. Leppert;M. Dobbs;P. Scambler;P. O'Connell

  • Localization of a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 5

    Robin Sherrington;Jon Brynjolfsson;Hannes Petursson;Mark Potter

  • Thanatophoric dysplasia (types I and II) caused by distinct mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3

    Patricia L. Tavormina;Rita Shiang;Leslie M. Thompson;Ya-Zhen Zhu

  • Mutations in the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor cause the dominant neurologic disorder, hyperekplexia.

    Rita Shiang;Stephen G. Ryan;Ya-Zhen Zhu;Angelika F. Hahn

  • Positional cloning of a gene involved in the pathogenesis of Treacher Collins syndrome

    Jill Dixon;Sara J. Edwards;Amanda J. Gladwin

  • Structure and expression of the Huntington's disease gene: Evidence against simple inactivation due to an expanded CAG repeat

    Christine M. Ambrose;Mabel P. Duyao;Glenn Barnes;Gillian P. Bates

  • The Ras GTPase-activating-protein-related human protein IQGAP2 harbors a potential actin binding domain and interacts with calmodulin and Rho family GTPases.

    S Brill;S Li;C W Lyman;D M Church

  • Expression and chromosomal localization of a lymphocyte K+ channel gene.

    S Grissmer;B Dethlefs;J J Wasmuth;A L Goldin

  • FLT4, a novel class III receptor tyrosine kinase in chromosome 5q33-qter.

    Olga Aprelikova;Katri Pajusola;Juha Partanen;Elina Armstrong

  • The Huntington's disease candidate region exhibits many different haplotypes.

    Marcy E. MacDonald;Andrea Novelletto;Carol Lin;Dan Tagle

  • Reduced Penetrance of the Huntington's Disease Mutation

    Sandra M. McNeil;Andrea Novelletto;Jayalakshmi Srinidhi;Glenn Barnes

  • A missense mutation in the gene encoding the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor in the spasmodic mouse.

    Stephen G. Ryan;Marion S. Buckwalter;Joseph W. Lynch;Cheryl A. Handford

  • The DNA rearrangement associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy involves a heterochromatin-associated repetitive element: Implications for a role of chromatin structure in the pathogenesis of the disease

    Winokur St;Bengtsson U;Feddersen J;Mathews Kd

  • Molecular and phenotypic mapping of the short arm of chromosome 5: sublocalization of the critical region for the cri-du-chat syndrome

    Joan Overhauser;Xlaogu Huang;Meryl Gersh;Wesley Wilson

  • A novel skeletal dysplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans is caused by a Lys650Met mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene.

    Patricia L. Tavormina;Gary A. Bellus;Gary A. Bellus;Melanie K. Webster;Michael J. Bamshad

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
John Douglas Mcpherson
John Douglas Mcpherson University of California, Davis
Marcy E. MacDonald
Marcy E. MacDonald Harvard University
Gillian P. Bates
Gillian P. Bates University College London
Janet A. Warrington
Janet A. Warrington Cybele Microbiome
Leslie M. Thompson
Leslie M. Thompson University of California, Irvine
Peter S. Harper
Peter S. Harper Cardiff University
Ray White
Ray White University of Utah
Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health

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