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ArticleHuman mutation2008

Recommendations for locus-specific databases and their curation.

R G H Cotton, A D Auerbach, J S Beckmann, O O Blumenfeld, A J Brookes, A F Brown, P Carrera, D W Cox, B Gottlieb, M S Greenblatt and 13 more

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Article in Human mutation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

R G H CottonGenomic Disorders Research Centre, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia. cotton@unimelb.edu.au
A D Auerbach
J S Beckmann
O O Blumenfeld
A J Brookes
A F Brown
P Carrera
D W Cox
B Gottlieb
M S Greenblatt
P Hilbert
H Lehvaslaiho
P Liang
S Marsh
D W Nebert
S Povey
S Rossetti
C R Scriver
M Summar
D R Tolan
I C Verma
M Vihinen
J T den Dunnen

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOLOGY RESEARCHP30ES006096 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI YADAV, JAGJIT S · 1992 to 2022
$35.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expert curation and complete collection of mutations in genes that affect human health is essential for proper genetic healthcare and research. Expert curation is given by the curators of gene-specific mutation databases or locus-specific databases (LSDBs). While there are over 700 such databases, they vary in their content, completeness, time available for curation, and the expertise of the curator. Curation and LSDBs have been discussed, written about, and protocols have been provided for over 10 years, but there have been no formal recommendations for the ideal form of these entities. This work initiates a discussion on this topic to assist future efforts in human genetics. Further discussion is welcome.

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Computational BiologyDatabases, GeneticExpert TestimonyGenesGenetic MarkersGenetic VariationGuidelines as TopicHumansMutationGenetic Markers

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PMID18157828
PMCPMC2752432

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