The DOI matches its Crossref record; 72 of the 72 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
A novel imprinted gene, encoding a RING zinc-finger protein, and overlapping antisense transcript in the Prader–Willi syndrome critical region
Abstract
We describe a complex imprinted locus in chromosome 15q11-q13 that encodes two genes, ZNF127 and ZNF127AS. The ZNF127 gene encodes a protein with a RING (C3HC4) zinc-finger and multiple C3H zinc-finger motifs, the former being closely related to a protein from variola major virus, the smallpox etiological agent. These motifs allow prediction of ZNF127 function as a ribonucleoprotein. The intronless ZNF127 gene is expressed ubiquitously, but the entire coding sequence and 5' CpG island overlaps a second gene, ZNF127AS, that is transcribed from the antisense strand with a different transcript size and pattern of expression. Allele-specific analysis shows that ZNF127 is expressed only from the paternal allele. Consistent with this expression pattern, in the brain the ZNF127 5' CpG island is completely unmethylated on the paternal allele but methylated on the maternal allele. Analyses of adult testis, sperm and fetal oocytes demonstrates a gametic methylation imprint with unmethylated paternal germ cells. Recent findings indicate that ZNF127 is part of the coordinately regulated imprinted domain affected in Prader-Willi syndrome patients with imprinting mutations. Therefore, ZNF127 and ZNF127AS are novel imprinted genes that may be associated with some of the clinical features of the polygenic Prader-Willi syndrome.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“The maternal MKRN3 allele is imprinted and only the paternal allele is expressed.68–70”
From Pubertal development and regulation (2016) · cites this paper as [69]
In the citing paper
“MKRN3 is located in the Prader-Willi syndrome critical region on chromosome 15 and before the identification of its role in puberty, the few reports about this gene came from research into Prader-Willi syndrome.68,69”
From Pubertal development and regulation (2016) · cites this paper as [69]
Citations
Cites
The American Journal of Human Genetics
S., J. (1950) · Population · doi:10.2307/1523704 · Cited by 5,124
(2015) · American Journal Of Pathology · doi:10.2353/ajpath · Cited by 4,961
UBE3A/E6-AP mutations cause Angelman syndrome
Kishino, T., Lalande, M., & Wagstaff, J. E. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0197-70 · Cited by 1,304
Feedback Inhibition of Macrophage Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production by Tristetraprolin
Carballo, E., Lai, W. S., & Blackshear, P. J. (1998) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.281.5379.1001 · Cited by 1,162
De novo truncating mutations in E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in Angelman syndrome
Matsuura, T., Sutcliffe, J. S., Fang, P., Galjaard, R. H., Jiang, Y., Benton, C. S., Rommens, J. M., & Beaudet, A. L. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0197-74 · Cited by 858
Interpreting cDNA sequences: Some insights from studies on translation
Kozak, M. (1996) · Mammalian Genome · doi:10.1007/s003359900171 · Cited by 774
Disruption of imprinting caused by deletion of the H19 gene region in mice
Leighton, P. A., Ingram, R. S., Eggenschwiler, J. T., Efstratiadis, A., & Tilghman, S. M. (1995) · Nature · doi:10.1038/375034a0 · Cited by 756
Bartolomei, M. S., & Tilghman, S. M. (1997) · Annual Review of Genetics · doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.493 · Cited by 633
Imprinted expression of the Igf2r gene depends on an intronic CpG island
Wutz, A., Smrzka, O. W., Schweifer, N., Schellander, K., Wagner, E. F., & Barlow, D. P. (1997) · Nature · doi:10.1038/39631 · Cited by 590
Albrecht, U., Sutcliffe, J. S., Cattanach, B. M., BEECHEY, C. V., Armstrong, D. L., Gregor Eichele, C., & Beaudet, A. L. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0997-75 · Cited by 587
Cassidy, S. B. (1997) · Journal of Medical Genetics · doi:10.1136/jmg.34.11.917 · Cited by 472
Imprinting in Prader–Willi and Angelman syndromes
Nicholls, R. D., Saitoh, S., & Horsthemke, B. (1998) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/s0168-9525(98)01432-2 · Cited by 453
Self-citationBarlow, D. P. (1995) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.270.5242.1610 · Cited by 432
The Angelman syndrome candidate gene, UBE3AIE6-AP, is imprinted in brain
Rougeulle, C., Glatt, H., & Lalande, M. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0997-14 · Cited by 416
Sutcliffe, J. S., Nakao, M., Christian, S. L., Ørstavik, K. H., Tommerup, N., Ledbetter, D. H., & Beaudet, A. L. (1994) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0994-52 · Cited by 413
Hoxa 11 structure, extensive antisense transcription, and function in male and female fertility
Hsieh‐Li, H. M., Witte, D. P., Weinstein, M. B., Branford, W., Li, H., Small, K. M., & Potter, S. S. (1995) · Development · doi:10.1242/dev.121.5.1373 · Cited by 392
Angelman syndrome: Consensus for diagnostic criteria
Williams, C. A., Angelman, H., Clayton‐Smith, J., Driscoll, D. J., Hendrickson, J. E., Knoll, J. H. M., Magenis, R. E., Schinzel, A., Wagstaff, J. E., Whidden, E. M., et al. (1995) · American Journal of Medical Genetics · doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320560224 · Cited by 359
Self-citationAdams, M. D., Soares, M. B., Kerlavage, A. R., Fields, C., & Venter, J. C. (1993) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0893-373 · Cited by 358
Imprinting of the Angelman syndrome gene, UBE3A, is restricted to brain
Vu, T. H., & Hoffman, A. R. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0997-12 · Cited by 321
An imprinted antisense RNA overlaps UBE3A and a second maternally expressed transcript
Rougeulle, C., Cardoso, C., Fontés, M., Colleaux, L., & Lalande, M. (1998) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0598-15 · Cited by 298
Kimelman, D., & Kirschner, M. W. (1989) · Cell · doi:10.1016/0092-8674(89)90015-9 · Cited by 296
Moore, T., Constância, M., Zubair, M., Bailleul, B., Feil, R., Sasaki, H., & Reik, W. (1997) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12509 · Cited by 255
Imprint switching on human chromosome 15 may involve alternative transcripts of the SNRPN gene
Dittrich, B., Buiting, K., Korn, B., Rickard, S. J., Buxton, J. L., Saitoh, S., Nicholls, R. D., Poustka, A., Winterpacht, A., Zabel, B., et al. (1996) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng1096-163 · Cited by 253
Self-citationRNA recognition: A family matter?
Mattaj, I. W. (1993) · Cell · doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90265-r · Cited by 252
Jay, P., Rougeulle, C., Massacrier, A., Moncla, A., Mattéi, M., Malzac, P., Roëckel, N., Taviaux, S. A., Bergé‐Lefranc, J., Cau, P., et al. (1997) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng1197-357 · Cited by 245
A growth factor-inducible nuclear protein with a novel cysteine/histidine repetitive sequence.
DuBois, R. N., McLane, M. W., Ryder, K., Lau, L. F., & Nathans, D. (1990) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(17)30642-7 · Cited by 243
Identification of a novel paternally expressed gene in the Prader - Willi syndrome region
Wevrick, R., Kerns, J. A., & Francke, U. (1994) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/3.10.1877 · Cited by 242
Imprinting in clusters: lessons from Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Reik, W., & Maher, E. R. (1997) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/s0168-9525(97)01200-6 · Cited by 235
Gene structure, DNA methylation, and imprinted expression of the human SNRPN gene.
Glenn, C. C., Saitoh, S., Jong, M. T. C., Filbrandt, M. M., Surti, U., Driscoll, D. J., & Nicholls, R. D. (1996) · PubMed Central · Cited by 233
Self-citationThe Necdin Gene is Deleted in Prader-Willi Syndrome and is Imprinted in Human and Mouse
MacDonald, H. R., & Wevrick, R. (1997) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/6.11.1873 · Cited by 230
Hayashizaki, Y., Shibata, H., Hirotsune, S., Sugino, H., Okazaki, Y., Sasaki, N., Hirose, K., Imoto, H., Okuizumi, H., Muramatsu, M., et al. (1994) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0194-33 · Cited by 217
Driscoll, D. J., Waters, M. F., Williams, C. A., Zori, R. T., Glenn, C. C., Avidano, K. M., & Nicholls, R. D. (1992) · Genomics · doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90001-9 · Cited by 213
Self-citationDNA-binding properties of the product of the testis-determining gene and a related protein
Nasrin, N., Buggs, C., Kong, X. F., Carnazza, J., Goebl, M. G., & Alexander-Bridges, M. (1991) · Nature · doi:10.1038/354317a0 · Cited by 201
Inhibition of c-erbA mRNA splicing by a naturally occurring antisense RNA.
Munroe, S. H., & Lazar, M. A. (1991) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54535-x · Cited by 189
Williams, T., & Fried, M. (1986) · Nature · doi:10.1038/322275a0 · Cited by 184
Saitoh, S., Buiting, K., Rogan, P. K., Buxton, J. L., Driscoll, D. J., Arnemann, J., König, R., Malcolm, S., Horsthemke, B., & Nicholls, R. D. (1996) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.93.15.7811 · Cited by 178
Self-citationBarabino, S. M. L., Hübner, W., Jenny, A., Minvielle-Sébastia, L., & Keller, W. (1997) · Genes & Development · doi:10.1101/gad.11.13.1703 · Cited by 169
Qian, N., Frank, D., O’Keefe, D., Dao, D. N., Zhao, L., Yuan, L., Wang, Q., Keating, M. T., Walsh, C. P., & Tycko, B. (1997) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/6.12.2021 · Cited by 165
Maternal imprinting of human SNRPN, a gene deleted in Prader–Willi syndrome
Reed, M. L., & Leff, S. E. (1994) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng0294-163 · Cited by 161
Human PEG1/MEST, an Imprinted Gene on Chromosome 7
Kobayashi, S., Kohda, T., Miyoshi, N., Kuroiwa, Y., Aisaka, K., Tsutsumi, O., Kaneko‐Ishino, T., & Ishino, F. (1997) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/6.5.781 · Cited by 161
Driscoll, D. J., & Migeon, B. R. (1990) · Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1007/bf01233363 · Cited by 159
Self-citationOverlapping transcription units in the dopa decarboxylase region of Drosophila
Spencer, C. A., Gietz, R. D., & Hodgetts, R. B. (1986) · Nature · doi:10.1038/322279a0 · Cited by 155
Functional imprinting and epigenetic modification of the human SNRPN gene
Glenn, C. C., Porter, K. A., Jong, M. T. C., Nicholls, R. D., & Driscoll, D. J. (1993) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/2.12.2001 · Cited by 155
Self-citationJong, M. T. C., Carey, A. H., Caldwell, K. A., Lau, M. H., Handel, M. A., Driscoll, D. J., Stewart, C. L., Rinchik, E. M., & Nicholls, R. D. (1999) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/8.5.795 · Cited by 112
Self-citationTronchre, H., Wang, J., & Fu, X. (1997) · Nature · doi:10.1038/41137 · Cited by 109
Engineering herpes simplex virus vectors for gene transfer to neurons
Fink, D. J., & Giorioso, J. C. (1997) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm0397-357 · Cited by 109
Imprinting of mouse Kvlqt1 is developmentally regulated
Gould, T. D. (1998) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/7.3.483 · Cited by 101
Mouse U2af1 - rs1 Is a Neomorphic Imprinted Gene
Nabetani, A., Hatada, I., Morisaki, H., Oshimura, M., & Mukai, T. (1997) · Molecular and Cellular Biology · doi:10.1128/mcb.17.2.789 · Cited by 99
Shaw, G. (1993) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.2164 · Cited by 99
IMPT1, an imprinted gene similar to polyspecific transporter and multi- drug resistance genes
Dao, D. N. (1998) · Human Molecular Genetics · doi:10.1093/hmg/7.4.597 · Cited by 98
Monoallelic Expression of HumanPEG1/MESTIs Paralleled by Parent-Specific Methylation in Fetuses
Riesewijk, A. M., Hu, L., Schulz, U., Tariverdian, G., Höglund, P., Kere, J., Ropers, H.-H., & Kalscheuer, V. M. (1997) · Genomics · doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4731 · Cited by 96
Growth effects of uniparental disomies and the conflict theory of genomic imprinting
Hurst, L. D., & McVean, G. T. (1997) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/s0168-9525(97)01273-0 · Cited by 92
A candidate model for angelman syndrome in the mouse
Cattanach, B. M., Barr, J. A., BEECHEY, C. V., Martin, J. E., Noebels, J. L., & Jones, J. B. (1997) · Mammalian Genome · doi:10.1007/s003359900479 · Cited by 90
Volk, R., Köster, M., Pöting, A., Hartmann, L., & Knöchel, W. (1989) · The EMBO Journal · doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1989.tb08448.x · Cited by 79
A Poxvirus Protein with a RING Zinc Finger Motif Is of Crucial Importance for Virulence
Senkevich, T. G., Koonin, E. V., & Buller, R. M. L. (1994) · Virology · doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1014 · Cited by 76
Tantravahi, U., Nicholls, R. D., Stroh, H., Ringer, S. A., Neve, R. L., Kaplan, L. C., Wharton, R. H., Wurster‐Hill, D. H., Graham, J. M., Cantú, E. S., et al. (1989) · American Journal of Medical Genetics · doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320330110 · Cited by 74
Self-citationChristian, S. L., Bhatt, N. K., Martin, S. A., Sutcliffe, J. S., Kubota, T., Huang, B., Mutirangura, A., Chinault, A. C., Beaudet, A. L., & Ledbetter, D. H. (1998) · Genome Research · doi:10.1101/gr.8.2.146 · Cited by 72
Senkevich, T. G., Wolffe, E. J., & Buller, R. M. L. (1995) · Journal of Virology · doi:10.1128/jvi.69.7.4103-4111.1995 · Cited by 56
Shchelkunov, S. N., Тотменин, А. В., & Sandakhchiev, L. S. (1996) · Virus Research · doi:10.1016/0168-1702(95)01269-9 · Cited by 41
A poxvirus protein with a RING finger motif binds zinc and localizes in virus factories
Upton, C., Schiff, L., Rice, S. A., Dowdeswell, T. L., Yang, X., & McFadden, G. (1994) · Journal of Virology · doi:10.1128/jvi.68.7.4186-4195.1994 · Cited by 40
The embryonically active gene, unkempt, of Drosophila encodes a Cys3His finger protein.
Mohler, J. D., Weiss, N., Murli, S., Mohammadi, S., Vani, K., Vasilakis, G., Song, C. H., Epstein, A., Kuang, T., & English, J. D. (1992) · Genetics · doi:10.1093/genetics/131.2.377 · Cited by 38
Kato, M. V., Ikawa, Y., Hayashizaki, Y., & Shibata, H. (1998) · Genomics · doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5089 · Cited by 36
Characterization of an antisense Inr element in the eIF-2 alpha gene.
Noguchi, M., Miyamoto, S., Silverman, T., & Safer, B. (1994) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(19)62025-9 · Cited by 32
Murray, M. V., Turnage, M. A., Williamson, K. J., Steinhauer, W. R., & Searles, L. L. (1997) · Molecular and Cellular Biology · doi:10.1128/mcb.17.4.2291 · Cited by 32
Shchelkunov, S. N., Blinov, V. M., Resenchuk, S. M., Тотменин, А. В., Olenina, L. V., Gb, C., & Sandakhchiev, L. S. (1994) · Virus Research · doi:10.1016/0168-1702(94)90125-2 · Cited by 27
Mowery‐Rushton, P., Driscoll, D. J., Nicholls, R. D., Locker, J. D., & Surti, U. (1996) · American Journal of Medical Genetics · doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960111)61:2 · Cited by 24
Self-citationDetection of anti-sense transcripts of the insulin-like growth factor-2 gene in Wilms' tumor.
Baccarini, P., Fiorentino, M., D’Errico, A., Mancini, A. M., & Grigioni, W. F. (1993) · PubMed Central · Cited by 23
TheMASProto-oncogene Is Imprinted in Human Breast Tissue
Miller, N., McCann, A. H., O’Connell, D. J., Pedersen, I. S., Spiers, V., GOREY, T. F., & Dervan, P. A. (1997) · Genomics · doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5063 · Cited by 22
Identification of Novel Exons 3′ to the HumanSNRPNGene
Buiting, K., Dittrich, B., Endele, S. U., & Horsthemke, B. (1997) · Genomics · doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4571 · Cited by 19
Phagemid pSIT permits efficient in vitro mutagenesis and tightly controlled expression in E. coli.
Andreánsky, M., & Hunter, E. (1994) · PubMed · Cited by 10
CGISLE: a program for CG island detection in DNA sequence data.
West, R. L., & Le, M. (1992) · PubMed · Cited by 4
Veeder, M. A. (1893) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.ns-21.532.208-a · Cited by 3
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 5
- 1993, Human Molecular Genetics, 12, 2001
- 1992, 13, 912
- 1996, Science, 21, 208
- 1996, American journal of human genetics, 61, 140
- 1994, 16, 626
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Epigenetics: Regulation Through Repression
Wolffe, A. P., & Matzke, M. A. (1999) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.286.5439.481 · Cited by 1,261
The Human Obesity Gene Map: The 2005 Update
Rankinen, T., Zuberi, A., Chagnon, Y. C., Weisnagel, S. J., Argyropoulos, G., Walts, B., Pérusse, L., & Bouchard, C. (2006) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2006.71 · Cited by 1,119
Genome Organization, Function, and Imprinting in Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes
Nicholls, R. D., & Knepper, J. L. (2001) · Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics · doi:10.1146/annurev.genom.2.1.153 · Cited by 625
Self-citationPubertal development and regulation
Abreu, A. P., & Kaiser, U. B. (2016) · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/s2213-8587(15)00418-0 · Cited by 611
Central Precocious Puberty Caused by Mutations in the Imprinted Gene MKRN3
Abreu, A. P., Dauber, A., Macedo, D. B., Noel, S. D., Brito, V. N., Gill, J. C., Cukier, P., Thompson, I. R., Navarro, V. M., Gagliardi, P. C., et al. (2013) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa1302160 · Cited by 534
Metadata
- Authors
- Jong, M. T. C., Gray, T. A., Ji, Y., Glenn, C. C., Saitoh, S., Driscoll, D. J., & Nicholls, R. D.
- Affiliations
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nicholls, R. D.
- Venue
- Human Molecular Genetics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1999-05-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 783-793
- ISSN
- 0964-6906 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2083
- OpenAlex
- W2147714004
- Cited by
- 230
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 9.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Molecular Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Hokkaido University
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM18306, F32GM018306)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD31941)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Keywords
- Prader-Willi syndrome, genomic imprinting, antisense transcripts, CpG island methylation, allele-specific expression, chromosome 15q11-q13, imprinted genes, ribonucleoprotein
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Child, Child, Preschool, Genes, Overlapping, Germ Cells, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Ribonucleoproteins, Testis, Transcription, Genetic, Zinc Fingers, DNA, Antisense, Genomic Imprinting, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, DNA Methylation, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review