2011
High-quality DNA sequence capture of 524 disease candidate genes
Shen P, Wang W, Krishnakumar S, Palm C, Chi AK, Enns GM, Davis RW, Speed TP, Mindrinos MN, Scharfe C. High-quality DNA sequence capture of 524 disease candidate genes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 6549-6554. PMID: 21467225, PMCID: PMC3080966, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018981108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome informationCandidate genomic regionsCopy number differencesHigh GC contentPadlock probesMolecular diagnosticsSingle nucleotide changeExon-level resolutionDisease candidate genesMitochondrial genesGenomic regionsSequence captureOrnithine transcarbamylase deficiencyGC contentOTC geneCandidate genesDNA variantsExon captureGenomic DNANucleotide changesSample processingStructural variantsGenesSequence verificationDNA samples
2010
Identification of rare DNA variants in mitochondrial disorders with improved array-based sequencing
Wang W, Shen P, Thiyagarajan S, Lin S, Palm C, Horvath R, Klopstock T, Cutler D, Pique L, Schrijver I, Davis RW, Mindrinos M, Speed TP, Scharfe C. Identification of rare DNA variants in mitochondrial disorders with improved array-based sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research 2010, 39: 44-58. PMID: 20843780, PMCID: PMC3017602, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA variantsFunctional DNA variantsMitochondrial DNA maintenanceRare DNA variantsSecond-generation sequencing technologiesNovel rare variantsSanger capillary sequencingSynergistic genetic effectsNuclear candidate genesDNA maintenanceRare variantsGenomic variationSequencing technologiesRare heterozygous variantsCandidate genesGenetic effectsFalse discovery rateMitochondrial disordersCapillary sequencingSequence verificationGenesNovel statistical methodSequencingDiscovery rateHeterozygous variants