Genetic subtypes, allelic effects, and convergent neurodevelopmental mechanisms

Autor: Maitreya Das, Santhosh Girirajan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Genome Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1756-994X
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-021-00913-y
Popis: Abstract High-throughput sequencing of large affected cohorts have helped uncover a plethora of risk genes for complex neurodevelopmental disorders. However, untangling complex disease etiology also involves understanding the functional consequences of these mutations in order to connect risk variants to resulting phenotypes. Here, we highlight the efforts of Mannucci and colleagues to define a novel molecular subtype of neurodevelopmental disorder associated with mutations in DHX30 and characterize location-specific mutational effects in cell culture and zebrafish models.
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