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ArticleHuman mutation2022

Distinct sequence features underlie microdeletions and gross deletions in the human genome.

Mengling Qi, Peter D Stenson, Edward V Ball, John A Tainer, Albino Bacolla, Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki, David N Cooper, Huiying Zhao

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Article in Human mutation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Mengling QiDepartment of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4956-2031
Peter D StensonInstitute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Edward V BallInstitute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
John A TainerDepartments of Cancer Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Albino BacollaDepartments of Cancer Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0206-8423
Hildegard Kehrer-SawatzkiInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
David N CooperInstitute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Huiying ZhaoDepartment of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9134-536X
University of Wales Institute Cardiff · SGSun Yat-sen University · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversität Ulm · DE

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Technologies Integrated by Structures for DNA Repair Complexes (MANTIS-DRC)R35CA220430 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI John A. Tainer · 2018 to 2026
$7.6M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS R35 CA220430NIH HHS P01 CA092584NIH HHS R35 CA220430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microdeletions and gross deletions are important causes (~20%) of human inherited disease and their genomic locations are strongly influenced by the local DNA sequence environment. This notwithstanding, no study has systematically examined their underlying generative mechanisms. Here, we obtained 42,098 pathogenic microdeletions and gross deletions from the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) that together form a continuum of germline deletions ranging in size from 1 to 28,394,429 bp. We analyzed the DNA sequence within 1 kb of the breakpoint junctions and found that the frequencies of non-B DNA-forming repeats, GC-content, and the presence of seven of 78 specific sequence motifs in the vicinity of pathogenic deletions correlated with deletion length for deletions of length ≤30 bp. Further, we found that the presence of DR, GQ, and STR repeats is important for the formation of longer deletions (>30 bp) but not for the formation of shorter deletions (≤30 bp) while significantly (χ

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DNAGenome, HumanBase CompositionBase SequenceHumansMutationSequence DeletionDNADNA sequence motifsDNA structureGC contentgross deletionsHGMDmicrodeletionsnon-B DNA-forming repeats

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PMID34918412
PMCPMC9069542
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