Studying how genetic variants affect mechanism in biological systems

Genetic variants are currently a major component of system-wide investigations into biological function or disease. Approaches to select variants (often out of thousands of candidates) that are responsible for a particular phenomenon have many clinical applications and can help illuminate difference...

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Hauptverfasser: Raimondi, Francesco (VerfasserIn) , Russell, Robert B. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oct 12, 2018
In: Essays in biochemistry
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 62, Heft: 4, Pages: 575-582
ISSN:1744-1358
DOI:10.1042/EBC20180021
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20180021
Verlag, Volltext: http://essays.biochemistry.org/content/62/4/575
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Verfasserangaben:Francesco Raimondi, Robert B. Russell
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Zusammenfassung:Genetic variants are currently a major component of system-wide investigations into biological function or disease. Approaches to select variants (often out of thousands of candidates) that are responsible for a particular phenomenon have many clinical applications and can help illuminate differences between individuals. Selecting meaningful variants is greatly aided by integration with information about molecular mechanism, whether known from protein structures or interactions or biological pathways. In this review we discuss the nature of genetic variants, and recent studies highlighting what is currently known about the relationship between genetic variation, biomolecular function, and disease. - Genetic variants are currently a major component of system-wide investigations into biological function or disease. Approaches to select variants (often out of thousands of candidates) that are responsible for a particular phenomenon have many clinical applications and can help illuminate differences between individuals. Selecting meaningful variants is greatly aided by integration with information about molecular mechanism, whether known from protein structures or interactions or biological pathways. In this review we discuss the nature of genetic variants, and recent studies highlighting what is currently known about the relationship between genetic variation, biomolecular function, and disease.
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ISSN:1744-1358
DOI:10.1042/EBC20180021