A Dominant-Negative Mutation of Mouse Lmx1b Causes Glaucoma and Is Semi-lethal via LBD1-Mediated Dimerisation

Sally H. Cross; Danilo G. Macalinao; Lisa McKie; Lorraine Rose; Alison L. Kearney; Joe Rainger; Caroline Thaung; Margaret Keighren; Shalini Jadeja; Katrine West; Stephen C. Kneeland; Richard S. Smith; Gareth R. Howell; Fiona Young; Morag Robertson; Rob van t' Hof; Simon W. M. John; Ian J. Jackson

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004359

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A Dominant-Negative Mutation of Mouse Lmx1b Causes Glaucoma and Is Semi-lethal via LBD1-Mediated Dimerisation

Sally H. Cross ,

* E-mail: sally.cross@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Danilo G. Macalinao,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Lisa McKie,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Lorraine Rose,

Affiliation Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, IGMM, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Alison L. Kearney,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Joe Rainger,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Caroline Thaung,

Affiliation UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Margaret Keighren,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Shalini Jadeja,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Katrine West,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Stephen C. Kneeland,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Richard S. Smith,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Gareth R. Howell,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Fiona Young,

Affiliation Electron Microscopy, Pathology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Morag Robertson,

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Rob van t' Hof,

Affiliation Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, IGMM, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Simon W. M. John,

Affiliation The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
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Ian J. Jackson

Affiliations MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, United Kingdom
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A Dominant-Negative Mutation of Mouse Lmx1b Causes Glaucoma and Is Semi-lethal via LBD1-Mediated Dimerisation

Sally H. Cross,
Danilo G. Macalinao,
Lisa McKie,
Lorraine Rose,
Alison L. Kearney,
Joe Rainger,
Caroline Thaung,
Margaret Keighren,
Shalini Jadeja,
Katrine West

Published: May 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004359

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LBD1 should read LDB1 in the title

Posted by sallyc on 18 Nov 2014 at 17:41 GMT

I have just noticed a typo in the title of the paper. LBD1 should be LDB1 in the title

Competing interests declared: I am an author of the paper

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A Dominant-Negative Mutation of Mouse Lmx1b Causes Glaucoma and Is Semi-lethal via LBD1-Mediated Dimerisation

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LBD1 should read LDB1 in the title

Posted by sallyc on 18 Nov 2014 at 17:41 GMT