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89
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1118
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Terry Magnuson is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. The primary field of study encompasses Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science, and Cancer Research.

The research topics covered include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Some recent publications by Magnuson include:

  • "Content and Performance of the MiniMUGA Genotyping Array: A New Tool To Improve Rigor and Reproducibility in Mouse Research," 2020, Genetics
  • "HNF1A recruits KDM6A to activate differentiated acinar cell programs that suppress pancreatic cancer," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "The KMT2D Kabuki syndrome histone methylase controls neural crest cell differentiation and facial morphology," 2020, Development
  • "Systematic Discovery of Xist RNA Binding Proteins," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler is essential for reductional meiosis in males," 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Della Yee (20 joint publications)
  • Joshua Starmer (16 joint publications)
  • Debashish U. Menon (10 joint publications)
  • Dominic J. Ciavatta (8 joint publications)
  • Craig L. Franklin (8 joint publications)

Magnuson has frequently published in several venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, Mammalian Genome, and Nature Communications, with the highest number of publications appearing in UNC Libraries.

Among awards received, Magnuson was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Targeted Disruption of Mouse EGF Receptor: Effect of Genetic Background on Mutant Phenotype

    David W. Threadgill;Andrzej A. Dlugosz;Laura A. Hansen;Tamar Tennenbaum

  • Sociability and preference for social novelty in five inbred strains: an approach to assess autistic-like behavior in mice

    Sheryl S Moy;J. J. Nadler;A. Perez;R. P. Barbaro

  • Systematic Discovery of Xist RNA Binding Proteins

    Ci Chu;Ci Chu;Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang;Simão Teixeira da Rocha;Ryan A. Flynn

  • A Brg1 null mutation in the mouse reveals functional differences among mammalian SWI/SNF complexes.

    Scott Bultman;Tom Gebuhr;Della Yee;Christian La Mantia

  • Mouse behavioral tasks relevant to autism: Phenotypes of 10 inbred strains

    Sheryl S. Moy;Jessica J. Nadler;Nancy B. Young;Antonio Perez

  • Automated apparatus for quantitation of social approach behaviors in mice.

    J. J. Nadler;S. S. Moy;G. Dold;D. Trang

  • Lumican Regulates Collagen Fibril Assembly: Skin Fragility and Corneal Opacity in the Absence of Lumican

    Shukti Chakravarti;Terry R Magnuson;Jonathan H. Lass;Karl J. Jepsen

  • The knockout mouse project

    Christopher P. Austin;James F. Battey;Allan Bradley;Maja Bucan

  • The genome architecture of the collaborative cross mouse genetic reference population

    Fuad A. Iraqi;Mustafa Mahajne;Yasser Salaymah;Hani Sandovski

  • Genetic deletion of a neural cell adhesion molecule variant (N-CAM-180) produces distinct defects in the central nervous system.

    Henry Tomasiewicz;Katsuhiko Ono;Della Yee;Christian Thompson

  • N-CAM mutation inhibits tangential neuronal migration and is phenocopied by enzymatic removal of polysialic acid

    Katsuhiko Ono;Henry Tomasiewicz;Terry Magnuson;Urs Rutishauser

  • Topoisomerases facilitate transcription of long genes linked to autism

    Ian F. King;Chandri N. Yandava;Angela M. Mabb;Jack S. Hsiao

  • Defects in yolk sac vasculogenesis, chorioallantoic fusion, and embryonic axis elongation in mice with targeted disruption of Yap65.

    Elizabeth M. Morin-Kensicki;Brian N. Boone;Michael Howell;Jaclyn R. Stonebraker

  • The Role of Polysialic Acid in Migration of Olfactory Bulb Interneuron Precursors in the Subventricular Zone

    Huaiyu Hu;Henry Tomasiewicz;Terry Magnuson;Urs Rutishauser

  • Mice mutant for Egfr and Shp2 have defective cardiac semilunar valvulogenesis.

    Binbin Chen;R. T. Bronson;L. D. Klaman;T. G. Hampton

  • The murine polycomb group protein Eed is required for global histone H3 lysine-27 methylation

    Nathan D. Montgomery;Della Yee;Andrew Chen;Sundeep Kalantry

  • H1 linker histones are essential for mouse development and affect nucleosome spacing in vivo.

    Yuhong Fan;Tatiana Nikitina;Elizabeth M. Morin-Kensicki;Jie Zhao

  • Imprinted X inactivation maintained by a mouse Polycomb group gene.

    Jianbo Wang;Jesse Mager;Yijing Chen;Elizabeth Schneider

  • Primitive streak formation in mice is preceded by localized activation of Brachyury and Wnt3.

    Jaime A. Rivera-Pérez;Terry Magnuson

  • Maternal BRG1 regulates zygotic genome activation in the mouse

    Scott J. Bultman;Thomas C. Gebuhr;Thomas C. Gebuhr;Hua Pan;Petr Svoboda;Petr Svoboda

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Threadgill
David W. Threadgill Texas A&M University
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
Sheryl S. Moy
Sheryl S. Moy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason K. Whitmire
Jason K. Whitmire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard P. Woychik
Richard P. Woychik National Institutes of Health
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gavin Kelsey
Gavin Kelsey Babraham Institute
Lee Niswander
Lee Niswander University of Colorado Boulder
Urs Rutishauser
Urs Rutishauser Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stuart H. Yuspa
Stuart H. Yuspa National Institutes of Health

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