Umrao R. Monani

The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn-/- mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy

Umrao R. Monani · Human Molecular Genetics · 2000 · 727 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neuroscience +17

Smn, the spinal muscular atrophy–determining gene product, modulates axon growth and localization of β-actin mRNA in growth cones of motoneurons

Wilfried Rossoll, Sibylle Jablonka, Catia Andreassi et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2003 · 626 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neuroscience +17

SMNΔ7, the major product of the centromeric survival motor neuron (SMN2) gene, extends survival in mice with spinal muscular atrophy and associates with full-length SMN

Thanh T. Le, Lan T. Pham, Matthew E.R. Butchbach et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 2005 · 601 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neuroscience +16

Reduced SMN protein impairs maturation of the neuromuscular junctions in mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy

Shingo Kariya, Gyu-Hwan Park, Yuka Maeno-Hikichi et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 2008 · 435 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +17

Knockdown of the survival motor neuron (Smn) protein in zebrafish causes defects in motor axon outgrowth and pathfinding

Michelle L. McWhorter, Umrao R. Monani, Arthur H.M. Burghes et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2003 · 421 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience +16