Dror Sharon- List of Publications

(last update- March 2009)

1.      Lavi U, Hillel J, Vainstein A, Lahav E, Sharon D. 1991. Application of DNA fingerprints for identification and genetic analyses of avocado. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 116(6):1078-1081.

2.      Sharon D, Hillel J, Vainstein A, Lavi U. 1992. Application of DNA fingerprints for identification and genetic analyses of Carica papaya and other Carica species. Euphytica 62:119-126.

3.      Adato A, Sharon D, Lavi U, Hillel J, Gazit S. 1995. Application of DNA fingerprints for identification and genetic analyses of Mango (Mangifera indica) genotypes. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 120(2):259-264.

4.      Mhameed S, Hillel J, Lahav E, Sharon D, Lavi U. 1995. Genetic association between DNA fingerprint fragments and loci controlling agricultural important traits in avocado (Persea americna Mill.). Euphytica 81:81-87.

5.      Sharon D, Adato A, Mhameed S, Lavi U, Hillel J, Gomolka M, Epplen C, Epplen JT. 1995. DNA fingerprints in plants using simple-sequence repeats and minisatellite probes. HortScience 30(1):109-112.

6.      Mhameed S, Sharon D, Hillel J, Lahav E, Kaufman D, Lavi U. 1996. Level of Heterozygosity and mode of inheritance of variable number of tandem repeat loci in avocado. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 121:778-782.

7.      Mhameed S, Sharon D, Kaufman D, Lahav E, Hillel J, Degani C, Lavi U. 1997. Genetic relationships within avocado (Persea americana Mill) cultivars and between Persea species. Theor Appl Genet 94:279-286.

8.      Sharon D, Cregan PB, Mhameed S, Kusharka M, Hillel J, Lahav E, Lavi U. 1997. An integrated genetic linkage map of avocado. Theor Appl Genet 95:911-921.

9.      Lavi U, Sharon D, Gazit S, Kaufman D, Sa'ada D, Zamet D, Degani C, Lahav E. 1997. 'Eden':- A new avocado cultivar. HortScience 32:151.

10.  Lavi U, Sharon D, Gazit S, Kaufman D, Tomer E. 1998. 'Tango':- A new mango cultivar. HortScience 32:137.

11.  Sharon D, Cregan PB, Mhameed S, Hillel J, Lahav E, Lavi U. 1998. Association between DNA markers and loci controlling avocado fruit traits. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 123(6):1016-1022.

12.  Sharon D, Glusman G, Pilpel Y, Horn-Saban S, Lancet D. 1998. Genome dynamics, evolution, and protein modeling in the olfactory receptor gene superfamily. Ann N Y Acad Sci 855:182-193.

13.  Glusman G, Sharon D, Kalush F, Clifton S, Roe B, Ferraz C, Demaille J, Ben-Asher E, Lancet D. 1998. Genome dynamics, polymorphisms and mutations in a 350 kb human olfactory receptor gene cluster. Math Modell Sci Comp 9(1):30-44.

14.  Sharon D, Glusman G, Pilpel Y, Khen M, Gruetzner F, Haaf T, Lancet D. 1999. Primate evolution of an olfactory receptor cluster: diversification by gene conversion and recent emergence of pseudogenes. Genomics 61(1):24-36.

15.  Gilad Y, Segre D, Skorecki K, Nachman MW, Lancet D, Sharon D. 2000. Dichotomy of single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes in olfactory receptor genes and pseudogenes. Nat Genet 26(2):221-224.

16.  Glusman G, Bahar A, Sharon D, Pilpel Y, White J, Lancet D. 2000. The olfactory receptor gene superfamily: data mining, classification, and nomenclature. Mamm Genome 11(11):1016-1023.

17.  Sharon D, Gilad Y, Glusman G, Khen M, Lancet D, Kalush F. 2000. Identification and characterization of coding single-nucleotide polymorphisms within a human olfactory receptor gene cluster. Gene 260(1-2):87-94.

18.  Sharon D, Bruns GA, McGee TL, Sandberg MA, Berson EL, Dryja TP. 2000. X-linked retinitis pigmentosa: mutation spectrum of the RPGR and RP2 genes and correlation with visual function. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 41(9):2712-2721.

19.  Lapidot M, Pilpel Y, Gilad Y, Falcovitz A, Sharon D, Haaf T, Lancet D. 2001. Mouse-human orthology relationships in an olfactory receptor gene cluster. Genomics 71(3):296-306.

20.  Sharon D, Blackshaw S, Cepko CL, Dryja TP. 2002. Profile of the genes expressed in the human peripheral retina, macula, and retinal pigment epithelium determined through serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99(1):315-320.

21.  Sharon D, Yamamoto H, McGee TL, Rabe V, Szerencsei RT, Winkfein RJ, Prinsen CF, Barnes CS, Andreasson S, Fishman GA and others. 2002. Mutated alleles of the rod and cone Na-Ca+K-exchanger genes in patients with retinal diseases. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 43(6):1971-1979.

22.  Rivolta C, Sharon D, DeAngelis MM, Dryja TP. 2002. Retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases: numerous diseases, genes, and inheritance patterns. Hum Mol Genet 11(10):1219-1227.

23.  Sharon D, Sandberg MA, Caruso RC, Berson EL, Dryja TP. 2003. Shared mutations in NR2E3 in enhanced S-cone syndrome, Goldmann-Favre syndrome, and many cases of clumped pigmentary retinal degeneration. Arch Ophthalmol 121(9):1316-1323.

24.  Sharon D, Sandberg MA, Rabe VW, Stillberger M, Dryja TP, Berson EL. 2003. RP2 and RPGR Mutations and Clinical Correlations in Patients with X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa. Am J Hum Genet 73(5):1131-1146.

25.  Fishman GA, Roberts MF, Derlacki DJ, Grimsby JL, Yamamoto H, Sharon D, Nishiguchi KM, Dryja TP. 2004. Novel mutations in the cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein gene (RLBP1) associated with retinitis punctata albescens: evidence of interfamilial genetic heterogeneity and fundus changes in heterozygotes. Arch Ophthalmol 122(1):70-75.

26.  Kaiserman N, Obolensky A, Banin E, Sharon D. 2007. Novel USH2A Mutations in Israeli Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome Type 2. Arch Ophthalmol 125(2):219-224.

27.  Banin E, Mizrahi-Meissonnier L, Neis R, Silverstein S, Magyar I, Abeliovich D, Roepman R, Berger W, Rosenberg T, Sharon D. 2007. A non-ancestral missense mutation in families with either recessive or semi-dominant X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 143A(11):1150-1158

28.  Bandah D, Swissa T, Ben-Shlomo G, Banin E, Ofri R, Sharon D. 2007. A Complex Expression Pattern of Pax6 in the Pigeon Retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48(6):2503-2509.

29.  Beit-Ya'acov A, Mizrahi-Meissonnier L, Obolensky A, Landau C, Blumenfeld A, Rosenmann A, Banin E, Sharon D. 2007. Homozygosity for a Novel ABCA4 Founder Splicing Mutation Is Associated with Progressive and Severe Stargardt-like Disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48(9):4308-4314.

30.  Auslender N, Sharon D, Abbasi AH, Garzozi HJ, Banin E, Ben-Yosef T. 2007. A common founder mutation of CERKL underlies autosomal recessive retinal degeneration with early macular involvement among Yemenite Jews. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48(12):5431-5438.

31.  Bandah D, Rosenmann A, Blumenfeld A, Averbukh E, Banin E, Sharon D. 2008. A novel de novo PAX6 mutation in an Ashkenazi-Jewish family with aniridia. Mol Vis 14:142-145.

32.  Ben-Shlomo G, Ofri R, Bandah D, Rosner M, Sharon D. 2008. Microarray-based gene expression analysis during retinal maturation of albino rats. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 246(5):693-702.

33.  Auslender N, Bandah D, Rizel L, Behar DM, Shohat M, Banin E, Allon-Shalev S, Sharony R, Sharon D, Ben-Yosef T. 2008. Four USH2A Founder Mutations Underlie the Majority of Usher Syndrome Type 2 Cases among Non-Ashkenazi Jews. Genet Test 12(2):289-294.

34.  Bandah D, Merin S, Ashhab M, Banin E, Sharon D. (in press). The spectrum of retinal diseases caused by NR2E3 mutations in Israeli and Palestinian Patients. Arch Ophthalmol.