Publications by authors named "Catherine Sherman"

Purpose: The UK 100,000 Genomes Project offered participants screening for additional findings (AFs) in genes associated with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or hereditary cancer syndromes including breast/ovarian cancer (HBOC), Lynch, familial adenomatous polyposis, MYH-associated polyposis, multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN), and von Hippel-Lindau. Here, we report disclosure processes, manifestation of AF-related disease, outcomes, and costs.

Methods: An observational study in an area representing one-fifth of England.

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RNA interference (RNAi) enables flexible and dynamic interrogation of entire gene families or essential genes without the need for exogenous proteins, unlike CRISPR-Cas technology. Unfortunately, isolation of plants undergoing potent gene silencing requires laborious design, visual screening, and physical separation for downstream characterization. Here, we developed an adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APT)-based RNAi technology (APTi) in that improves upon the multiple limitations of current RNAi techniques.

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A characteristic feature of a plant immune response is the increase of the cytosolic calcium (Ca) concentration following infection, which results in the downstream activation of immune response regulators. The bryophyte has been shown to mount an immune response when exposed to bacteria, fungi, or chitin elicitation, in a manner similar to the one observed in . Nevertheless, whether the response of to microorganism exposure is Ca mediated is currently unknown.

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