A systematic, large-scale resequencing screen of X-chromosome coding exons in mental retardation
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- 19 April 2009
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- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 41 (5), 535-543
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.367
Abstract
Tarpey et al. carry out a large-scale systematic sequencing of the majority of X-chromosome coding exons from 208 families with multiple individuals with mental retardation and a pattern of transmission compatible with X linkage in order to identify XLMR-causative mutations. They find several mutations that appear to be causative in loci already known to be involved in XLMR, as well as new data about those loci, and make inferences about the role of the different classes of variants in these diseases. Large-scale systematic resequencing has been proposed as the key future strategy for the discovery of rare, disease-causing sequence variants across the spectrum of human complex disease. We have sequenced the coding exons of the X chromosome in 208 families with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR), the largest direct screen for constitutional disease-causing mutations thus far reported. The screen has discovered nine genes implicated in XLMR, including SYP, ZNF711 and CASK reported here, confirming the power of this strategy. The study has, however, also highlighted issues confronting whole-genome sequencing screens, including the observation that loss of function of 1% or more of X-chromosome genes is compatible with apparently normal existence.This publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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