Article
Time for a unified system of mutation description and reporting: a review of locus-specific mutation databases.
Genome research - 1 May 2002
Claustres Mireille, Horaitis Ourania, Vanevski Marijana, Cotton Richard G H
Abstract excerpt
Mutation databases of human genes are assuming an increasing importance in all areas of health care. In addition, more and more experts in the mutations and diseases of particular genes are curating published and unpublished mutations in locus-specific databases (LSDB). These databases contain such extensive information that they have become known as knowledge bases. We analyzed these databases and their content...
Topics
- Computational Biology
- Data Collection
- Databases, Genetic
- Documentation
- Genes
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Internet
- Mutation
