2014
Computational Analysis in Cancer Exome Sequencing
Evans P, Kong Y, Krauthammer M. Computational Analysis in Cancer Exome Sequencing. Methods In Molecular Biology 2014, 1176: 219-227. PMID: 25030931, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0992-6_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic single nucleotide variantsMutational eventsSingle nucleotide variantsHuman genesSequencing readsShort insertionsDriver genesNucleotide variantsNumber alterationsExome sequencingGenesCancer samplesComputational analysisMore mutational eventsPowerful toolComputational methodsExomeSequencingDeletionReads
2012
Exon capture and bulk segregant analysis: rapid discovery of causative mutations using high-throughput sequencing
del Viso F, Bhattacharya D, Kong Y, Gilchrist MJ, Khokha MK. Exon capture and bulk segregant analysis: rapid discovery of causative mutations using high-throughput sequencing. BMC Genomics 2012, 13: 649. PMID: 23171430, PMCID: PMC3526394, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBulk segregant analysisForward genetic screenSegregant analysisGenetic screenGenome assemblyExon captureCausative mutationsVertebrate model systemHigh-throughput sequencingHuman genetic analysisThousands of SNPsAssembly of scaffoldsModel systemGenomic resourcesVertebrate modelXenopus tropicalisFine mappingGenetic analysisCapture sequencingSequence variantsSequencingMutationsRapid discoveryMutantsExome sequencingExome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic RAC1 mutations in melanoma
Krauthammer M, Kong Y, Ha BH, Evans P, Bacchiocchi A, McCusker J, Cheng E, Davis MJ, Goh G, Choi M, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Dutton-Regester K, Capatana A, Holman EC, Bosenberg M, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Brash DE, Stern DF, Materin MA, Lo RS, Mane S, Ma S, Kidd KK, Hayward NK, Lifton RP, Schlessinger J, Boggon TJ, Halaban R. Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic RAC1 mutations in melanoma. Nature Genetics 2012, 44: 1006-1014. PMID: 22842228, PMCID: PMC3432702, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesDNA Mutational AnalysisExomeFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedModels, MolecularMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Rac1 GTP-Binding ProteinSequence Analysis, DNASkin NeoplasmsUveal NeoplasmsConceptsSun-exposed melanomas