Walking the interactome for candidate prioritization in exome sequencing studies of Mendelian diseases
Author(s) -
Damian Smedley,
Sebastian Köhler,
Johanna Christina Czeschik,
Joanna Amberger,
Carol Bocchini,
Ada Hamosh,
Julian Veldboer,
Tomasz Żemojtel,
Peter N. Robinson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu508
Subject(s) - genetics , exome sequencing , gene , exome , computational biology , candidate gene , biology , omim : online mendelian inheritance in man , mendelian inheritance , bioinformatics , mutation , phenotype
Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has opened up previously unheard of possibilities for identifying novel disease genes in Mendelian disorders, only about half of which have been elucidated to date. However, interpretation of WES data remains challenging.
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