William C. Skarnes

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

William C. Skarnes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Skarnes has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William C. Skarnes's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (13 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (7 papers). William C. Skarnes is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (13 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (7 papers). William C. Skarnes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. William C. Skarnes's co-authors include Brian J. Avery, Alexandra L. Joyner, Jane Brennan, Susan J. Monkley, Janet Rossant, Achim Gossler, Olivia Kelly, Julie Moss, R. S. P. Beddington and Stella M. Hurtley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William C. Skarnes

39 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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An LDL-receptor-related protein mediates Wnt signalling in mice

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Valeria Marigo Italy

Ritsuko Takada Japan

Kunio Yasuda Japan

Amir Rattner United States

Andrei Glinka Germany

Lídia Pérez Spain

Mark Fortini United States

Michel Cohen‐Tannoudji France

Aleš Cvekl United States

Weilan Ye United States

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Fisher, Cynthia L., Hendrik Marks, Robert Andrews, et al.. (2017). An efficient method for generation of bi-allelic null mutant mouse embryonic stem cells and its application for investigating epigenetic modifiers. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(21). e174–e174. 46 indexed citations

Ryder, Edward J., Diane Gleeson, Debarati Sethi, et al.. (2013). Molecular Characterization of Mutant Mouse Strains Generated from the EUCOMM/KOMP-CSD ES Cell Resource. Mammalian Genome. 24(7-8). 286–294. 44 indexed citations

Mallon, Ann‐Marie, Vivek Iyer, David Melvin, et al.. (2012). Accessing data from the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium: state of the art and future plans. Mammalian Genome. 23(9-10). 641–652. 24 indexed citations

Migliorini, Domenico, Sven Bogaerts, Rajesh Vyas, et al.. (2011). Cop1 constitutively regulates c-Jun protein stability and functions as a tumor suppressor in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(4). 1329–1343. 104 indexed citations

Oakley, Darren, Vivek Iyer, William C. Skarnes, & Damian Smedley. (2011). BioMart as an integration solution for the International Knockout Mouse Consortium. Database. 2011(0). bar028–bar028. 6 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Marco, Antonella Galli, Barry P. Rosen, et al.. (2010). Dual RMCE for efficient re-engineering of mouse mutant alleles. Nature Methods. 7(11). 893–895. 58 indexed citations

Joyner, Alexandra L., Anna B. Auerbach, & William C. Skarnes. (2007). The Gene Trap Approach in Embryonic Stem Cells: The Potential for Genetic Screens in Mice. Novartis Foundation symposium. 165. 277–301. 5 indexed citations

Reiter, Jeremy F. & William C. Skarnes. (2005). Tectonic, a novel regulator of the Hedgehog pathway required for both activation and inhibition. Genes & Development. 20(1). 22–27. 86 indexed citations

Cooke, Vesselina G., et al.. (2005). JAM‐A expression during embryonic development. Developmental Dynamics. 233(4). 1517–1524. 16 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shuhei, Marta Busse, Olivia Kelly, et al.. (2004). Embryonic Fibroblasts with a Gene Trap Mutation in Ext1 Produce Short Heparan Sulfate Chains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(31). 32134–32141. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong, Weiguo Zhai, James A. Richardson, et al.. (2004). Polybromo protein BAF180 functions in mammalian cardiac chamber maturation. Genes & Development. 18(24). 3106–3116. 139 indexed citations

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Dionne, Marc, William C. Skarnes, & Richard M. Harland. (2001). Mutation and Analysis of Dan, the Founding Member of the Dan Family of Transforming Growth Factor β Antagonists. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(2). 636–643. 72 indexed citations

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Chen, Hang, Anil Bagri, Joel Zupicich, et al.. (2000). Neuropilin-2 Regulates the Development of Select Cranial and Sensory Nerves and Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Projections. Neuron. 25(1). 43–56. 306 indexed citations

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Moss, Julie, Katherine Clark, Ceri H. Davies, et al.. (1998). Gene-trapping to identify and analyze genes expressed in the mouse hippocampus. Hippocampus. 8(5). 444–457. 10 indexed citations

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Avery, Brian J., et al.. (1997). Rapid sequence analysis of gene trap integrations to generate a resource of insertional mutations in mice.. Genome Research. 7(3). 293–298. 71 indexed citations

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Skarnes, William C.. (1993). The identification of new genes: Gene trapping in transgenic mice. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 4(6). 684–689. 15 indexed citations

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Skarnes, William C., et al.. (1992). A gene trap approach in mouse embryonic stem cells: the lacZ reported is activated by splicing, reflects endogenous gene expression, and is mutagenic in mice.. Genes & Development. 6(6). 903–918. 239 indexed citations

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Skarnes, William C. & Nicholas H. Acheson. (1991). RNA polymerase II Pauses in Vitro, but does not terminate, at discrete sites in promoter-proximal regions on polyomavirus transcription complexes. Virology. 182(1). 54–60. 5 indexed citations

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Joyner, Alexandra L., William C. Skarnes, & Janet Rossant. (1989). Production of a mutation in mouse En-2 gene by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. Nature. 338(6211). 153–156. 159 indexed citations

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Skarnes, William C., Daniel C. Tessier, & Nicholas H. Acheson. (1988). RNA polymerases stall and/or prematurely terminate nearby both early and late promoters on polyomavirus DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 203(1). 153–171. 45 indexed citations

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