Iain Fenton

2.3k citations

17 papers · 1.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 13

Molecular Biology top 5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%
Neurology top 2%
Genetics top 5%
Cell Biology

Co-authors: Peter S. Harper Duncan J. Shaw Russell G. Snell Jeremy P. Cheadle L. Lazarou Peter J. Davies John MacMillan Marcy E. MacDonald
Topics: Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers)Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers)Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers)
Cited by: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Neurology Molecular Biology
Journals: The Lancet Nature Genetics Human Molecular Genetics
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Singapore

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Iain Fenton

16 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Relationship between trinucleotide repeat expansion and phenotypic variation in Huntington's disease

1993 558 citations Russell G. Snell, John MacMillan et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	MEGABASE/PKD: A Genetic Database for Polycystic Kidney Disease 2015 ·Contributions to nephrology ·Iain Fenton,L. Sandkuijl	0
2	Genotype–phenotype correlations in X-linked myotubular myopathy 2002 ·Neuromuscular Disorders ·Meriel McEntagart,(unknown),Anna Buj‐Bello,Valérie Biancalana,Iain Fenton,Mark A. Little,Michael Krawczak,Nick Thomas,Gail E. Herman,Angus Clarke,Carina Wallgren‐Pettersson	104
3	A genomewide linkage study of age at onset in schizophrenia* 2001 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics ·Alastair G. Cardno,Peter Holmans,Mark I. Rees,Lisa Jones,Geraldine McCarthy,Marian L. Hamshere,Nigel Williams,Nadine Norton,Hywel Williams,Iain Fenton,Kieran C. Murphy,Robert D. Sanders,(unknown),Michael O’Donovan,Peter McGuffin,Michael J. Owen	48
4	Human Gene Mutation Database?A biomedical information and research resource 2000 ·Human Mutation ·Michael Krawczak,Edward V. Ball,Iain Fenton,Peter D. Stenson,Shaun S. Abeysinghe,Nick Thomas,D.N. Cooper	212
5	Further evidence of autosomal dominant congenital zonular pulverulent cataracts linked to 13q11 (CZP3) and a novel mutation in connexin 46 (GJA 3 ) 2000 ·Human Genetics ·Mark I. Rees,Patrick Watts,Iain Fenton,Alan R. Clarke,Russell G. Snell,M J Owen,J. Gray	70
6	Further evidence of autosomal dominant congenital zonular pulverulent cataracts linked to 13q11 (CZP3) and a novel mutation in connexin 46 (GJA3) 2000 ·Human Genetics ·(unknown),Patrick Watts,Iain Fenton,Alan R. Clarke,Russell G. Snell,Michael J. Owen,J. Gray	10
7	A Two-Stage Genome Scan for Schizophrenia Susceptibility Genes in 196 Affected Sibling Pairs 1999 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Nigel Williams,Mark I. Rees,Peter Holmans,Nadine Norton,Alastair G. Cardno,Lisa Jones,Kieran C. Murphy,Robert D. Sanders,Geraldine McCarthy,M. Y. Gray,Iain Fenton,Peter McGuffin,M J Owen	105
8	Autosome search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes in multiply affected families 1999 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Mark I. Rees,Iain Fenton,Nigel Williams,Peter Holmans,Nadine Norton,Alastair G. Cardno,Philip Asherson,Gillian Spurlock,E. E. Roberts,E. Parfitt,R. Mant,Homero Vallada,Elisabeth Dawson,(unknown),David Collier,John Powell,S. Nanko,Michael Gill,Peter McGuffin,Mike Owen	14
9	Linkage Study of Chromosome 6p in Sib-Pairs With Schizophrenia 1997 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics ·Judith K. Daniels,Gillian Spurlock,(unknown),Alastair G. Cardno,Lisa Jones,Kieran C. Murphy,Philip Asherson,Peter Holmans,Iain Fenton,Peter McGuffin,Michael John Owen	14
10	Genome search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes using a two-stage sib-pair approach 1996 ·Psychiatric Genetics ·Nigel Williams,Mark I. Rees,Peter Holmans,Judith K. Daniels,Iain Fenton,A.G. Cardno,Kieran C. Murphy,Lisa Jones,Philip Asherson,Peter McGuffin,Michael J. Owen	2
11	Holt–Oram syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous disease with one locus mapping to human chromosome 12q 1994 ·Nature Genetics ·Jonathan Terrett,Ruth Newbury‐Ecob,Gareth Cross,Iain Fenton,J. A. Raeburn,I D Young,J. David Brook	60
12	Relationship between trinucleotide repeat expansion and phenotypic variation in Huntington's diseasebreakdown → 1993 ·Nature Genetics ·Russell G. Snell,John MacMillan,Jeremy P. Cheadle,Iain Fenton,L. Lazarou,Peter J. Davies,Marcy E. MacDonald,James F. Gusella,Peter S. Harper,Duncan J. Shaw	558
13	Molecular analysis and clinical correlations of the Huntington's disease mutation 1993 ·The Lancet ·J. MacMillan,Russell G. Snell,Audrey Tyler,(unknown),Iain Fenton,Jeremy P. Cheadle,L. Lazarou,(unknown),Peter S. Harper	77
14	The natural history of congenital myotonic dystrophy: mortality and long term clinical aspects. 1993 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood ·William Reardon,R. Newcombe,Iain Fenton,J R Sibert,Peter S. Harper	93
15	Size of the unstable CTG repeat sequence in relation to phenotype and parental transmission in myotonic dystrophy. 1993 ·PubMed ·(unknown),(unknown),J. MacMillan,J Myring,J. David Brook,Steve Crow,William Reardon,Iain Fenton,Duncan J. Shaw,P S Harper	303
16	Genetic heterogeneity in X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta 1992 ·Genomics ·Michael J. Aldred,P J Crawford,(unknown),(unknown),N S Thomas,Iain Fenton,Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl,Peter S. Harper	58
17	Covariate-dependent age-at-onset distributions for Huntington disease. 1991 ·PubMed ·Michael Krawczak,(unknown),Lodewijk A. Sandkuijl,Ulrike Thies,Iain Fenton,P.S. Harper	12

About Iain Fenton

Iain Fenton is a scholar working on Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, having authored 17 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (956 citations), Neurology (500 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.3k citations). Iain Fenton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Peter S. Harper, Duncan J. Shaw, Russell G. Snell, Jeremy P. Cheadle, L. Lazarou, Peter J. Davies, John MacMillan, Marcy E. MacDonald, James F. Gusella and William Reardon. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and Human Molecular Genetics.

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