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VIGS-Mediated Forward Genetics Screening for Identification of Genes Involved in Nonhost Resistance
Published on: August 23, 2013
Identification of 11 potentially relevant gene mutations involved in growth retardation, intellectual disability,
Hongyan Diao1, Peng Zhu2, Yong Dai3
1State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.
Abstract:
The multisystemic clinical characteristics of growth retardation, intellectual disability, joint contracture, and hepatopathy in humans are rare and there are no clear diagnoses of these conditions. However, previous studies using exome sequencing have suggested that they are caused by gene mutations, and some related pathogenic gene variants have been found.Here, we performed resequencing and genome-wide variation analysis of 3 individuals (an affected proband and unaffected parents) from a consanguineous family using Solexa sequencing technology to identify mutated genes.The following genetic features were identified: 3,586,775 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 583,416 insertion/deletion polymorphisms (InDels), and 8579 structural variations (SVs) in the genome of the father; 3,624,800 SNPs, 608,685 InDels, and 8,827 SVs in the genome of the mother; 3,574,431 SNPs, 571,196 InDels, and 8371 SVs in the genome of the proband. Variations between samples were determined by comparative analysis of authentic collections of SNPs and were functionally annotated. Variations in several important genes, including SEC22B, FLG, ZNF717, MUC4, TRIL, CTAGE4, FOXG1, LOC100287399, KRTAP1-3, and LRRC37A3, were surveyed by alignment analysis.The results present new evidence that mutations in 11 genes may be associated with characteristic clinical growth retardation, intellectual disability, joint contracture, and hepatopathy.
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