ZFIN Person: Wong, Andrew

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-990311-4

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-990311-4

Wong, Andrew

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Address:	Department of Human Genetics Emory University School of Medicine Whitehead Building 615 Michael Street, Suite 301 Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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Phone:	(404) 727-3888
Fax:	(404) 727-3949
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Mapping, cloning, and characterization of genes that affect cell differentiation in zebrafish.

2. Producing a complete set of zebrafish telomeric clones.

PUBLICATIONS

Lamason, R.L., Mohideen, M.A., Mest, J.R., Wong, A.C., Norton, H.L., Aros, M.C., Jurynec, M.J., Mao, X., Humphreville, V.R., Humbert, J.E., Sinha, S., Moore, J.L., Jagadeeswaran, P., Zhao, W., Ning, G., Makalowska, I., McKeigue, P.M., O'donnell, D., Kittles, R., Parra, E.J., Mangini, N.J., Grunwald, D.J., Shriver, M.D., Canfield, V.A., and Cheng, K.C. (2005) SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans. Science (New York, N.Y.). 310(5755):1782-1786

Mohideen, M.A., Beckwith, L.G., Tsao-Wu, G.S., Moore, J.L., Wong, A.C., Chinoy, M.R., and Cheng, K.C. (2003) Histology-based screen for zebrafish mutants with abnormal cell differentiation. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(3):414-423

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Wong A.C.C., Shkolny D., Dorman A., Willingham D., Roe B.A., & McDermid H.E.(1999) Two novel members of human RAB gene family map to 2q13, which contains an ancestral telomere, and to the subtelomeric repeat region of 22q13.3. Manuscript submitted.

Selig S., Ofir R., Wong A.C.C., McDermid H.E., & Skorecki K. (1999) Position effect of human telomeric repeats on replication timing. Manuscript submitted.

Wong A.C.C., Ning Y., Flint J., Clark K., Dumanski J.P., Ledbetter D.H., & McDermid H.E. (1997) Molecular characterization of a 130-kb terminal microdeletion at 22q in a child with mild mental retardation. Am J Hum Genet 60: 113-120.