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. 2021 Sep;22(9):549.
doi: 10.1038/s41576-021-00397-x.

The power of large-scale exome sequencing

Linda Koch  1
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The power of large-scale exome sequencing

Linda Koch. Nat Rev Genet. 2021 Sep.
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  • Advancing human genetics research and drug discovery through exome sequencing of the UK Biobank.
    Szustakowski JD, Balasubramanian S, Kvikstad E, Khalid S, Bronson PG, Sasson A, Wong E, Liu D, Wade Davis J, Haefliger C, Katrina Loomis A, Mikkilineni R, Noh HJ, Wadhawan S, Bai X, Hawes A, Krasheninina O, Ulloa R, Lopez AE, Smith EN, Waring JF, Whelan CD, Tsai EA, Overton JD, Salerno WJ, Jacob H, Szalma S, Runz H, Hinkle G, Nioi P, Petrovski S, Miller MR, Baras A, Mitnaul LJ, Reid JG; UKB-ESC Research Team. Szustakowski JD, et al. Nat Genet. 2021 Jul;53(7):942-948. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00885-0. Epub 2021 Jun 28. Nat Genet. 2021. PMID: 34183854 Review.
  • Sequencing of 640,000 exomes identifies GPR75 variants associated with protection from obesity.
    Akbari P, Gilani A, Sosina O, Kosmicki JA, Khrimian L, Fang YY, Persaud T, Garcia V, Sun D, Li A, Mbatchou J, Locke AE, Benner C, Verweij N, Lin N, Hossain S, Agostinucci K, Pascale JV, Dirice E, Dunn M; Regeneron Genetics Center; DiscovEHR Collaboration; Kraus WE, Shah SH, Chen YI, Rotter JI, Rader DJ, Melander O, Still CD, Mirshahi T, Carey DJ, Berumen-Campos J, Kuri-Morales P, Alegre-Díaz J, Torres JM, Emberson JR, Collins R, Balasubramanian S, Hawes A, Jones M, Zambrowicz B, Murphy AJ, Paulding C, Coppola G, Overton JD, Reid JG, Shuldiner AR, Cantor M, Kang HM, Abecasis GR, Karalis K, Economides AN, Marchini J, Yancopoulos GD, Sleeman MW, Altarejos J, Della Gatta G, Tapia-Conyer R, Schwartzman ML, Baras A, Ferreira MAR, Lotta LA. Akbari P, et al. Science. 2021 Jul 2;373(6550):eabf8683. doi: 10.1126/science.abf8683. Science. 2021. PMID: 34210852 Free PMC article.

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Original articles
    1. Akbari, P. et al. Sequencing of 640,000 exomes identifies GPR75 variants associated with protection from obesity. Science 373, eabf8683 (2021) - DOI
    1. Szustakowski, J. D. et al. Advancing human genetics research and drug discovery through exome sequencing of the UK Biobank. Nat. Genet. 53, 942–948 (2021) - DOI
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    1. Bamshad, M. J. et al. Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery. Nat. Rev. Genet. 12, 745–755 (2011) - DOI
    1. Vogan, K. Exploring whole exomes. Nature Milestones: Genomic Sequencing https://www.nature.com/articles/d42859-020-00109-1 (2021)

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