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D-Index
96
Citations
46209
World Ranking
856
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Lap-Chee Tsui is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Throughout their academic career, they have held positions at this institution, contributing to the research and education environment.

They have been recognized through notable awards including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1991, as well as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in the same year. These fellowships indicate recognition by peer communities in scientific circles.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: genetic analysis.

    Bat Sheva Kerem;Johanna M. Rommens;Janet A. Buchanan;Danuta Markiewicz

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Germline and Somatic Mutations in the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of the MET Proto-Oncogene in Papillary Renal Carcinomas

    L. Schmidt;F.-M. Duh;F. Chen;T. Kishida

  • Mutations in the human Sonic Hedgehog gene cause holoprosencephaly.

    Erich Roessler;Elena Belloni;Karin Gaudenz;Philippe Jay

  • Structure and chromosomal localization of the human constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene.

    P. A. Marsden;H. H. Q. Heng;S. W. Scherer;R. J. Stewart

  • MADR2 maps to 18q21 and encodes a TGFβ-regulated MAD-related protein that is functionally mutated in colorectal carcinoma

    Kolja Eppert;Stephen W Scherer;Hilmi Ozcelik;Rosa Pirone

  • A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11

    Brian F. O'Dowd;Michael Heiber;Audrey Chan;Henry H.Q. Heng

  • The relation between genotype and phenotype in cystic fibrosis--analysis of the most common mutation (delta F508).

    Eitan Kerem;Mary Corey;Bat-sheva Kerem;Johanna Rommens

  • Correction of the cystic fibrosis defect in vitro by retrovirus-mediated gene transfer.

    Mitchell L. Drumm;Heidi A. Pope;William H. Cliff;Johanna M. Rommens

  • Identification of Sonic hedgehog as a candidate gene responsible for holoprosencephaly

    E. Belloni;M. Muenke;E. Roessler;G. Traverso

  • Specific and redundant functions of Gli2 and Gli3 zinc finger genes in skeletal patterning and development.

    R. Mo;A. M. Freer;D. L. Zinyk;M. A. Crackower

  • Cone-rod dystrophy due to mutations in a novel photoreceptor-specific homeobox gene (CRX) essential for maintenance of the photoreceptor

    Carol L. Freund;Cheryl Y. Gregory-Evans;Takahisa Furukawa;Myrto Papaioannou

  • High-resolution mapping of mammalian genes by in situ hybridization to free chromatin.

    H. H. Q. Heng;J. Squire;Lap-Chee Tsui

  • A mutation in CFTR produces different phenotypes depending on chromosomal background

    S. Kiesewetter;M. Macek;C. Davis;S. M. Curristin

  • Expression of the cystic fibrosis gene in non-epithelial invertebrate cells produces a regulated anion conductance

    Norbert Kartner;John W. Hanrahan;Tim J. Jensen;A. Leonard Naismith

  • Mutations in a gene encoding a novel protein tyrosine phosphatase cause progressive myoclonus epilepsy.

    Berge A. Minassian;R. Lee Jeffrey;Jo Anne Herbrick;Jack Huizenga

  • A cluster of cystic fibrosis mutations in the first nucleotide-binding fold of the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator protein.

    Garry R. Cutting;Laura M. Kasch;Beryl J. Rosenstein;Julian Zielenski

  • Modulation of disease severity in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator deficient mice by a secondary genetic factor

    Richard Rozmahel;Michael Wilschanski;Angabin Matin;Suzanne Plyte

  • Modes of DAPI banding and simultaneous in situ hybridization

    Henry H. Q. Heng;Lap-Chee Tsui

  • A suggested nomenclature for designating mutations

    Arthur L. Beaudet;Lap-Chee Tsui

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto
Julian Zielenski
Julian Zielenski University of Toronto
Henry H.Q. Heng
Henry H.Q. Heng Wayne State University
Johanna M. Rommens
Johanna M. Rommens University of Toronto
Martin L. Breitman
Martin L. Breitman University of Toronto
Peter R. Durie
Peter R. Durie University of Toronto
Hans Eiberg
Hans Eiberg University of Copenhagen
Batsheva Kerem
Batsheva Kerem Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kenneth K. Kidd
Kenneth K. Kidd Yale University

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